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ADVANCED FEATURES

Advanced Features

The AVR 4550 is equipped with a number of
advanced features that add extra flexibility to
the unit’s operation. While it is not necessary to
use these features to operate the unit, they pro-
vide additional options that you may wish to
use.

Surround Amplifier Channel Assignment

The AVR 4550 is equipped with seven full-power
amplifier channels to allow for complete 7.1-
channel operation without the need for
additional external amplifiers. However, in some
installations you may wish to use the traditional
5.1-channel configuration for the main listening
room, which allows the surround back left/right
amplifier channels to be used to power speakers
placed in a remote zone location.

If you wish to use the Surround Back channel
amplifiers to power the remote zone, you must
change a setting in the

ADVANCED

SELECT

menu. To make that change, first call

up the menu system by pressing the

OSD

Button

to bring the

MASTER MENU

(Figure 1) to the screen. Next, press the

Button

until the

›

cursor is next to the

ADVANCED

line. Press the

Set Button

to enter the

ADVANCED SELECT

(Figure 11).

Figure 11

To change the setting so that the Surround Back
amplifiers are fed by the source selected through
the Multiroom system, press the

‹

›

Buttons

so that

M R S P

is highlighted in

reverse video and press the

Set Button

Remember that once this setting is made you
will not be able to take advantage of any of the
6.1/7.1- channel decoding or processing modes,
and no Surround Back speakers must be
selected in the speaker setup procedure outlined
earlier. In addition the speakers used for the
remote zone must be connected to the

Surround Back/Multiroom Speaker
Outputs

(

. The volume for these speakers is

set by the multiroom system, as explained on
page 38 of this manual.

Once this setting is made, you may press the

Button

to make any of the other

adjustments available on this menu. If no other
adjustments are needed, press the

OSD Button

to exit the menu system.

Display Brightness

The AVR 4550’s front panel

Main Information

Display

is set at a default brightness level

that is sufficient for viewing in a normally lit
room. However, in some home theater installa-
tions, you may wish to occasionally lower the
brightness of the display, or turn it off completely.

To change the display brightness setting for a
specific listening session, you will need to make
an adjustment in the

ADVANCED SELECT

menu. To start the adjustment, press the

OSD

button

to bring the

MASTER MENU

the screen. Press the

⁄

Button

, until the

on-screen

›

cursor is next to the

ADVANCED

line. Press the

Set

Button

to enter the

ADVANCED SELECT

menu (Figure 11).

To change the brightness setting, at the

ADVANCED SELECT

menu, make

certain that the on-screen

›

cursor is next to the

VFD

line, and press the

›

Button

until the

desired brightness level is highlighted in the
video display. When

FULL

is highlighted, the

display is at its normal brightness. When

HALF

is highlighted, the display is at half the normal
brightness level. When

OFF

is highlighted, all

of the indicators in the

Main Information

Display

will go dark. Note, however, that

the green LEDs for the

Input Indicators

and the

Surround Mode Indicators

(

, as

well as for the

Power Indicator

, will

always remain lit to remind you that the unit is
turned on.

If you wish to make other adjustments in the
menu, press the

⁄

Buttons

until the on-

screen

›

cursor is next to the desired setting or

the

BACK T O MASTER MENU

line and

press the

Set

button

. If you have no other

adjustments to make, press the

OSD

Button

to exit the menu system.

The display brightness may also be changed by
pressing and holding the

Set

button

on the

front for three seconds until the message in the

Main Information Display

reads

VFD

FULL

. Within five seconds, press the front

panel

Selector

buttons

until the desired

brightness display level is shown. At that point,
press the

Set

button

again to enter the

setting.

Once the desired brightness level is selected, it
will remain in effect until it is changed again or
until the unit is turned off.

Turn On Volume Level

As is the case with most audio/video receivers,
when the AVR 4550 is turned on, it will always
return to the volume setting in effect when the
unit was turned off. However, you may prefer to
always have the AVR 4550 turn on at a specific
setting, regardless of what was last in use when
the unit was turned off. To change the default
condition so that the same volume level is
always used at turn-on, you will need to make
an adjustment in the

ADVANCED SELECT

menu. To start the adjustment, press the

OSD

button

to bring the

MASTER MENU

(Figure 1) to the screen. Press the

⁄

button

, until the on-screen

›

cursor is next to the

ADVANCED

line. Press the

Set

button

enter the

ADVANCED SELECT

(Figure 11).

At the

ADVANCED SELECT

menu make

certain that the on-screen

›

cursor is next to the

VOLUME DEFAULT

line by pressing the

⁄

buttons

as needed. Next, press the

›

button

so that the word

O N

is highlighted

in the video display. Next, press the

button

once so that the on-screen

›

cursor is next

to the

DEFAULT VOL SET

line. To set the

desired turn-on volume, press the

‹

›

buttons

or hold them pressed until the desired

volume level is shown on the

DEFAULT

VOL SET

line. Note that this setting may NOT

be made with the regular volume controls.

NOTE

: Since the setting for the turn-on volume

cannot be heard while the setting is being made,
you may wish to determine the setting before
making the adjustment. To do this, listen to any
source and adjust the volume to the desired
level using the regular volume controls

)

When the desired volume level to be used at
turn-on is reached, make a note of the setting as
it appears in the lower third of the video screen
or in the

Main Information Display

A typical volume level will appear as a negative
number such as -25dB. When making the
adjustment, use the

‹

›

buttons

enter this setting.

Unlike some of the other adjustments in this
menu, the turn-on volume default will remain in
effect even when the unit is turned off
completely, unless it is changed or turned off in
this menu.

If you wish to make other adjustments in the
menu, press the

⁄

Buttons

until the on-

screen

›

cursor is next to the desired setting or

the

BACK T O MASTER MENU

line and

press the

Set