JBL AVR480 Owner's Manual

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25Volume and Tone Controls andHeadphones• Adjust the volume to a comfortablelevel using the front-panel VolumeControl $ or remote VolumeUp/Down buttons.• To temporarily silence all speakeroutputs, press the Mute Button .This will interrupt the output to allspeakers and the headphone jack, butit will not affect any recording or dub-bing that may be in progress. Press theMute Button again to return tonormal operation.• To set the output of the AVR480 sothat the output is “flat,” with the Tonecontrols deactivated, press the ToneMode Button 6 once or twice sothat the words TONE OUT appearmomentarily in the Main InformationDisplay K. To return the tone con-trols to an active condition, press theTone Mode Button 6 once or twiceso that the words TONE IN momen-tarily appear in the Main InformationDisplay K. Once TONE IN isshown in the Display, press the SetButton ^ on the front panel to selectthe Bass Control. Adjustments can bemade with the Selector Buttons %on the front panel. Pressing the SetButton ^ again selects the TrebleControl. Make your adjustments withthe Selector Buttons %.• For private listening, plug the 3.2mm(5/8") stereo phone plug from a pair ofstereo headphones into the front-panelHeadphone Jack 4. Note that whenthe headphone’s plug is connected, theword HEADPHONE will scroll onceacross the Main Information DisplayK and all speakers will be silenced.When the headphone plug is removed,the audio feed to the speakers will berestored.Surround Mode SelectionOne of the most important features of theAVR480 is its ability to reproduce a fullmultichannel surround sound field fromdigital sources, analog matrix surround-encoded programs and standard stereoor even mono programs. In all, a totalof 11 listening modes are available onthe AVR480.Selection of a surround mode is based onpersonal taste, as well as the type ofprogram source material being used. Forexample, motion pictures, CDs or TVprograms bearing the logo of one of themajor surround-encoding processes (suchas Dolby Surround) may be played ineither the Dolby Pro Logic II Movie (withmovies, video or television programs) orMusic (with music) surround mode. Whenno rear speakers are in use, the Dolby 3Stereo mode should be selected with allsurround recordings.Note that when Dolby Digital 2.0 signals(e.g., “D.D. 2.0” tracks from DVD) that areencoded with Dolby Pro Logic informationare received via any digital input, theDolby Pro Logic II Movie mode will beselected automatically (in addition to theDolby Digital mode) and will decode afull-range 5.1-channel surround soundeven from those recordings (see also“Dolby Digital” on page 26).To create wide, enveloping sound fieldenvironments and defined pans and fly-overs with all analog stereo recordings,select the Dolby Pro Logic II Music orPro Logic mode.NOTE: Once a program has beenencoded with matrix surround informa-tion, it retains the surround informationas long as the program is broadcast instereo. Thus, movies with surround soundmay be decoded via any of the analogsurround modes such as Dolby Pro Logic II,when they are broadcast via conventionalTV stations, cable, pay TV and satellitetransmission. In addition, a growingnumber of made-for-television programs,sports broadcasts, radio dramas andmusic CDs are also recorded in surroundsound. You may view a list of theseprograms at the Dolby Laboratories Website at www.dolby.com.Even when a program is not listed ascarrying intentional surround information,you may find that the Dolby Pro Logic II,Dolby 3 Stereo and Logic 7 modes oftendeliver enveloping surround presentationsthrough the use of the natural surroundinformation present in all stereorecordings.However, for stereo programs withoutany surround information, the Theater,Hall and 5CH Stereo modes should betried (effective particularly with old”extreme” stereo recordings); for monoprograms, we suggest that you try theTheater or Hall modes.