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1. Power Switch

Press the On-Off button to turn the AVC-

2500 on and off. When you first turn on

the AVC-2500, the on-screen and front

panel displays show the last selected

source input, digital input, surround

mode, and master volume level. If the

tuner is active, the frequency and preset

number are displayed.

2. Infrared Receiver

Infrared signals from the remote control

are received through the IR receiving eye.

3. Surround Selector

The Surround button on the front panel

of the AVC-2500 temporarily converts the

Rotary Knob into the surround mode se-

lector so you can choose between any of

the five Automatic Surround Processing

(ASP) modes.

4. Digital Selector

The Digital button on the front panel of

the AVC-2500 temporarily converts the

Rotary Knob into the digital input selec-

tor.

5. Surround Mode Indicators

These blue indicators let you know the

type of bitstream the AVC-2500 has de-

tected and how the signal is being pro-

cessed.

DTS indicator

This indicator illuminates when the AVC-

2500 has detected a DTS bitstream.

Dolby Digital

The blue Dolby Digital indicator illumi-

nates when the AVC-2500 has automati-

cally detected a Dolby Digital bitstream.

Pro Logic Indicator

This indicator illuminates when the AVC-

2500 has automatically detected an ana-

log, PCM, or 2/0 Dolby digital signal.

6. Analog Overload Indicator

This red indicator will illuminate when

any of the internal analog to digital con-

verters are overloaded. This only occurs

when an analog source is selected.

7. Preset Selector

The Preset button on the front panel of

the AVC-2500 temporarily converts the

Rotary Knob into the tuner preset selec-

tor so you can choose between any of the

twenty preset radio stations.

8. Source Selector

The Source button on the front panel of

the AVC-2500 temporarily converts the

Rotary Knob into an input source selec-

tor so you can choose between any of the

six audio/video inputs or six audio-only

inputs.

9. Autocal Microphone Input

This front panel microphone connector

accepts the ACM-2500 calibration micro-

phone for automatic calibration of indi-

vidual channel levels and delays. Connect

the provided ACM-2500 Automatic Cali-

bration Microphone to this input during

the setup process.

10. Volume Control/Rotary Knob

Normally, this is the master volume con-

trol. You can adjust the master volume up

and down in 1 dB steps by turning this

control. This control also serves as the

Rotary Knob for Surround Modes, Digi-

tal Inputs, Tuner Presets, and Input

Sources. When you press any of these se-

lector buttons, its corresponding blue

LED will light and the rotary selector lets

you choose between the surround modes,

digital inputs, tuner Presets, or input

sources.

11. Tuning Button

Pressing the Tuning button activates the

tuner section of the AVC-2500 in the au-

tomatic tuning mode. Pressing this but-

ton a second time changes the tuning

mode from automatic to manual.

12. FM/AM Button

Press the FM/AM button to toggle be-

tween AM and FM frequency bands while

the tuner is active.

13. Mute Button

Press the Mute button to interrupt the au-

dio signal from the output of the AVC-

2500. Pressing the Mute button again or

adjusting the volume will take the unit out

of mute.

14. Front Panel Display

The fluorescent front panel display pro-

vides operational status of both zones of

your AVC-2500 including selected Input

Source, Autoformat Surround Processing

mode, Digital Input, and Volume level.

15. Memory

The Memory button allows you to assign

digital inputs, Autoformat Surround Pro-

cessing (ASP) modes, and THX process-

ing to individual sources. This button also

lets you store the twenty available radio

station presets into memory.

16. THX

Press the THX button to apply THX pro-

cessing to any of the cinema surround

modes including Dolby Digital, Dolby

Pro Logic, DTS, stereo, and mono. When

this button is pressed, THX appears in the

front panel and on-screen display

17. Zone

Press the Zone button to control the re-

mote zone from the front panel. When

Zone is selected, the On-Off switch, Ro-

tary Knob and Surround, Digital, Preset,

and Source buttons operate in the same

way as in the main zone. While you are

controlling the remote zone “ZONE” ap-

pears in the front panel display. Five sec-

onds after making your adjustments to the

remote Zone, the AVC-2500 reverts back

to Main Zone operation.

Front Panel Controls

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