Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AVR101 Series 100, AVR202 series 200 B&K
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B&K Components, Ltd. AVR101 series 100 AVR202 series 200 A/V Receiver Owner’s Manual p/n 12699 Rev. 9808B.
B&K Components, Ltd., 2100 Old Union Road, Buffalo, New York 14227-2725 p/n 12699 Rev. 9808B.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 49 Rear Panel Enlarged View ....................................................................... 48 The Menu System ............................................................................... 47 Receiver Specifications .......
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Manufactur ed under lic ense fr om Dolby Laboratories. “ Dolby ”, ”Pro Logic” , “AC-3", and the double-D symbol are tradem ark s of Dolby Laboratories. Conf idential Unpublished W ork s. © 1992- 1997 Dolby Laboratories, Inc .
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ BEFORE INSTALLING W A RNING: to prevent fire or shoc k hazard, do not expose this unit to rain or mois ture. Care should be taken to prevent objects or liquid from entering the enclosure. Never handle the power cord with wet hands.
FEATURES Your new receiver is a versatile audio/video control c enter. The rec eiver is designed to sound sensational and be an attractive, easy-to-use addition to your audio/video system. Although you already have a good idea of your receiver’s features, we would like to take a moment to point out certain highlights.
THE BASICS The following is intended to familiarize users with common terms and applications of Home Theater equipment. Sources - your receiver c an dire ctly provide audio from its built-in AM/FM tuner. It can also provide lim ited video from its on- screen m enu s ystem.
Mode”). Since all m odern source s are stereo, the m ono inform ation is usually replicated on both the left and right channels. Stereo - Stereo contains two discrete, full range audio channels . This is the mos t com m on form at for mus ic and is also used on m any movies.
Bass Management - Dolby Digital and DTS form ats contain up to 5 f ull range channels plus LFE. Only a sy stem with five full-range (large) s peaker s plus a s ubwoofer c an directly reproduce these f orm ats.
FRONT PANEL Components, &K B Ltd. HEADPHONE 6 ↵ 5 3 4 1 2 1. Headphone Jack - Stereo headphones having a standard ¼ inch binaural plug can be connected to the headphone output. The receiver must be on and in HEADPHONE Mode for proper headphone operation.
REAR PANEL The rec eiver ’s bac k panel is or ganized into groups of inputs and outputs f or audio and video as s hown below. See back of this manual for an enlarged view. 1. AC fuse holder - Holds the AC Line fuse. Replace only with 12 Amp / 250 Volt Slow Blow fuse.
MAKING THE CONNECTION It’s tem pting to just plug in your new receiver and have great sound pour out. Befor e y ou do that, take a few minutes to plan out how y ou want the receiver to f it into y our audio/video system. As k yourself the f ollowing questions: What source components do I want to connect to my receiver? (CD, VCR, etc.
AUDIO / VIDEO CONNECTIONS Connecting your analog sources to your receiver A udio / Vi deo source - connecting a DVD/VLD play er to the receiver’s analog inputs. Use the sam e instructions for c onnecting to other audio / video sources s uc h as a television, satellite rec eiver, cable box , etc.
DIGITAL CONNECTIONS Connect digital inputs (DVD, VLD, etc.) to the rec eiver. You will need either coaxial or optical digital inputs to play Dolby Digital (AC-3) or DTS surr ound sound proces sing. Digital c onnections are also rec om m ended for PCM sources.
SPEAKER OUTPUTS Five-way binding posts ar e provided, one pair f or each channel. They are designed to acc ept a banana-ty pe plug or spade lug connector (s how n below) and are color coded for easy identification. The red (+) post should always be connected to the speak er’s red (+) jack .
ANTENNA CONNECTIONS The FM j ack is a s tandard scr ew on F-ty pe connector. T he AM is a push type. Strip ¼ inch of insulation off y our AM antenna wires and ins ert one wire end into each hole while holding the tabs down. Release the tabs to loc k in the AM antenna wires.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS My collection of equipment differs from the labels on the back of my receiver, how can I hook them up? Your receiver provides 5 identical sets of inputs - V1, V2, DVD, CD, and SAT. Each of these has analog audio, com posite video, S-video, c oaxial digital audio, and optical digital audio.
M y laserdisc player (or other digital source) has only optical output, but my CD recorder (or other digital recorder) has only coaxial input. Do I need some sort of converter to make direct digital recordings? No, y our rece iver will convert optical to coaxial and c oaxial to optical.
SETUP For bes t results, perf orm the f ollowing set up procedur e when you initially install your receiver and anytime you change or add sources, speakers, etc. or when you rearrange your listening area THE MENU SYSTEM Setup of y our receiver will require y ou to navigate through the menu system.
USER PREFERENCE SETUP You should alway s perform USER PREFERENCE SET UP after firs t installing your receiver and after adding/changing sourc es or video m onitors.
Set y our Zone 1 video monitor type - You should do this first s o that y ou will get the best possible dis play while performing the rest of the setup procedure.
Set the intensity of on-scr een video overlays - Overlays will appear when you change a receiver setting or your receiver detec ts a change in the incom ing audio or video inform ation.
Set the tuner video - T his allows y ou to view a TV/FM s imulc ast or watch a network sports broadcas t while listening to your local radio announcer. You can set any of the seven external sourc es . You can also choos e “las t”. In “last” m ode the tuner video will be from whatever sourc e y ou watched before switching to TUNER.
Edit Source Name From the fac tory, y our receiver will display source nam es that m atch thos e printed on the r ear of the r eceiver and on the supplied r emote. However, this m enu allows you to change the displayed names to matc h the actual sources used.
SURROUND MODE OPERATION Dolby Digital / DTS 5.1 USER PREFERENCE SETUP 1 Edit Preset Options 2 Edit Source Names 3 Display Options 4 Surround Modes move to new line select menu page previous page ↑ .
SETUP/CONFIGURE You should alway s perfor m Setup/Configure af ter fir st installing your receiver and after adding/changing speak ers or sourc es or rear ranging your listening area. If you have just c om pleted the USER PREFERENCE SETUP above y ou are already in the MAIN MENU.
Set The size for your front left/right speakers - OFF is not a choice - you must have front speakers. SPEAKER SIZE SETUP 1 Front L/R SETUP MENUS 1 Speaker Size and Delay 2 Speaker Calibration 3 Source.
Set the size for your rear left/right speakers - SPEAKER SIZE SETUP 1 Front L/R 2 Center 3 Rear L/R 4 Subwoofer 5 LFE 6 Center Delay 7 Rear Delay adjust parameter previous page ←→ MENU ↑ ↓ mov.
Setup y our LFE channel - Usually this will be set to NORMAL. However, if you prefer less LFE you can reduce the level or com pletely turn off the LFE channel.
Speaker Calibration Speaker calibration allows you to equaliz e the volume levels of eac h speak er to m ak e up f or dif fer ences in speak er charac teristics and distances f rom the listener to the speak ers.
Source Levels This s etup allows you to m atch the levels of your sourc es so that there are no large changes in volum e as y ou change fr om one s our ce to another. T his is f or your convenienc e only and need not be perf or m ed unless you wish to.
AM TUNER SETTINGS change frequency previous page ←→ MENU A M 550 Channel 0 ↑ ↓ change channel SETUP MENUS 1 Speaker Size and Delay 2 Speaker Calibration 3 Source Levels 4 AM Tuner Channels mov.
OPERATION The f ollowing outlines the norma l day -to-day operation of y our receiver from the s upplied universal rem ote or directly from your receiver’s f ront panel. The univer sal rem ote is also capable of c ontrolling other equipm ent and storing sequenc es of com m only used com mands .
CHOOSING A SOURCE In general, the s elected sour ce will appear at the ZONE 1 output, the T APE output, and the V1 output. T o prevent feedback, TAPE input will not appear at TAPE output and V1 input will not appear at V1 output. DVD Source Composite Video DVD PCM 2.
ADJUSTING THE VOLUME Master Volume 0 dB MASTER LEVEL MASTER LEVEL instant volume all the way down press MUTE a g ain to restore can’t do from front panel MUTE adjust volume VOLUME KNOB VOL ∧ or VO.
SURROUND MODES Your receiver pr ovides a num ber of lis tening m odes . The f ollowing table shows how y our rec eiver res ponds to the chosen sur round mode s etting for various types of source m aterial. T he table assum es f ive full range speak ers plus a s ubwoofer.
Surround Modes (cont.) DVD Source Com p osite Video DVD PCM 2.0 Pro Lo g ic step to desired mode (MODE) MODE Action From Front Panel From Remote Note: y our rec eiver keeps track of a s urround m ode for eac h of the sources . It would be possible, for exam ple, to have y our DVD play er set to SURROUND while your CD play er is set to STEREO .
OVERRIDES Some laserdiscs contain the normal movie soundtrack on the PCM, AC-3 RF or DTS digital soundtrack along with supplem ental inform ation on the laser disc’s analog track . Your receiver will automatically select the digital track if one is available.
Recalling a Preset Press SEL to Recall TV-V3 Surround 0dB Preset 0 Music Video recall preset ↵ (ENTER) SEL or ENTER 2 review settings for recall (PRESET) step to desired preset number or A + num.
GETTING RECEIVER STATUS If you are not in a m enu, pr essing ENT ER will bring up a two-line s tatus m es sage. T his display will also pop up automatic ally whenever y ou change sources or whenever the sour ce inform ation changes.
ADVANCED FEATURES WA RNING - The f ollowing describes the advanced f eatures of the rec eiver. Since c hanging som e of these functions m ay cause severe ef fects suc h as no sound or no remote control oper ation, we suggest y ou leave this m enu disabled (hidden) f or norm al operation.
ZONE CONFIGURATION Zone Configur ation will allow y ou to set m ax imum volume levels f or eac h zone, change rem ote contr ol ID codes for eac h zone and turn off the on-sc reen display overlays in z one 1. Make sure you are in the ADVANCED SYSTEM SETUP menu and the remote is in AUDIO mode.
Z1 / Z2 Product ID - Each m ess age trans mitted f rom your rem ote includes a Produc t Code, identifying the manuf acturer , and a product ID code f rom 1 to 16. The product ID code allows m ultiple B&K products to be controlled f rom the s ame rem ote.
Z2 Level Control - Y ou m ay wish to install an in-wall volume control in your second zone. This can cause confus ion between y our receiver’s internal zone 2 volume c ontrols and your in-wall controls. You can set y our receiver to pr ovide a fixed level to zone 2 instead of the variable level.
POWER ON TITLES W hen you turn y our receiver on it displays tw o lines of tex t. Y ou can change this text to a personalized mes sage. Make sure you are in the ADVANCED SYSTEM SETUP menu and the remote is in AUDIO mode.
CONTROL OUT SETUP Your receiver ’s contr ol outputs allow you to control up to 4 external devic es s uch as power am plifiers , pr ojection screens , etc. The contr ol outputs can be program m ed on/off depending on which sourc e is selec ted. They may also have global control for all sources for headphone listening or remote repeater functions.
Control Out 2, 3, and 4 - Control out 2, 3, and 4 can be used in either zone. For each source they can be program m ed to be on when that source is selected in zone 1, zone 2, or both zones. If the source is selected in neither zone the control out w ill be off.
TROUBLESHOOTING 1. Please contact B&K customer service. 1. Internal fuses may have blown. * There are two internal fuses per channel One or more channels sound bad 1. Select the proper video signal type (composite or S-video). 1. Z1 video monitor is selected to the wrong signal type.
RECEIVER SPECIFICATIONS 5 years receiver 1 year remote Warranty: See Warranty page for complete explanation 55 pounds Weight: 95 dB S / N (A-weighted): 17"(w)x17"(d)x6.
THE MENU SYSTEM 48 p/n 12699 Rev. 9808B 6 MAIN MENU 1 Help / Navigate 2 Product Information 3 Zone 2 Operation 4 Edit Preset Title 5 User Preferences 6 Setup / Configure move to new line select menu p.
REAR PANEL ENLARGED VIEW 49 p/n 12699 Rev. 9808B.
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