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Symptom

Check Remedy

There is no sound from

surround center speaker 

Is the rear center speaker connected

properly?

Is the SB SPK (Surround Center)

selected to NONE in Speaker Setup?

Is Surround Mode set to EX/ES?

Refer to pages 9~10 to connect it properly.

Refer to pages 11~12 to select LARGE or

SMALL.

Refer to pages 35~36 to set Surround Mode

to EX/ES.

Can't select EX/ES Mode.

Is SB SPK (Surround Center) selected

to NONE in Speaker Setup?

Is the input signal selected properly?

Refer to pages 11~12 to select LARGE or

SMALL.

Use 5.1 channel external component.

Can't select Dolby Pro Logic

llx Mode.

Is the input signal selected properly?

Select 2 channel Dolby Digital, PCM, and

Analog input signal.

There is no sound when
playing DTS encoded DVD
and CD.

Is analog input selected?

Check whether digital external component

is properly connected and refer to page 19
to select the digital input.

Can't select NEO:6 Mode.

Is the input signal selected properly?

Use PCM and Analog input signal.

Product Protection Function 

Heat Protection

• Protection function works if the main unit is overheated or power

transformer is overheated.
appears in the display when the “

” function

works.
- If speaker terminal is shorted 
- If speaker cord is shorted 
If there is no problem when you turn it on again after turning it
off, PROTECTION mark will disappear on the display and the
unit will work properly.

If PROTECTION appears on the display,
check whether speaker terminal is shorted
and then turn on the device.

MISCELLANENOUS

Before Calling for Service

Symptom

Check Remedy

Can't turn it on.

It does not work when the
button is pressed.

Sound is not produced.

Picture does not appear when
the function is selected.

Is the power code plugged into the outlet?

Is there static electricity in the air?

Are the speaker and external

component connected properly?

Does the Mute function work?

Is the volume set to minimum?

Is the speaker setup selected to

NONE?

Isn’t the external component connected

properly?

Connect the power plug to the outlet.

Disconnect the power plug and connect it

again.

Properly connect it.

Properly connect it.

Press Mute button to cancel the function.

Adjust the volume.

Refer to pages 11~12 to select LARGE,

SMALL or YES.

There is no sound from

center speaker 

Is the center speaker connected properly?

Is C.SPK (Center) selected to NONE in

Speaker Setup?

Is the Surround Mode selected to Stereo?

Refer to pages 9~10 to connect it properly.

Refer to pages 11~12 to select LARGE or

SMALL.

Refer to pages 27~38 to select other

Surround Modes.

Remote controller does not
work.

There is no sound from

surround speaker.

The sound from each device
is changed during stereo
playback.

Can't receive broadcasting.

Is AM or FM antenna connected

properly?

Are the batteries exhausted?

Is the distance between remote

control and main unit proper?

Is the surround speaker connected

properly?

Is  S.SPK (Surround) set to NONE in

Speaker Setup?

Is Surround Mode selected to Stereo?

Refer to pages 11~12 to connect it properly.

Refer to pages 11~12 to select LARGE or

SMALL.

Refer to pages 27~38 to select other

Surround Mode.

Replace with new batteries.

Operate at close distance.

Properly connect the antenna.

If the input strength of antenna connector is

weak, install the FM antenna in a place
with good reception.

Is the left/right speaker or left/right

input/output code connected
properly?

Check the left/right channel and properly

connect it.

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Summary of Contents for AV-R601

Page 1: ...ELECTRONICS Instruction Manual Digital Surround AV Receiver System HT AS601 AH68 01751B AV R601 ...

Page 2: ...ance to rain or moisture CAUTION TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK MATCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT FULLY INSERT RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE REAR COVER NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL CAUTION Note to CATV system installer This reminder is provided to call the CATV system installer s atten...

Page 3: ...ith Remote Control 47 Before Calling for Service 49 Specifications 51 PREPARATION Dolby Pro Logic ll x Dolby Pro Logic ll x is a new type of multiple channel audio signal decoding method that improves upon existing Dolby Pro Logic DTS 96 24 DTS is the surround format implementing 5 1 channel multi channel sounds at 96KHz 24bit without losing the image quality of DVD In addition it can reproduce th...

Page 4: ...ENTER SPEAKER TERMINALS SURROUND SPEAKER TERMINALS Description Front Panel Display POWER button VOLUME CONTROL REMOTE CONTROL Sensor ANALOG DIGITAL BUTTON SELECTION button TUNER button POWER STANDBY Indicator SETUP button SURROUND button HEADPHONE Jack INPUT button 5 SPEAKER INDICATOR DOLBY PRO LOGIC IIX INDICATOR RADIO BROADCASTING RECEIVING INDICATOR RADIO STEREO INDICATOR DIGITAL INDICATOR RADI...

Page 5: ...s in the remote control so they match the polarity to and to Use the correct type of batteries Batteries that look similar may differ in voltage Always replace both batteries at the same time Do not expose batteries to heat or flame PREPARATION Description VOLUME CONTROL button MUTE button MENU button ANALOG DIGITAL button POWER button TV VIDEO FUNCTION button SLEEP button TUNER button NEO 6 butto...

Page 6: ...2 to 3feet above your ear facing slightly downward Unlike the front and center speakers the surround speakers are used to handle mainly sound effects and sound will not come from them all the time Surround Speakers Place it so it faces forward towards the back of the listener Place the surround center speaker about 70 cm to 1 m 2 3 3 3feet above rear speakers facing slightly downwards Surround Cen...

Page 7: ...r the right or left Audio Input jack of the main unit Connect the audio cable s red plug to the red jack and white cable to the white jack 12 CONNECTIONS Connecting External Components DVD Player Disconnect the power plug from the outlet if you do not use this unit for long period of time Before moving or installing the product be sure to turn off the power and disconnect the power cord Connecting...

Page 8: ...your safety Make sure the unit is well ventilated If the unit has poor ventilation the temperature inside the unit could rise and may damage it Do not obstruct the cooling fan or ventilation holes If the cooling fan or ventilation holes are covered with a newspaper or cloth heat may build up inside the unit and fire may result Connecting the FM and AM Antennas FM antenna connection If AM reception...

Page 9: ... FUNCTION Select button Method 2 Press the FUNCTION button Each time you press the this button 5 1CH MULTI CH CD DVD VCR SAT FM AM will be selected in turn OPERATION Before Using the AV Receiver Turning On Off Functions of Dedicated Remote Control Connect the power plug to the outlet 1 Press the POWER button of the main unit This unit will be turned on or off 2 MAIN UNIT REMOTE CONTROL Press MODE ...

Page 10: ...h 18 F SPK Front LARGE SMALL C SPK Center LARGE SMALL NONE S SPK Surround LARGE SMALL NONE SB SPK Surround Center LARGE SMALL NONE SW SPK Subwoofer YES NO CROVR Crossover Frequency 60 80 100 120 150 180 200Hz CROVR Crossover Frequency for this unit is 150Hz Setting the Speaker MAIN UNIT 1 2 4 3 OPERATION Setting the Speaker Mode Before moving or installing the product be sure to turn off the power...

Page 11: ...een 0 0 15feet in intervals of 1feet Setting Speaker Distance To Exit Setup Mode Wait for about 5 seconds or turn the VOLUME CONTROL of the main unit SETUP MODE OFF appears on the display and exit Setup Mode MAIN UNIT 1 2 4 3 OPERATION Setting the Speaker Listening Distance Press the SPEAKER DISTANCE button to select the speaker you want Each time you press this button F L CEN F R S R S B S L S W ...

Page 12: ...on to enjoy Dolby Digital sound when watching movies at low volume at night Press SETUP button SETUP MODE appears on the display and enters into Setup Mode Press INPUT button 3 times DRC SETUP appears on the display Press SURROUND button to set DRC Each time you press this button DRC STD DRC MAX DRC MIN will be selected in turn To Exit Setup Mode Wait for about 5 seconds or turn the VOLUME CONTROL...

Page 13: ... INPUT button 1 time TEST T OFF appears on the display and test signal stops Method 2 Turn VOLUME CONTROL SETUP MODE OFF appears on the display and test tone stops OPERATION 23 Test Tone Use test tone to check speaker connection status or level Press SETUP button SETUP MODE appears on the display and enters into Setup Mode Press INPUT button 4 times TEST T AUTO appears in the display Press SURROUN...

Page 14: ...turn Press SELECT button to set to the speaker level you want You can adjust it from 10 to 10dB by 1 step The sound gets smaller at 10dB and louder at 10dB Default setting value is 00dB Setting Speaker Level MAIN UNIT 1 2 4 3 OPERATION Setting Speaker Level You can set the balance and level of speakers Press SPK LEVEL button to select the speaker you want Each time you press this button F L CEN F ...

Page 15: ...EMA MATRIX GAME PROLOGIC will be selected in turn Each time you press SELECT button PROLOGIC GAME MATRIX CINEMA MUSIC will be selected in turn Dolby Pro Logic ll x Mode You cannot use Dolby Pro Logic ll x Mode for multi channel signals such as Dolby Digital and DTS Pro Logic works only for PCM audio signals with sampling frequencies of 32KHz 44KHz or 48KHz Sound will not be output from rear center...

Page 16: ...x MODE appears on the display Press SURROUND button Each time you press this button C WIDTH DIMENSION PANORAMA will be selected in turn Press SELECT button to select Dolby Pro Logic llx effect you want Dolby Pro Logic llx Effect MAIN UNIT 1 2 4 3 OPERATION Dolby Pro Logic llx Effect This function works only in Dolby PRO LOGIC IIX MUSIC Mode Press MODE button to select MUSIC Mode Press EFFECT butto...

Page 17: ...layandexitsSetupMode If TV or screen is installed high you can feel the balance of sound and image by raising the sound image of Center Speaker MAIN UNIT 1 1 2 3 4 2 To Set Sound Image of Center Speaker OPERATION NEO 6 Mode You can play back 2 channel sound over 6 1 channels of when enjoying music or a movie Press NEO 6 MODE button Each time you press this button MUSIC CINEMA will be selected in t...

Page 18: ...u press Select button CHURCH STADIUM DOME CLUB ARENA THEATER HALL will be selected in turn To Exit Setup Mode Wait for about 5 seconds MAIN UNIT 1 2 OPERATION SFE Mode Refer to the unique sound existing at specific place and you can feel live sound as if you are listening at actual site Press SFE MODE button Each time you press this button HALL THEATER ARENA CLUB DOME STADIUM CHURCH will be select...

Page 19: ... built in in the main unit you can play back the disk encoded with DTS ES Discrete and DTS ES Matrix DTS ES Discrete 6 1 can record the sound of all channels including rear center channel digitally and play back the recorded sound as they are DTS ES Discrete 6 1 Matrix 6 1 You cannot use DTS ES in the system without rear center speaker To Exit Setup Mode Wait for about 5 seconds or turn VOLUME CON...

Page 20: ... L PCM Audio SFE O O O O O L PCM L R Analog SFE O O O O O ANALOG Dolby D Surr EX Dolby Digital EX O O O O O DIGITAL L C R SL SR SC SW Dolby D 5 1ch Dolby Digital EX O O O O O DIGITAL L C R SL SR SW DTS ES DTS ES O O O O O dts ES L C R SL SR SC SW DTS 5 1ch DTS ES O O O O O dts L C R SL SR SW Dolby Surr EX Stereo O O DIGITAL L C R SL SR SC SW Dolby D 5 1ch Stereo O O DIGITAL L C R SL SR SW Dolby D ...

Page 21: ...ton FM AM will be repetitively selected Select frequency Automatic Tuning 1 1 Press ENTER button to select PRESET 2 Press TUNING CH button to select the preset frequency Automatic Tuning 2 1 Press ENTER button to select MANUAL 2 Press and hold TUNING CH button to automatically tune in frequency Manual Tuning 1 Press ENTER button to select MANUAL 2 Press TUNING CH button briefly to increase or decr...

Page 22: ...ce Children s programmes Social affairs Religion Phone in Travel Leisure Jazz Music Country Music National Music Oldies Music Folk Music Documentary Using the RDS Radio Data System to receive FM stations What information can RDS signals provide RDS allows FM stations to send an additional signal along with their regular program signals For example the stations send their station names as well as i...

Page 23: ...e all stored settings Do not use this unless necessary Caution 1 2 3 Convenient Functions Press the SLEEP button SLEEP OFF 15 30 45 60 90 120MINwillbeselectedinturn You can set the time that this unit will shut itself off To Check Sleep Timer Press SLEEP button The remaining time before this unit will shut itself off is shown on the display Pressing the button again changes the sleep time from wha...

Page 24: ... SAMSUNG 000 015 016 017 040 043 046 047 048 049 054 059 060 098 SANYO 019 061 065 101 102 103 104 SCOTT 003 040 060 061 SEARS 015 018 019 SHARP 015 057 064 101 105 106 115 SIGNATURE2000 M WARDS 057 058 SONY 050 051 052 053 055 101 SOUNDESIGN 003 040 SPECTRICON 001 SSS 018 SYLVANIA 018 040 048 054 059 060 062 SYMPHONIC 061 095 096 TATUNG 006 TECHWOOD 018 TEKNIKA 003 015 018 025 TMK 018 040 TOSHIBA...

Page 25: ...0 100 101 SEARS 020 021 025 SHARP 043 105 106 SINGER 096 SIGNATURE2000 M WARDS 043 044 054 100 106 SHINTOM 096 SONY 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 082 083 084 085 086 STS 020 SYLVANIA 001 033 044 049 066 091 SYMPHONIC 044 TANDY 009 TASHIRO 050 TATUNG 047 052 092 TEAC 044 047 052 092 TECHNICS 001 033 049 091 TEKNIKA 001 025 033 TOSHIBA 006 051 TOTEVISION 025 072 TAEKWANG 087 UNITECH 072 VECTOR...

Page 26: ...when the button is pressed Sound is not produced Picturedoesnotappearwhen thefunctionisselected Isthepowercodepluggedintotheoutlet Is there static electricity in the air Are the speaker and external component connected properly Does the Mute function work Is the volume set to minimum Is the speaker setup selected to NONE Isn t the external component connected properly Connect the power plug to the...

Page 27: ...se S N Ratio Usable Sensitivity Distortion Rated Output Front Speaker Left Right Center Speaker Surround Speaker Left Right Surround back Speaker Subwoofer speaker Input Sensitivity Impedance S N Ratio Analog Input 6 1CH Analog Input Separation 1KHz Analog Input 6 1CH Analog Input Digital Input 96KHz PCM TV Format Input Level Impedance Output Level Impedance Video Frequency Response Component Vide...

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