Luxman 7.1 Channel Reciever LR-8500 Owner'S Manual Download Page 15

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Control Functions

SURR (v/^)

Press this button to select from among the available
surround mode options for the mode group selected.

CH. 

Press to select CHANNEL LEVEL. (AMP only)

TOP MENU

Press to call up the top menu. (DVD only)

DIRECTION

- Use to more through the options on menu screens.

SPEAKER

- Press this button to begin to process of configuring

this unit's bass management system for use with the
type of speakers used in your system.

RETURN

- Use to go one menu back(current setting are main-

tained). (DVD only)

DIMMER

Press to adjust the brightness of the front display.

TONE

- This button used Bass/Treble control.

TIME DISPLAY  

- Use this button to display time information about the

currently playing disc. (DVD only)

TUNING UP/DOWN

- When the tuner is in use, these buttons will tune up or

down through the selected frequency band.

K

Record 

- Press to start normal recording. (DVD only)

NTSC/PAL

- Use this button to select NTSC, PAL or MULTI to match

your TV standard. (DVD only)

H

STOP 

- Press to stop playback. (DVD only) 

PRESET UP/ DOWN

- Press to select a tuner preset channel.

SEARCH

(

m

/

,

)

- During playback, these buttons are used for fast for-

ward and fast reverse. (DVD only)

ANGLE

Selects a DVD camera angle if available. (DVD only)

ZOOM

Enlarges the DVD Audio image. (DVD only)

GUI

Brings up the ON-SCREEN display. (DVD only)

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REPEAT

A-B

- To repeat a specific section on a disc. (DVD only)

1/ALL

- To repeat chapter, track, title, disc(s). (DVD only)

PROGRAM

Press to programming DVDs, CDs, Video CDs and
MP3. (DVD only)

OPEN / CLOSE 

Opens or close the disc tray. (DVD only)

CLEAR

Removes a track number on the program menu. (DVD only)

SUB TITLE

Select a subtitle language. (DVD only) 

AUDIO

Selects different audio languages available in the DVD
disc. (DVD only)

MEMO

- In Tuner mode to program preset radio stations.

RDS

- This function is used display information that is broad-

casted by FM stations.

SKIP (

.

/

/

- When playing discs, press 

.

to go back to the

beginning of the current chapter / track and 

/

to

advance to the next chapter / track. (DVD only)

TUN-M 

- Switches from tuning to (manual or auto) tuning mode. 

PAUSE(

J

- Press to pause playback of a disc. (DVD only)

DIRECT  

- Press this button when the tuner is in use to start the

sequence for direct entry of a station's frequency.

PLAY (

t

)

- Press to start or resume playback. (DVD only)

NIGHT

- Press this button to activate the night mode. This mode

is available in specially encoded digital sources, and it
preserves dialogue(center channel) intelligibility at
low volume levels.

SLEEP 

- Press to set the sleep timer.

SLOW

( - , +)

- Press to watch a disc with a slower speed. (DVD only)

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Summary of Contents for 7.1 Channel Reciever LR-8500

Page 1: ...LR 8500 7 1 CHANNEL AV RECEIVER OWNER S MANUAL...

Page 2: ...make any connection to the larger terminal which is marked with the letter E or by the safety earth symbol or coloured GREEN or GREEN and YELLOW The wires in the mains lead on this product are colour...

Page 3: ...onfiguration 21 Tuner Operation 23 RDS 24 PTY 24 Video Operations 25 System Configuration 25 Function Setup 26 Surround Setup 26 Dolby Surround 27 Speaker Setup 28 Distance Adjust 29 CH Level Adjust 2...

Page 4: ...ng Press the ENTER button for more than 5 seconds Note If the ENTER button is pressed for more than 5 seconds Standby mode all the memory will be erased Read this before operation As the unit may beco...

Page 5: ...g DTS ES Extended Surround is a new multi channel digital signal format developed by Digital Theater Systems Inc While offering high compatibility with the conventional DTS Digital Surround format DTS...

Page 6: ...he room at or slightly behind the listening position The center of the speaker should face into the room 90 110 22 30 135 150 0 Front Right Front Left Front Center Surround Left Subwoofer Surround Bac...

Page 7: ...e insulation 2 Twist the bared wire ends tight to prevent short circuits 3 Loosen the knob by turning it counterclockwise 4 Insert the bare part of the wire into the hole in side of each terminal 5 Ti...

Page 8: ...to the optional external audio power amplifier and video distribution system that delivers the source selected for ZONE II distribu tion PRE OUT SUB WOOFER jack Use this jack to connect a powered sub...

Page 9: ...s and 3 optical jacks on the rear panel You can use these jacks to input PCM Dolby Digital and DTS bitstream signals from a CD DVD or other digital source components There is one digital output coaxia...

Page 10: ...tors are for the R right channel and white con nectors are the for L left channel Be sure to connect the inputs and outputs of the video sig nals properly If you connect the S VIDEO or component signa...

Page 11: ...level by using the 7 1 channel input level menu CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL POWER AMPLIFIER The PREOUT jacks are for connecting external power amplifiers Be sure to connect each speaker to the correspondin...

Page 12: ...AM loop antenna The supplied AM loop antenna is for indoor use only Set it in the direction and position it to where you receive the clearest sound Put it as far away as possible from the unit tele v...

Page 13: ...elect the top level group of surround modes Each press of the button will select the current or last used mode in each of the surround mode 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Surround Mode selector n 6 Press these butto...

Page 14: ...vels TV VID This button does not have a direct function on the LR 8500 but when used with a compatibly programmed VCR DVD or satellite receiver that has a TV VIDEO function pressing this button will s...

Page 15: ...DVD only ZOOM Enlarges the DVD Audio image DVD only GUI Brings up the ON SCREEN display DVD only 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 REPEAT A B To repeat a specific section on a disc DVD only 1 ALL To repeat...

Page 16: ...n to place the unit in Standby When it is used in a remote room with a sensor that is con nected to the ZONE II IR Input jack this button turns the ZONE II system on and off AMP Press this button to t...

Page 17: ...y in use pressing one of these buttons will change the input MUTE When used in the room where the LR 8500 is located press this button to temporarily silence the unit When it is used in a remote room...

Page 18: ...ency sound range select TREBLE ADJUST Press the 5 b buttons of remote control unit or the SELECT n 6 button to change the setting The level can be adjusted in 1 dB steps from 10 to 10 4 3 2 1 G F Basi...

Page 19: ...ont right speakers only plus the subwoofer if installed and configured NOTE Once a program has been encoded with matrix surround information it retains the surround informa tion as long as the program...

Page 20: ...in 1dB steps from 80 to 10 3 2 1 NOTE When the ZONE II system is turned on the input selected using the ZONE II menu will be fed to the ZONE II Audio Outputs on the rear panel The volume will be as se...

Page 21: ...the surround sound decoder This allows the unit to sense the available speakers and automatically select decoding modes It is possible to receive multi channel surround sound without a center speaker...

Page 22: ...to exit the Delay Adjust mode NOTE LR 8500 allows you to adjust the delay for the combined output of all speakers as a group This feature is called A V SYNC Delay it allows you to compensate for delay...

Page 23: ...creases or decreases by one increment Stations may also be tuned directly To enter a station s frequency directly first select the AM or FM Next press the DIRECT button on the remote controller and en...

Page 24: ...he RDS button PTY search will stop and search mode will be released automatically 3 2 1 NEWS brief announcements events public opinion reports actual situations AFFAIRS a kind of suggestion including...

Page 25: ...play ENTER AMP OSD MAIN MENU FUNCTION SURROUND SPEAKER DISTANCE CH LEVEL PREFERENCE ZONE II ROOM AUTO SETUP SETUP SETUP ADJUST ADJUST SETUP SETUP SETUP Before using the unit you will probably want to...

Page 26: ...igger the selection of one of the two DTS ES modes Newer discs with special DTS ES discrete encoding will be decoded to provide six discrete full bandwidth channels plus a separate low frequency chann...

Page 27: ...a standard live performance theater Hall 1 Hall 2 The two Hall modes create sound fields that resemble a small Hall 1 and medium sized Hall 2 concert hall 5 Channel Stereo 7 Channel Stereo This mode...

Page 28: ...hat digital sources are processed at their native sample rate For example a 48kHz digital source will be processed at 48kHz However the LR 8500 allows you to upsample the incoming 48kHz signals to 96k...

Page 29: ...ngs The available choices at which point low frequency infor mation will be sent to the subwoofer rather than to the main speaker channel are 40Hz 60Hz 80Hz 100Hz 120Hz and 200Hz DISTANCE ADJUST Due t...

Page 30: ...any of the configuration set tings manually or trim the settings provided by ROOM AUTO SETUP by following the instructions If you wish to configure your manually or if for some rea son your ROOM AUTO...

Page 31: ...that you do not use ROOM AUTO SETUP and enter the configuration settings manually Step 7 The WARNING screen will automatically be replaced by the main ROOM AUTO SETUP menu While this screen is visible...

Page 32: ...ignal to determine which channels have a speaker connected During this test you will see the name of each channel position displayed while a signal is sent to that speaker NOTE While this test detects...

Page 33: ...CE button VCR SAT TV and the ENTER button at the same time for 2 seconds until the SEND LEARN indicator blinks twice Press the 5 or b button Each press will send out a series of codes from the remote...

Page 34: ...06 007 011 042 IMPERIAL 011 INGELEN 042 056 052 038 INGERSOL 027 ITT 005 041 042 056 050 052 033 038 Brand CODE No JENSEN 042 JVC 042 056 030 052 KENWOOD 005 042 KRIESLER 045 031 KUBA 043 LLOYD 011 LO...

Page 35: ...SAT Brand List VCR Brand List Brand CODE No SAISHO 002 010 025 027 SALORA 005 017 SAMSUNG 013 019 032 SANSUI 042 SANYO 000 003 005 025 038 SBR 018 029 SCHAUB LORENZ 041 042 056 050 052 038 SCHNEIDER 0...

Page 36: ...142 149 078 ARTHUR MARTIN 053 139 117 120 122 123 125 128 ASA 050 055 057 113 134 ATLANTIC 099 111 AUDIOSONIC 054 AUSIND 053 AUTOVOX 099 144 055 019 057 069 BAIRD 083 BASICLINE 006 BAUR 011 BEKO 023...

Page 37: ...143 053 077 090 ITT 001 140 058 105 109 122 123 128 148 129 130 134 135 083 089 JVC 033 KTV 099 Brand CODE No KAISUI 006 KARCHER 006 KENDO 098 KENNEDY 144 019 109 KORTING 050 059 111 KRIESLER 099 049...

Page 38: ...42 148 149 088 SCHAUB LORENZ 001 058 109 122 123 128 129 130 134 SCHNEIDER 096 099 049 050 052 019 141 109 142 125 149 078 132 SEG 046 SEI 059 Brand CODE No SELECO 016 096 144 019 141 110 069 134 SHAR...

Page 39: ...Local interference Digital audio feed paused Make certain AC power cord is plugged into a live outlet Check to see whether outlet is switch con trolled Make certain that all input and speaker con nect...

Page 40: ...nse 15 Hz 16 kHz 1 1 5 dB Stereo Separation 1 kHz 40 dB Signal to Noise Ratio Mono 70 dB Stereo 68 dB AM Tuner Section Tuning Range 522 kHz 1 620 kHz 9 kHz steps Usable Sensitivity 55 dB m Total Harmo...

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