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B&K
SB IMPLY ETTER!
B&K Components, Ltd.
AVR315 & AVR317
A/V Receiver
Owner’s Manual
P/N13467 0303
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USER INFORMATION SETUP SPEAKER SIZE Model # 1 Front Serial # 2 Center Date purchased 3 Surround Purchased from: 4 Surround Back 5 Subwoofer City 6 THX Ultra 2 Sub State Phone Contact SPEAKER LOCATION feet SETUP SPEAKER LEVELS Left Center Right Left Center Right Front Front Surround Surround Back Back Back Width Subwoofer Subwoofer SETUP CROSSOVERS + LFE SETUP ROOM EQUALIZATION 1 Crossover THX Boundary Gain Co
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TABLE OF CONTENTS User Information.......................................................................................................................................................ii Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................................................iii Acknowledgments..........................................................................................................................
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Zone ‘Z’ ................................................................................................................................................................................55 Presets ...................................................................................................................................................................................55 Zone 1 .................................................................................................................
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ® Motorola , , “ * DigitalDNA™, “Powered by Motorola”™, Motorola name and logo are registered trademarks of Motorola, Inc. Surround EX is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories. Used under authorization. Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”, ”Pro Logic”, “AC-3", and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential Unpublished Works. © 1992-1997 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved. “DTS”, “DTS-ES Extended Surr
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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ BEFORE INSTALLING WARNING: to prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this unit to rain or moisture. Care should be taken to prevent objects or liquid from entering the enclosure. Never handle the power cord with wet hands. • The lightning flash with arrowhead, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user of the presence of uninsulated “da
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FEATURES Your new receiver is a versatile audio/video control center. The receiver is designed to sound sensational and be an attractive, easy-to-use addition to your audio/video system. Although you already have a good idea of your receiver’s features, we would like to take a moment to point out certain highlights. THX Ultra Certified - incorporates Lucasfilm Home THX Re-Equalization™, Timbre Matching™ and Adaptive Decorrelation™ to correct for the tonal and spatial errors that occur dur
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THE BASICS The following is intended to familiarize users with common terms and applications of Home Theater equipment. Sources - your receiver can provide audio from its built-in AM/FM tuner. It can also provide limited video from its on-screen menu system. You will want to connect a number of additional sources (VCR, DVD player, etc.) to your receiver. Your receiver is designed to accommodate a wide range of audio and video signals. The following table lists the most popular home the
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Stereo - 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 many movies. You may get stereo from any source - digital or analog. Sound will normally come from the seven speaker channels, but your receiver can produce stereo in one (mono) to seven channels (see “Audio Modes under Operation”). Dolby Pro Logic - Dolby Pro Logic is a refinement of Dolby Surround, which was the earliest form of true surroun
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DTS 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 user’s speaker layout. Two-channel sources include VHS tapes, broadcast television, stereo CDs and DVDs. DTS Neo:6 provides separate, optimized modes for stereo music materials and matrix surround motion picture soundtracks. DTS Neo:6 also decodes a center-surround channel from Extended Surround matrix soundtracks. DTS-ES (Extended Surround) -
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THX Surround EX ™ - Dolby Digital Surround EX is a joint development of Dolby Laboratories and the THX division of Lucasfilm Ltd. In a movie theater, film soundtracks that have been encoded with Dolby Digital Surround EX technology are able to reproduce an extra channel, which has been added during the mixing of the program. This channel, called Surround Back, places sounds behind the listener in addition to the currently available front left, front center, front right, surround right, su
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Bass 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) speakers plus a subwoofer can directly reproduce these formats. However, almost all commercially available center channel speakers are small and incapable of reproducing the lowest bass frequencies without distortion or even damage to the speaker. Many people also use small speakers in the rear of their system, while others use small speakers all arou
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FRONT PANEL 5 B&K Components, Ltd. AVR 317 A/V Receiver HEADPHONE SLEEP PRESET ENTER SAVE SOURCE MODE MENU DOWN UP EXTENDED L UCA S F I L M * SURROUND POWER ON/OFF 1 1 23 4 1. Headphone Jack - Stereo headphones having a standard ¼ inch binaural plug can be connected to the headphone output. The receiver must be on and in HEADPHONE Mode for proper headphone operation. 2. Front panel buttons SLEEP Puts the receiver in standby (low power) mode. Steps through audio preset
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REAR PANEL 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 COAX DIGITAL OPTICAL DIGITAL COMPONENT VIDEO ZA ZB ZB/V2 V1 TAPE TAPE SAT CD DVD TV V2 V1 ZA OUT TV V2 V1 OUT SAT CD DVD V2 V1 IN 1 IN 2 OUT B&K WS E IMPLYSOUNDBETTER. DVD-AUDIO IN ZA AUDIO OUT SUB CENTER SUB CENTER Audio/Video Systems Made in the U.S.A. B&K ZB OUT SAT CD DVD CAUTION WS E IMPLYSOUNDBETTER. RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CONTROL OUT IR IN 12 12VDC ZA RS-232 50mA www.bkcomp.com AC LINE IEEE 1394 AM FM 34 ZB SURR FRONT SURR FRONT SBA
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11. Component Video outputs - Switched output connections for your component video monitor. Red RCA jack - typically connect to the red input on a component video monitor Green RCA jack - typically connect to the green input on a component video monitor Blue RCA jack - typically connect to the blue input on a component video monitor 12. Component Video inputs - Switched input connections for three component video devices. Red RCA jack - typically connect to the red output of a comp
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MAKING 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 plan out how you want the receiver to fit into your audio/video system. Ask yourself the following questions: What source components do I want to connect to my receiver? (CD, VCR, etc.) What equipment will be receiving the audio and video? (TV monitor, Speakers, etc.) The answers to your questions determine how many cables you need to co
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AUDIO / VIDEO CONNECTIONS Connecting your analog sources to your receiver Audio / Video source - connecting a DVD/VLD player to the receiver’s analog inputs. Use the same instructions for connecting to other audio / video sources such as a satellite receiver, cable box, etc. See Connecting Video for use with other than composite and S-video (Omit the video connections for an audio-only component such as a CD player.) Attach one end of the audio interconnect cable to the left audio
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Component Video - in addition to S-video and composite video switching, your receiver provides two sets of component video inputs for DVD and TV/DBS type inputs, and one set of component video outputs. Your receiver’s component video connections are passive to minimize the possibility of video format compatibility issues. Use the same instructions to connect a second (TV/DBS) component video device. COMPONENT VIDEO IN 1 IN 2 Component video input to Component video input to V1 DVD red output
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DIGITAL CONNECTIONS Connect digital inputs (DVD, VLD, etc.) to the receiver. You will need either coaxial or optical digital inputs to play Dolby Digital (AC-3) or DTS surround sound processing. Digital connections are also recommended for PCM sources. If your source has both optical and coaxial outputs connect only one. COAX DIGITAL ZA OUT TV V2 V1 Coaxial digital inputs - standard RCA type connectors. Attach one end of your digital coaxial cable to your source coaxial digital out
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SURROUND OUTPUTS Your receiver has multiple surround processor outputs for use with external amplifier(s) or powered speakers. The AVR 315 receiver allows THX Surround EX compatibility via two Surround Back ‘S BACK’ processor outputs. Here is a typical surround output setup: ZA AUDIO OUT SUB CENTER Connect to the Subwoofer 'SW' Connect to the Center power power amplifier input amplifier input Connect to the Surround Left Connect to the Left Front 'Sl' power amplifier input power amplifie
