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26 OPERATION
Operation
Basic Operation
Once you have completed the initial setup and
configuration of the AVR 510, it is simple to
operate and enjoy. The following instructions
will help you maximize the enjoyment of your
new receiver:
Turning the AVR 510 On or Off
• When using the AVR 510 for the first time, you
must press the
Main Power Switch
1
on the
front panel to turn the unit on.This places the
unit in a Standby mode, as indicated by the
amber color of the
Power Indicator
3
. Once
the unit is in Standby, you may begin a listening
session by pressing the
System Power Control
2
on the front panel or the AVR Selector
f. Note that the Power Indicator
3
will
turn green.This will turn the unit on and return it
to the input source that was last used.The unit
may also be turned on from Standby by pressing
any of the
Input Selector buttons on the
remote
efg
∫ç∂
or the Source
button
!
on the front panel.
NOTE: After pressing one of the Input Selector
buttons eg to turn the unit on, press the
AVR Selector f to set the remote control to
the AVR 510 functions.
To turn the unit off at the end of a listening
session, simply press the
System Power
Control
2 on the front panel or the Power
Off
button d
å
on the remote. Power will
be shut off to any equipment plugged into the
rear panel
Switched AC Outlets fl and the
Power Indicator 3 will turn amber.
When the remote is used to turn the unit “off”
it is actually placing the system in a Standby
mode, as indicated by the amber color of the
Power Indicator 3.
• To program the AVR 510 for automatic turn-
off, press the
Sleep button jon the remote.
Each press of the button will increase the time
before shut-down in the following sequence:
The sleep time will be displayed in the
Preset
Number/Sleep Timer Indicator
R and it
will count down until the time has elapsed.
When the programmed sleep time has elapsed,
the unit will automatically turn off. Note that
the front panel display will dim to one half
brightness when the Sleep function is
programmed.To cancel the Sleep function,
press and hold the
Sleep button
j
until
the information display returns to normal
brightness, the Sleep indicator numbers
disappear and the words
SLEEP OFF
appear in the Main Information Display Y.
When you will be away from home for an
extended period of time it is always a good
idea to completely turn the unit off with the
front panel
Main Power Switch
1
.
NOTE: All preset memories are lost if the unit is
left turned off by using the
Main Power
Switch
1
for more than two weeks.
Source Selection
• To select a source, press any of the Source
Selector
buttons on the remote eg
ç∂
.
• The input source may also be changed by
pressing the front-panel
Input Source
Selector
button !. Each press of the button
will move the input selection through the list of
available inputs.
• As the input is changed, the AVR 510 will
automatically switch to the digital input (if
selected), surround mode, speaker configura-
tion, output levels, crossover frequency and
night mode status that were entered during the
configuration process for that source.
• The front-panel
Video 4 Inputs
^
may be
used to connect a device such as a video game
or camcorder to your home entertainment
system on a temporary basis.
• As the input source is changed, the new input
name will appear momentarily as an on-screen
display in the lower third of the video display.
The input name will also appear in the
Main
Information Display
Y and a green LED will
light next to the selected input’s name in the
front-panel
Input Indicators .
• When an audio source is selected, the last
video input used remains routed to the
Video
Outputs
›gj and Video Monitor
Output
›. This permits simultaneous viewing
and listening to different sources.
• When a Video source is selected, the video sig-
nal for that input will be routed to the
Video
Monitor Output
jack › and will be viewable
on a TV monitor connected to the AVR 510.
Volume Control
• Adjust the volume to a comfortable level
using the front panel
Volume Control Ó or
remote
Volume Up/Down I buttons.
• When listening in the Stereo mode, with the
surround circuits off, the
Balance Control *
may be used to adjust the relative sound output
between the left front and right front speakers.
• To temporarily silence all speaker outputs,
press the
Mute button .This will interrupt
the output to all speakers and the headphone
jack, but it will not affect any recording or dub-
bing that may be in progress. When the system
is muted, the
MUTE indicator Z will light in
the
Main Information Display Û. Press the
Mute button again to return to normal
operation.
• During a listening session, you may wish to
adjust the
Bass Control & and Treble
Control
( to suit your listening tastes or
room acoustics.
• To set the output of the AVR 510 so that
the output is “flat,” with the tone controls de-
activated, press the
Tone Mode button 6
once or twice so that the words Tone Out
appear momentarily in the Main Information
Display
Y. To return the tone controls to an
active condition, press the
Tone Mode 6 but-
ton once or twice so that the words
Tone
In
momentarily appear in the Main
Information Display
Y.
• For private listening, plug the 1/4" stereo
phone plug from a pair of stereo headphones
into the front panel
Headphone Jack
4
.
Note that when the headphone’s plug is con-
nected, the word
HEADPHONE will scroll
once across the
Main Information Display
Y and all speakers will be silenced.When the
headphone plug is removed, the audio feed to
the speakers will be restored.
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