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ADVANCED FEATURES

Advanced Features

The AVR 7500 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.

Display Brightness

The AVR 7500’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

menu. To

start the adjustment, press the

OSD

button

to bring the

MASTER MENU

to the

screen. Press the

⁄

Button

twice, until the

on-screen

›

cursor is next to the

ADVANCED

line. Press the

Set

Button

to enter the

ADVANCED

menu (Figure 11).

Figure 11

To change the brightness setting, at the

ADVANCED

menu, make certain that the

on-screen

›

cursor is next to the

V F D

line,

and press the

›

Button

until the desired

brightness level is highlighted in the video dis-
play. When

F U L L

is highlighted, the display is

at its normal brightness. When

H A L F

is high-

lighted, the display is at half the normal bright-
ness level. When

O F F

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

B A C K T O MASTER M E N U

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

V F D

F U L L

. 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 7500 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 7500 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

menu. To

start the adjustment, press the

OSD

button

to bring the

MASTER MENU

(Figure 1) to

the screen. Press the

⁄

button

twice, until

the on-screen

›

cursor is next to the

ADVANCED

line. Press the

Set

button

to enter the

ADVANCED

menu (Figure 11).

At the

ADVANCED

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 V O L S E T

line. To set

the desired turn-on volume, press the

‹

›

but-

tons

or hold them pressed until the

desired volume level is shown on the

DEFAULT V O L S E T

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 adjust-
ment, use the

‹

›

buttons

to 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

B A C K T O MASTER M E N U

line

and press the

Set