B&K AVR317 Owner's Manual

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6DTS NEO:6 – DTS Neo:6 is an advances matrix decoder. It will take any two-channel source and expand it into five or six channels, depending on the u

7THX Surround EX ™ - Dolby Digital Surround EX is a joint development of Dolby Laboratories and the THX division of Lucasfilm Ltd. In a movie theate

8Bass Management - Dolby Digital and DTS-ES formats may contain up to 6 full range channels plus LFE. Only a system with six full-range (large) speak

9FRONT PANEL t¿SLEEPHEADPHONE PRESET ENTER SAVE SOURCE MODE MENUDOWN UPPOWERON/OFFAVR 317B&K Components, Ltd.A/V ReceiverBK COMPONENTS5231 4MULCA

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1111. Component Video outputs - Switched output connections for your component video monitor. Red RCA jack - typically connect to the red input

12MAKING THE CONNECTION It’s tempting to just plug in your new A/V receiver and have great sound pour out. Before you do that, take a few minutes to

13AUDIO / VIDEO CONNECTIONS Connecting your analog sources to your receiver Audio / Video source - connecting a DVD/VLD player to the receiver’s an

14Component Video - in addition to S-video and composite video switching, your receiver provides two sets of component video inputs for DVD and TV/DB

15DIGITAL CONNECTIONS Connect digital inputs (DVD, VLD, etc.) to the receiver. You will need either coaxial or optical digital inputs to play Dolby

iiUSER INFORMATION SETUP CROSSOVERS + LFE1 Crossover2 High Pass3 Low Pass4 LFE Level SETUP SPEAKER LEVELS Left

16SURROUND OUTPUTS Your receiver has multiple surround processor outputs for use with external amplifier(s) or powered speakers. The AVR 315 receive

17SPEAKER OUTPUTS CFRONTLEFTLSURROUND LEFT SURROUND RIGHTFRONTRIGHTCENTERPLUSMINUSPLUSMINUSPLUSMINUSFRONT LEFT FRONT RIGHT(-) (+)RCENTER(-) (+)(-) (+

18ANTENNA CONNECTIONS The FM jack is a standard screw on F-type connector. The AM is a push type. Strip ¼ inch of insulation off your AM antenna wir

19FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS My collection of equipment differs from the labels on the back of my receiver, how can I hook them up? Your receiver

20My laser disc player (or other digital source) has only optical output, but my CD recorder (or other digital recorder) has only coaxial input. Do I

21SETUP For best results, perform the following set up procedure when you initially install your receiver and anytime you change or add sources, spea

22SYSTEM SETUP You should always perform System Setup after first installing your receiver and after adding/changing speakers or sources or rearrang

23Set the size for your front left and right, ‘L’ and ’R’ speakers - You must have front speakers. From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À(PAUSE)

24Set the size for your surround left and right, ‘Sl’ and ‘Sr’ speakers - From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À(PAUSE) or §(STOP) (UP) or (DO

25Surround Back setting Subwoofer Ultra Subwoofer Yes THX Subwoofer None Front Large Subwoofer None Front Small None Surround Bass to SW Surround

iiiTABLE OF CONTENTS User Information...

26Subwoofer Setting Front Large Center Large Surround Large Surround Back Large None LFE + Bass to Front LFE + Bass to Center LFE + Bass to Surround

27Speaker Location Ideally your speakers will be the same distance away from your listening area. However, physical limitations usually require plac

28Speaker Levels Speaker level calibration allows you to equalize the volume levels of each speaker to make up for differences in speaker characteri

29 From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À(PAUSE) or §(STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to Crossovers + LFE 2 SEL or ENTER (ENTER) activate SETUP CRO

30Set the low pass filters slope - From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À(PAUSE) or §(STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to Low Pass 2 ¶(REW) or •(FF)

31Room Equalization Usually these settings may be left set to the factory defaults. However, theses settings allow for the correction of various ton

32 From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À(PAUSE) or §(STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to Test Tone frequency 2 ¶(REW) or •(FF) VOLUME KNOB set to des

33Setup variable ‘EQ 1’ - allows you to set default bass and treble settings for use with all input sources in all audio modes excluding DVD Audio. M

34Display This menu allows you to set various aspects of your video and front panel displays. Make sure you are in the SETUP MENUS and your remote i

35Set the intensity of on-screen video overlays - Overlays will appear when you change a receiver setting or your receiver detects a change in the in

ivZone ‘Z’ ...

36 From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À(PAUSE) or §(STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to Zone 1 Video Monitor 2 ¶(REW) or •(FF) VOLUME KNOB adjust fo

37Inputs Usually these settings may be left set to the factory defaults. However, your receiver allows ‘fine tuning’ of how its surround processor o

38Favorite audio listening mode continued Setting a favorite listening mode here will not prevent the system from automatically adjusting the listeni

39 From Remote From Front Panel Action 4 À(PAUSE) or §(STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to Favorite Speakers 5 ¶(REW) or •(FF) VOLUME KNOB select favor

40 From Remote From Front Panel Action 4 À(PAUSE) or §(STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to Multi-chan type 5 ¶(REW) or •(FF) VOLUME KNOB select type fo

41Set component video - Allows you to associate one of two component video inputs with each of your input sources. When you choose that source for vi

42Presets Usually these settings may be left set to the factory defaults. However, your receiver allows ‘fine tuning’ of how presets operate. Make s

43Generating a name when saving a preset - When you save a preset, your system automatically generates a simple name for the preset, which you can th

44MEMORY BACKUP Your receiver continually saves any settings you have made even if power is lost. However, you may wish to save a backup of your set

45OPERATION The following outlines the normal day-to-day operation of your receiver from the supplied universal remote or directly from your receiver

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46CHOOSING A SOURCE In general, the selected source will appear at the Zone 1 output, the TAPE output, and the V1 output. To prevent feedback, TAPE

47ADJUSTING THE VOLUME From Remote From Front Panel Action VOLUME ∧ or VOLUME ∨ VOLUME KNOB adjust volume MUTE can’t do from front panel instan

48AUDIO MODES Your receiver is designed to work with 5 audio listening modes. Under normal operation you may simply select Mono, Stereo, Surround, T

49Audio Mode description MONO Sums the incoming audio information to a single channel and routes it to the desired speaker. Use this mode for listen

50Neo:6 Movie (Cinema) When listening to movies using the DTS Neo:6 movie decoder with stereo TV shows or other surround-encoded programs, there is f

51Special Considerations For use with multi-channel encoded bitstreams pressing of SURROUND or THX toggles between the Movie and Music playback opti

52Why do I need all these audio modes? With the wide variety of audio source material available today, i.e. single channel mono, 2 channel mono, 2

53EQUALIZATION ‘EQ’ Selecting an EQ function via the remote control - allows you to override how the audio is currently being processed. This is whe

54Select Dynamic Range Limited For late night listening while processing Dolby Digital or DTS bit streams and a reduced dynamic range is desired. Wh

55ZONE ‘Z’ Use the Z (zone) function via the remote control - For use in a second audio zone, your receiver comes equipped with a fully independent

2SAFETY PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ BEFORE INSTALLING

56Saving a Preset From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 make all settings you wish to save make all settings you wish to save prepare for saving

57 Recall preset using Zone 1 Operation From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 MENU MENU return to main menu 2 À(PAUSE) or §(STOP) (UP) or (DOW

58 From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À(PAUSE) or §(STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to Zone 2 Operation 2 SEL or ENTER (ENTER) activate ZONE 2 OP

59ZONE 1 FAVORITE PRESETS Favorite presets need only be setup after adding/changing presets or sources. This feature allows for skipping selected pr

60ZONE 2 FAVORITE PRESETS Favorite presets need only be setup after adding/changing presets or sources. This feature allows for skipping selected pr

61GETTING RECEIVER STATUS When you are not in a menu, pressing ENTER at any time will bring up a two or three line status message on Zone 1 video out

62ADVANCED FEATURES WARNING - The following describes the advanced features of the receiver. Since changing some of these functions may cause severe

63Set the maximum level of Zone 1 (A) - Max level allows you to set a maximum volume level for Zone 1 (A). This is very useful if you are using speak

64 From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À(PAUSE) or §(STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to On Screen Display 2 ¶(REW) or •(FF) VOLUME KNOB set to All,

65Set surround mode operation - Most users will prefer the factory setting - AUTO. In this mode the receiver automatically sets the surround mode to

3FEATURES Your new receiver is a versatile audio/video control center. The receiver is designed to sound sensational and be an attractive, easy-to-us

66Zone 2 (B) Level Control - You may wish to install an in-wall volume control in your second zone. This can cause confusion between your receiver’s

67Set the Zone ID for Zone B - Each message transmitted from your remote includes a Product ID Code Set (See Zone ID), which allows independent comma

68Link Zone 2 (B) input to Zone 1 (A) input selection - Zone 2 (B) input source selection may be linked with Zone 1 (A) source selections. In operati

69Power On Titles When you turn your receiver on it displays two lines of text. You can change this text to a personalized message. Make sure you ar

70Setup Control Out 1 Control out 1 is dedicated to Zone 1 (A) it can be programmed to be on or off for each source. For example you may wish to use

71Setup Control Out 3 CONTROL OUT SETUP1 Control Out 12 Control Out 23 Control Out 34 Control Out 4 next item SEL select

72Security Options Advanced Security options allow you to hide the ADVANCED SYSTEM SETUP menu to prevent inadvertent changes to advanced system setti

73 From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À(PAUSE) or §(STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to Front Locked 2 ¶(REW) or •(FF) VOLUME KNOB No - allow front

74DSP Usage Allows displaying the current DSP usage in MIPS. From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À(PAUSE) or §(STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to D

75RS-232 baud rate - From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À(PAUSE) or §(STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to Baud Rate 2 ¶(REW) or •(FF) VOLUME KNOB se

4THE BASICS The following is intended to familiarize users with common terms and applications of Home Theater equipment. Sources - your receiver can

76RS-232 receive ID - From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À(PAUSE) or §(STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to Receive ID 2 ¶(REW) or •(FF) VOLUME KNOB

77TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE POSSIBLE SOLUTION No sound, display will not light 1. Power cord not plugged in. 2. Power off at AC source

78RECEIVER SPECIFICATIONS Audio Specifications Video Specifications Frequency Response: 5 Hz - 20 kHz, +0/−0.5dB Frequency Response: 20 Hz - 10

79LIMITED WARRANTY B & K Components Ltd., referred to herein as B & K, warrants your B & K equipment against all defects in material and

80NOTES

81REAR PANEL ENLARGED VIEW FUSECAUTION: FOR CONTINUEDPROTECTION AGAINST RISKOF FIRE REPLACE ONLY WITHSAMETYPEANDVALUEFUSEWS S B .E IMPLY OUND ETTERB&

82THE OSD MENU SYSTEM A SETUP SPEAKERS1 Speaker Size2 Speaker Location3 Speaker Levels4 Crossovers + LFE5 Room Equalization next ite

83THE OSD MENU SYSTEM B SETUP CROSSOVERS + LFE1 Crossover 80.0 Hz THX2 High Pass +12.0 dB THX3 Low Pass

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5Stereo - Stereo contains two discrete, front left and right full range audio channels. This is the most common format for music and is also used on