Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AVR-1506 Denon
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A V SURROUND RECEIVER A VR-1506 OPERA TING INSTRUCTIONS MODE D’EMPLOI.
FCC INFORMA TION (For US customers) ENGLISH FRANCAIS 2 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 1. PRODUCT This product complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this.
ENGLISH FRANCAIS 2 System setup / Configuration syst è me *Front Large *Center Small *Surr. Small *S.Back Small *S.Back 2sp> *Subwoofer Yes Speaker Configuration Subwoofer Mode Crossover Frequency *Subwoofer Yes Delay T ime *Front L 12ft *Front R 12ft *Center 12ft *Surr.
ENGLISH 1 Getting Started ENGLISH Contents Getting Started Accessories ································································.
ENGLISH ENGLISH 2 Getting Started Getting Started Accessories Check that the following parts are included in addition to the main unit: q Operating instructions ............................1 w Warranty .................................................
ENGLISH 3 ENGLISH Getting Started Getting Started Operating range of the remote control unit 30° 30° Approx. 23 feet • Point the remote control unit at the remote sensor on the main unit as shown in the diagram.
ENGLISH 4 ENGLISH Getting Started Remote control unit For details on the functions of these parts, refer to the pages given in parentheses ( ). SURROUND MODE buttons ·················.
ENGLISH ENGLISH Easy Operation Easy Operation 5 Speaker connections • Connect the speaker terminals with the speakers making sure that like polarities are matched ( < with < , > with > ). Mismatching of polarities will result in weak central sound, unclear orientation of the various instruments, and the stereo image being impaired.
ENGLISH 6 ENGLISH Easy Operation Easy Operation Connecting a DVD player and monitor TV • T o connect the digital audio output from the DVD player , you can choose from either the coaxial or optical connections. If you choose to use the coaxial connection, it needs to be assigned.
Easy Operation Easy Operation ENGLISH ENGLISH 7 4 Press the ON/ST ANDBY switch on the main unit or ON/SOURCE button on the remote contr ol unit. • T urn on the power . 5 Press the SPEAKER A button to turn the speakers on. 3 Press the POWER switch. £ OFF: The power turns off and the indicator is off.
ENGLISH Connecting Other Sources ENGLISH 8 Cable indications Signal direction The hookup diagrams on the subsequent pages assume the use of the following optional connection cables (not supplied). Video cable Audio cable NOTE: • Do not plug in the power supply cord until all connections have been completed.
ENGLISH Connecting Other Sources Connecting Other Sources ENGLISH 9 Connecting a TV/DBS tuner F G A TV S VIDEO OUT R L AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT Y P B P R OPTICAL OUT R L R L H D • T o connect the digital audio output from the TV or DBS tuner , you can choose from either the coaxial or optical connections.
ENGLISH 10 ENGLISH Connecting Other Sources Connecting Other Sources Connecting a tape deck, CD recorder or MD recorder R L AUDIO OUT R L AUDIO IN Tape deck / CD recorder / MD recorder R L R L A R L R L A • If humming noise is generated, move the tape deck further away from the source of such noise.
ENGLISH 11 ENGLISH Connecting Other Sources Connecting Other Sources 1 4 2 3 2 AM loop antenna assembly Connect to the AM antenna terminals. Remove the vinyl tie and take out the connection line. Bend in the reverse direction. a. Antenna placed on a stable surface.
System Setup ENGLISH ENGLISH 12 Use System Setup to customize a variety of settings to suit your listening environment. For the contents of a system menu and the initial setting of this unit ( page 17). • Y ou can change the settings using the buttons on the remote control unit.
ENGLISH 13 System Setup System Setup ENGLISH 4 Press the CURSOR F F or G G button to select your surround back speaker type, then press the ENTER or CURSOR H H button to switch to the number of surround back speaker setting.
ENGLISH 14 System Setup System Setup ENGLISH 5 Press the CURSOR F F or G G button to set the distance from the surr ound R speakers to the listening position, then press the ENTER or CURSOR H H button to switch to the surround back L speaker setting.
ENGLISH 15 System Setup System Setup ENGLISH 4 Press the CURSOR F F or G G button to set the center channel level, then press the CURSOR H H button to switch to the front R channel level (manual mode).
ENGLISH 16 System Setup System Setup ENGLISH This setting assigns the digital input terminals of the A VR-1506 for the different input sources. Setting the Digital In Assignment 1 Press the CURSOR F F.
ENGLISH 17 System Setup System Setup ENGLISH Page Default settings System Setup System setup items and default values (set upon shipment from the factory) 1 Speaker Configuration Input the combination.
ENGLISH 18 Basic Operation ENGLISH Playing the input source 1 Select the input source to be played. Example: CD (Main unit) (Remote control unit) 2 Select the play (surround) mode. Example: STEREO 4 Adjust the volume. The volume can be adjusted within the range of – 70 to 0 to 18 dB, in steps of 1 dB.
ENGLISH Basic Operation Basic Operation ENGLISH 19 Press the VIDEO SELECT button r epeatedly until the desired sour ce appears on the display . Combining the currently playing sound with the desired image (VIDEO SELECT) Use this switch to monitor a video source other than the audio source.
ENGLISH 20 ENGLISH Basic Operation Basic Operation 2 Input mode display • In the AUTO mode • In the DIGIT AL PCM mode • In the DIGIT AL DTS mode • In the ANALOG mode Depending on the input signal. 2 Input signal display • DOLBY DIGIT AL • DTS • PCM The “ DIGIT AL ” indicator lights when digital signals are being input properly .
ENGLISH 21 Basic Operation Basic Operation ENGLISH Dolby Pro Logic II x (Pro Logic II ) mode • T o play in the PL II x mode, set “ S. BackSp ” at the “ Speaker Configuration ” setting to “ 1sp ” or “ 2sp ” . • T o play in the PL II x mode, set “ Surround Back ” at the “ Power Amp Assign.
ENGLISH 22 Basic Operation Basic Operation ENGLISH • When making parameter settings, the display will return to the regular condition several seconds after the last button was pressed and the setting will be completed. • DIMENSION setting DIMENSION 3 03 6 • CENTER WIDTH setting CENTER WIDTH 3 04 7 • D.
ENGLISH ENGLISH 23 Basic Operation Basic Operation STANDARD INPUT SELECTOR SURROUND PARAMETER INPUT MODE SELECT ENTER STANDARD INPUT MODE SURROUND BACK SURROUND PARAMETER INPUT SELECTOR CURSOR F CURSOR G DTS NEO:6 mode 1 Press the ST ANDARD button to select the DTS NEO:6 mode.
ENGLISH ENGLISH 24 Basic Operation Basic Operation Play a program sour ce with the or symbol. • The Dolby Digital indicator lights when playing Dolby Digital sources. • The DTS indicator lights when playing DTS sources. Operate the SURROUND BACK button to switch Surround Back CH ON/OFF .
ENGLISH 25 Basic Operation Basic Operation ENGLISH 2 Surround parameters e CINEMA EQ. (Cinema Equalizer) : The Cinema EQ function gently decreases the level of the extreme high frequencies, compensating for overly-bright sounding motion picture soundtracks.
ENGLISH ENGLISH 26 Basic Operation Basic Operation VIRTUAL 5CH/7CH STEREO DENON original surround modes This unit is equipped with a high performance DSP (Digital Signal Processor) which uses digital signal processing to synthetically recreate the sound field.
ENGLISH 27 Basic Operation Basic Operation ENGLISH LFE 0dB -10dB -5dB 0dB This parameter is displayed during DOLBY DIGIT AL and DTS playback. • TONE DEFEA T setting TONE DEF.
ENGLISH ENGLISH 28 Basic Operation Basic Operation 2 Operating the surround mode and the surround parameters from the main unit ’ s panel 1 T urn the SELECT knob to select the surr ound mode.
ENGLISH 29 Basic Operation Basic Operation ENGLISH Channel Level Y ou can adjust the channel level either according to the playback sources or to suit your taste, as described below . 1 Press the CH SELECT button to select the speaker whose level you want to adjust.
ENGLISH 30 Basic Operation Basic Operation ENGLISH 1 Set the input source to “TUNER”. (Main unit) (Remote control unit) 2 W atching the display , press the BAND button to select the desired band (AM or FM).
ENGLISH ENGLISH 31 Advanced Operation Remote control unit Operating DENON audio components Advanced Operation 1 Set the MODE 1 switch to “AUDIO”. 2 Set the MODE 2 switch to the position for the component to be operated (CD, CDR/MD or T APE). 3 Operate the audio component.
ENGLISH 32 Advanced Operation Advanced Operation ENGLISH Preset memory 1 Set the MODE 1 switch to “AUDIO” or “VIDEO”. 2 Set the MODE 2 switch to the component to be register ed. 3 Press the ON/SOURCE and OFF button at the same time. • The indicator starts flashing.
ENGLISH 33 Advanced Operation Advanced Operation ENGLISH 1. Digital video disc player (DVD) system buttons ON/SOURCE : Power on/standby OFF : DENON DVD power off 6 , 7 : Manual search (forward and rev.
ENGLISH 34 Advanced Operation Advanced Operation ENGLISH 4. Digital broadcast satellite (DBS) tuner and cable (CABLE) system buttons ON/SOURCE : Power on/standby MENU : Menu RETURN : Return • , ª ,.
ENGLISH 35 Advanced Operation ENGLISH Advanced Operation Multi zone music entertainment system • ZONE2 speaker out can be used when “ ZONE2 ” is selected at “ Power Amp Assignment ” . In this case, surround back speaker out cannot be used for MAIN ZONE.
ENGLISH 36 Advanced Operation Advanced Operation ENGLISH 5 When the input source is set to TUNER, the preset channel can be selected pr essing the CHANNEL button on the remote contr ol unit. • The input source selected with the INPUT SELECTOR knob is output for the ZONE2 speaker output.
ENGLISH T roubleshooting ENGLISH 37 Page Measures Cause Symptom T roubleshooting If a problem should arise,first check the following. 1. Are the connections correct? 2.
Additional Information ENGLISH ENGLISH 38 • Other types of audio: These signals are designed to recreate a 360 ° sound field using three to five speakers. In this case the speakers should surround the listener from all sides to create a uniform sound field from 360 ° .
ENGLISH 39 Additional Information Additional Information ENGLISH Speaker setting examples Here we describe a number of speaker settings for different purposes. Use these examples as guides to set up your system according to the type of speakers used and the main usage purpose.
Additional Information Additional Information ENGLISH ENGLISH 40 Playback method (reference page) Dolby Digital output terminals Media Dolby Pro Logic Dolby Digital Comparison of home surround systems [2] When not using surround back speakers • Set the front speakers with their front surfaces as flush with the TV or monitor screen as possible.
ENGLISH 41 Additional Information ENGLISH Additional Information [2] DTS Digital Surround Digital Theater Surround (also called simply DTS) is a multi- channel digital signal format developed by Digital Theater Systems.
ENGLISH 42 Additional Information Additional Information ENGLISH When DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 or Matrix 6.1 encoded sources are decoded with a DTS-ES decoder , the format is automatically detected upon decoding and the optimum playing mode is selected. However , some Matrix 6.
ENGLISH 43 Additional Information Additional Information ENGLISH Surround modes and parameters C (0 dB) C (0 dB) E C (0 dB) C (0 dB) C (0 dB) C (0 dB) C (0 dB) C (0 dB) C (0 dB) C (0 dB) C (0 dB) C (0.
ENGLISH Specifications ENGLISH 44 2 Audio section • Power amplifier Rated output: Front: 75 W +75 W (8 Ω /ohms, 20 Hz ~ 20 kHz with 0.08% T .H.D.) 110 W + 110 W (6 Ω /ohms, 1 kHz with 0.7% T .H.D.) Center: 75 W (8 Ω /ohms, 20 Hz ~ 20 kHz with 0.
2 List of preset codes / Liste de codes préréglés JC Penny 004, 005, 007, 023, 028, 049, 062, 085, 087, 088 Jensen 013, 026 JVC 004, 005, 006, 026, 029, 043, 044, 045, 046, 085 Kenwood 004, 005, 00.
Optonica 021 Panasonic 024, 049, 064, 066, 067, 068, 069, 107 Perdio 009 Pentax 009, 013, 023, 058, 090 Philco 015, 016, 049 Philips 015, 021, 042, 049, 105 Pilot 088 Pioneer 005, 013, 029, 036, 037, .
Futuretech 004 GE 020, 036, 037, 040, 044, 058, 066, 088, 119, 120, 125, 147 Goldstar 000, 015, 029, 031, 039, 048, 051, 056, 057, 067, 068, 069, 116 Grundy 062 Hitachi 029, 031, 051, 052, 070, 111, 1.
CABLE ABC 006, *[007] , 008, 009 Archer 010, 011 Century 011 Citizen 011 Colour V oice 012, 013 Comtronic 014 Eastern 015 Garrard 011 Gemini 030, 033, 034 General Instrument 030, 031, 032 Hytex 006 Ja.
Magnavox 002 Marantz 002 Onkyo 016, 018 Optimus 007, 008 Panasonic 012 Philips 002 Pioneer 007, 008, 009 Sony 013, 014, 015 T echnics 012 Victor 004 Wards 007 Y amaha 010, 011 *[ ] : Preset codes set upon shipment from the factory . *[ ] : Les codes préréglés diffèrent en fonctiom des livraison de l’usine.
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