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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

Figure 2

If you wish to associate one of the digital inputs with
the selected input source, press the

Button

on the remote while the

INPUT SETUP

(Figure 2) is on the screen, and the on-screen cursor
will drop down to the

DIGITAL IN

line. Press

the

‹

›

Buttons

until the name of the desired

digital input appears. To return to the analog input,
press the buttons until the word

ANALOG

appears.

When the correct input source appears, press the

Button

once so that the

›

cursor appears next

BACK TO MASTER MENU

, and press the

Set Button

To change the digital input at any time using the dis-
crete function buttons and the semi-OSD system,
press the

Digital Select Button

on the remote.

Within five seconds, make your input selection using
the

⁄

Buttons

until the desired digital or

analog input is shown in the

Upper Display Line

and in the lower line of the on-screen display. Press
the

Set Button

to enter the new digital input

assignment.

Some digital video input sources, such as a cable box
or HDTV set-top, may change between analog and
digital outputs, depending on which channel is in use.
The AVR 235’s Auto Polling feature allows you to
avoid losing the audio feed when this happens by per-
mitting both analog and digital connections to the
same source on the AVR. Digital audio is the default,
and the unit will automatically switch to the analog
audio if the digital audio stream stops.

In cases where only a digital source is used, you may
wish to disable the Auto Polling feature to prevent the
AVR from trying to “find” an analog source when the
digital source is paused. To turn the Auto Polling off for
any input, first make certain that the

›

cursor is point-

ing to the

AUTO POLL

line on the menu

screen. Next, press the

‹

›

Navigation Buttons

so that

OFF

appears. Repeat the procedure at

any time so that

appears to restore the Auto

Polling feature.

When all needed adjustments have been made, press
the

Button

until the

›

cursor is next to

BACK TO MASTER MENU

to continue with

the system configuration.

Surround Setup

The next step is to set the surround mode you wish
to use with the input that was previously selected in
the

INPUT

menu. Since surround modes are a

matter of personal taste, feel free to select any mode
you wish – you may change it later. However, to make
it easier to establish the initial parameters for the
AVR 235, it is best to select Dolby Pro Logic II or
Logic 7 for most analog inputs and Dolby Digital for
inputs connected to digital sources. In the case of
inputs such as a CD Player, Tape Deck or Tuner, you
may wish to set the mode to Stereo (“Surround Off”)
as they are not typically used with multichannel
program material, and it is unlikely that surround-
encoded material will be used. Alternatively, the Logic 7
Music mode is a good choice for stereo-only source
material. See page 27 for more information on avail-
able surround modes.

When selecting surround modes for digital program
material, the AVR 235 will always examine the data
stream and automatically select Dolby Digital or
DTS, as applicable.

It is easiest to complete the surround setup using the
full-OSD on-screen menus. From the

MASTER

(Figure 1), press the

⁄

Buttons

until the

›

cursor is next to the

SURROUND

SETUP

line. Press the

Set Button

until the

SURROUND SETUP

menu (Figure 3) is on

the screen.

Figure 3

Each of the option lines on this menu (Figure 3)
selects the surround mode category, and within each
of those categories there will be a choice of the
specific mode options. The choice of modes will
vary according to the speaker configuration in your
system. When the

SURR BACK

line of the

SPEAKER SETUP

menu (Figure 5) is set to

NONE

the AVR 235 will be configured for 5.1-

channel operation, and only the modes appropriate to
a five-speaker system will appear. When the

SURR

BACK

line of the

SPEAKER SETUP

(Figure 5) is set to

SMALL

LARGE

the

AVR 235 will be configured for 6.1/7.1-channel oper-
ation, and additional modes such as Dolby Digital EX
and DTS-ES will appear, as they are only available
when seven main speakers are present. In addition,

some of the modes available in the AVR 235 will
not appear unless a digital source is selected and is
playing the correct bitstream. Remember that when
6.1-channel program material is playing, the same
information will be heard through both of the surround
back speakers.

To select the mode that will be used as the initial
default for an input, first press the

⁄

Buttons

until the on-screen cursor is next to the desired

mode’s master category name, such as

DOLBY

DTS

DSP (SURR)

VMAX

. Next, press

the

Set Button

to view the sub-menu. Press the

‹

›

Buttons

to scroll through the available

choices, and then press the

Button

so that

the cursor is next to

BACK TO MASTER

MENU

to continue the setup process.

The following paragraphs detail the instructions needed
for modes with multiple choices.

When a Dolby Surround mode is selected, a menu will
be shown, as detailed in Figure 4. The choices on this
menu include the selection of the actual surround
mode, the selection of rear channel post-processing
when the system is configured for 7.1 operation,
adjustments to the Night Mode when available with
a Dolby Digital soundtrack, the adjustment of special
parameters available when either Dolby Pro Logic II
Music or Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music is selected as
the surround mode and control over digital
upsampling, when available.

Figure 4

When the cursor is at the

MODE

line, press the

‹

›

Buttons

to select the desired Dolby Surround

mode. If a Dolby Digital source is playing, the initial
mode will automatically be selected, depending on the
configuration of your system (e.g., 5.1 or 7.1) and the
number of channels in the source being played, you
may also select a combination mode that applies post-
processing so that Dolby Pro Logic IIx may be used to
create back surround channels from a 5.1 source.
This will appear in the

MODE

line by showing both

the Dolby Digital mode and the second mode, sepa-
rated by a plus sign (e.g.,

DOLBY D+DOLBY

PRO LOGIC IIX MUSIC

). Keep in mind

that the Dolby Digital EX and Dolby Pro Logic IIx
modes are only available when the AVR is set for

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