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OPERATION

SETTINGS:

This line accesses the Settings menu, shown in Figure 76.

The items in this menu enable you to use the Shuffle and Repeat
functions on the iPod. You may also set the Resume function, which
resumes play of a selection from the point at which it was stopped,

Figure 76 – The Bridge: Settings Menu Screen

NOTE:

iTunes allows you to set certain selections to always or

never remember playback position, or to be skipped in Shuffle
mode. The AVR 247’s settings cannot override these iTunes settings.

Figure 77 – Using The Bridge (Remote)

Figure 78 – Using The Bridge (Front Panel)

Table 7 summarizes the controls available when The Bridge is in use.
See also Figures 77 and 78.

Table 7 – Using The Bridge

NOTES:

• The Play and Pause functions are not available unless content

has been selected for playback by navigating the menu system.

• For the Search function, press and hold the indicated button.

Pressing the Previous Track Button once skips to the beginning
of the current track. Press the Previous Track Button

twice

skip to the beginning of the previous track.

While a selection is playing, the song title, artist and album name, if available
on the iPod, will scroll across the upper line in the front panel Message
Display. The lower line will display the elapsed time of the track on the left,
the play mode icon, and the time remaining on the right.

In addition, if a video display is connected to the AVR 247, a screen will
appear briefly to display information about the iPod’s status and the track.
The top line will display the play mode icon, with the phrase “Now Playing”
appearing to the right to indicate that you are viewing the status of the
current track. Below that the AVR displays the total number of tracks in the
current play list on the right (one of the play lists includes all materials on
the iPod) with the number of the current track on the left. The song title,
artist and album are displayed. At the bottom of the screen is a graphic bar
indicating the current play position within the track, with the elapsed and
remaining times appearing below the bar.

After a period of time the screen may disappear from view. The length of
time is set using the Full-OSD Time Out setting in the System Settings
menu (described in the Advanced Functions section). You may restore the
Now Playing screen to view by pressing either of the

‹

›

Buttons, and

you may then navigate the menus as explained above.

NOTE:

It is strongly recommended that you use a screen saver

built into your video display to avoid possible damage from “burn-in”
that may occur with plasma and many CRT displays when a still
image, such as a menu screen, remains on display for an extended
period of time.

NOTES ON VIDEO PLAYBACK:

• Before attempting to play videos stored on your iPod, check the

Video Settings menu on the iPod and make sure that the TV Out
setting is set to On. The TV Signal setting should be NTSC to
match the capabilities of your video display. Set Widescreen to On
or Off, depending on the aspect ratio of your video display. If your
selection was playing and paused at the time you changed the TV
Out setting, the iPod may require you to navigate its menu system
and reselect the video for the new TV Out setting to take effect.
Resuming play from the Now Playing function may not reflect the
change to the TV Out setting. This is a function of the iPod, not
the AVR 247.

• In Video mode, the iPod’s menus will not be visible on your video

display, although you may view them on the iPod’s screen. You
may operate the iPod using the AVR remote, as long as it is in
The Bridge device mode.

• You may view the AVR’s on-screen displays while The Bridge is

in use, just as you would with any other video source.

iPod Function

Remote Control Key

Front-Panel Button

Play

Play (

›

)

Tuner Mode