B&K AVR101 Series manual

B&K Components, Ltd. AVR101 series 100 AVR202 series 200 A/V Receiver Owner’s Manual p/n 12699 Rev. 9812C[...]

B&K Components, Ltd., 2100 Old Union Road, Buffalo New York 14227-2725 Phone (716)656-0026, Fax (716)656-1291, http://www .bkcomp.com, E-mail: info@bkcomp.com p/n 12699 Rev. 9812C[...]

TABLE OF CONTENTS 55 Returning Equipment ........................................................................... 55 Limited Warranty ............................................................................... 53 Notes .......................................................................................... 52 Rear Panel Enlarged View .....[...]

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 Conf idential Unpublished W ork s. © 1992- 1997 Dolby Laboratories, Inc . All rights reserved. DTS ® is a register ed trademar k of Digital Theater Sy stem s, LLC. [...]

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ BEFORE INSTALLING W A RNING: to prevent fire or shoc k hazard, do not expose this unit to rain or m oisture. Care should be tak en to prevent objects or liquid from entering the enclosure. Never handle the power cord with wet hands. The lightning f lash with arrowhead, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to al[...]

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. Remote Control - easy contro[...]

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. Typically y ou will want to connect a number of additional sources (VCR, DVD[...]

y our center c hannel speaker , but y our receiver c an produce mono in two or f our channels ( see “Surround 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 m[...]

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. However, alm ost all com m ercially available center channel s peaker s are s m all and incapable of reproduc ing the lowest bass frequenc i[...]

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. 2. Front panel buttons SLEEP PRESET ENTER MENU DOWN[...]

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. 2. AC input receptacle - For attaching the supplied AC power cord to the receive[...]

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.) What equipm[...]

AUDIO / VIDEO CONNECTIONS Connecting your analog sources to your receiver A udio / Video sour ce - connecting a DVD/VLD play er to the receiver’s analog inputs. Use the same ins tructions for c onnecting to other audio / video sources s uc h as a television, satellite rec eiver, cable box , etc. (O m it the video connections for an audio-only com[...]

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 DT S sur round sound proc essing. Digital connections are also r ecom m ended f or PCM sources. If your source has both optical and coaxial outputs connect only one. Coaxial digital in[...]

SPEAKER OUTPUTS Five-way binding posts are provided, one pair f or each channel. They are designed to acc ept a banana-type 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 . The black (-) post should alway s be connected to the spea[...]

ANTENNA CONNECTIONS The FM j ack is a s tandard scr ew on F-type 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. CONTROL OUTPUTS / IR INPUTS Control Outputs - Thes e connections are used f[...]

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. It is c onvenient to connect com[...]

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. T he currently selected digital input (optical or coaxial) wil[...]

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. W e recom m end that you use a video monitor connec[...]

USER PREFERENCE SETUP You should alway s perform USER PREFERENCE SET UP after fir st installing your receiver and after adding/changing sourc es or video m onitors. Be s ure your m ain power is switched on fr om the f ront panel. For correc t zone 1 video operation it is im portant that you perform the firs t step - DISPLAY SETUP - Z1 VIDEO MONIT O[...]

Set y our Zone 1 video monitor type - You should do this firs t so that you w ill get the best possible dis play while performing the rest of the setup procedure. DISPLAY SETUP 1 Background Color Blue 2 Overlay Opaque Bright 3 Front Display Bright 4 Z1 Monitor Video S-Video 6 Z1 Tuner Video Last 7 Z2 Tuner Video TV-V3 move to new line adjust parame[...]

Set the intensity of on-scr een video overlays - Over lays will appear when y ou change a rec eiver se tting or your receiver detec ts a change in the incom ing audio or video inform ation. Trans parent m ode allows video to be seen behind the overlay. DISPLAY SETUP 1 Background Color Red 2 Overlay Opaque Bright 3 Front Display Bright 4 Z1 Monitor [...]

Set the Z1 Monitor A spe ct Ratio - During normal oper ation, your receiver will overlay status infor m ation on your video monitor . Th is infor m ation is nor m ally displayed at the bottom of the monitor . However, if you are viewing letterbox m aterial on a 16:9 (widescreen) monitor , this inf orm ation will be cut off. Selecting the 16:9 m oni[...]

Edit Preset Options This m enu allows you to configure your EDIT PRESET m enu (see O PERATIO N - PRESET S) to allow changing only the preset title (as you are used to if y ou have used older B&K equipm ent) or a m or e versatile m ode that allows for directly editing comm on preset inform ation from the EDIT PRESET m enu. Chec k that you are in[...]

return to USER PREFERENCE SETUP  MENU MENU 9 rename more sources repeat 3 - 7 repeat 3 - 7 8 continue changing characters repeat 5 - 6 repeat 5 - 6 7 move to new character position VOLUME KNOB  (REW) or   (FF) 6 change blinking character ∧ (UP) or ∨ (DOWN) (PAUSE) or (STOP) 5 return control to receiver AUDIO 4 select source to renam[...]

Set Stereo Operation - Most users wll prefer the f actory setting - NORMAL. In this m ode, the settings you will enter in the f ollowing speaker setup apply to the STEREO sur round m ode as well as all the other m odes. Users with large front speak ers m ay wish to use them w ith a subwoofer f or movies to keep the extrem e bass contained in som e [...]

SETUP/CONFIGURE You should alway s perf orm Setup/Configure af ter f irst 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. If not, follow the instructions above to get to the MAIN MENU. Check t[...]

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 Levels 4 AM Tuner Channels move to new line select menu page previous page ↑ ↓ SEL MENU 5 FM Tuner Channels 2 Center 3 Rear L/R 4 Subwoofer 5 LFE[...]

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 ↑ ↓ move to new line Small Small Small Yes Normal 0 ms 0 ms choose speaker size VOLUME KNOB  (REW) or   (FF) 2 move to Rear L / R ∧ (UP) or ∨ (D[...]

Setup y our LFE channel - Usually this will be set to NORMAL. However, if y ou prefer less LFE y ou can reduce the level or com pletely turn off the LFE channel. Note that this aff ects only the separate LFE channel available on Dolby Digital and DT S m aterial it has no ef fect on the reproduction of nor m al bass from the front, center, or rear c[...]

Speaker Calibration Speaker calibration allows you to equaliz e the volume levels of each speak er to m ak e up for dif fer ences in speak er charac teristics and distances f rom the listener to the speak ers. For best results it is impor tant that y ou perfor m this calibration when you initially install y our rec eiver, whenever y ou change s pea[...]

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. You m ay use a SPL meter or y our ear to adjust the levels. Note that the levels will depend not [...]

SETUP MENUS 1 Speaker Size and Delay 2 Speaker Calibration 3 Source Levels 4 AM Tuner Channels move to new line select menu page previous page ↑ ↓ SEL MENU 5 FM Tuner Channels AM TUNER SETTING change frequency previous page ←→ MENU A M 550 Channel 0 ↑ ↓ change channel enter frequency 0.. 9 return to SETUP MENUS MENU MENU 6 program more [...]

Memory Backup Your receiver c ontinually saves any settings you have made even if power is los t. H owever, you may wish to save a back up of y our settings in case of inadvertent changes to them . To perf orm a backup f ollow the procedure below. To restore back up settings perform the sam e procedure but selec t restore instead of backup. If you [...]

OPERATION The f ollowing outlines the norma l day -to-day operation of y our rec eiver fr om the supplied 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 . Refer to the separ ate remote m anual f or details [...]

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 2.0 Pro Lo g ic return control to receiver if desired AUDIO select desired source - r[...]

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 VOL ∨ Action From Front Panel From Remote Note: The f ront panel VOLUME KNOB is used to c ontrol m ultiple func tions and, therefore, c annot alway s [...]

SURROUND MODES Your receiver pr ovides a num ber of lis tening m odes . The f ollowing table shows how y our r eceiver 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. If your speak er c onfiguration is dif ferent f rom this m ake s ure you have [...]

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 r eceiver k eeps track of a s urround m ode for each of the sources . It would be possible, f or exam ple, to have y our DVD play er set to SURRO UND while y our CD play er is set to ST ERE[...]

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. In order to reach the analog track we have provided an analog override to forc e the rec[...]

PRESETS Presets allow you to save y our favorite settings and r ecall them ins tantly . Your receiver can stor e two banks of 10 presets ( 0..9 & A0..A9) in each of 2 Zones. T he saved inform ation includes the selected source, the volum e, the surround m ode, the tuner station and band, and all of the tem porar y settings and over rides descri[...]

exit menu system MENU MENU 10 return to main menu MENU MENU 9 edit more presets repeat 4 - 7 repeat 4 - 7 8 save preset if desired ↵ (ENTER) SEL or ENTER 7 edit preset if desired (full preset edit must be enabled - see USER PREFERENCE SETUP) (SOURCE) (MODE) source then AUDIO MODE VOL ∧ or VOL ∨ CENTER  or CENTER  REAR  or REAR [...]

ZONE 2 OPERATION Via the Front Panel You can control zone 2 from your receiver’s f ront panel by using the LEVEL button to step to ZONE 2. T he front panel will now control zone 2. After a f ew se conds of inac tivity, control will retur n to zone 1. The SLEEP, PRESET , ENTER, UP/DOW N ARROW S, SOURCE and VOLUME KNO BS will function exac tly as f[...]

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 sever e effec ts 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. If y ou are unsure of what you are changing DO NOT perf orm [...]

ZONE CONFIGURATION Zone Configur ation will allow y ou to set m aximum volum e levels for eac h zone, change rem ote c ontrol ID c odes for eac h zone and turn off the on-sc reen display overlay s in zone 1. Make sur e you are in the ADVANCED SYSTEM SETUP menu and the remote is in AUDIO mode. Z1 Setup Z1 Max Level - Z1 m ax level allows you to set [...]

move back to ADVANCED SYSTEM SETUP MENU MENU 5 set desired product ID VOLUME KNOB  (REW) or   (FF) 4 move to Zone 1 Zone ID ∧ (UP) or ∨ (DOWN) (PAUSE) or (STOP) 3 activate Zone 1 Setup ↵ (ENTER) SEL or ENTER 2 move to Zone 1 Setup ∧ (UP) or ∨ (DOWN) (PAUSE) or (STOP) 1 Action From Front Panel From Remote Z1 On Screen - During nor[...]

Z2 Setup Z2 Level Control - Y ou m ay wish to install an in-wall volume contro l in y our second zone. This can caus e confusion between your receiver’s internal zone 2 volume controls and your in-wall controls. WARNING - Setting Z 2 LEVEL CONTROL to FIXED will cause your receiver to immed iately send its maximum zone 2 volume to your second zone[...]

Z2 Product ID - Each m ess age transm itted fr om your rem ote includes a Product Code, identif yi ng 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. Your receiver actually uses two product ID codes - one for zone 1 (normally set to ID code 1) a[...]

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 m essage. Make sure you are in the ADVANCED SYSTEM SETUP menu and the remote is in AUDIO mode. ADVANCED POWER ON TITLES 1 Power On Line 1 ' BK Components ' change character previous page ↑ ↓ MENU 2 Power On Lin[...]

CONTROL OUT SETUP for DVD move to new line previous page ↑ ↓ MENU 2 Control Out 2 Zone 2 adjust parameter ←→ AU D to select control 1 Control Out 1 Phones 3 Control Out 3 Z1+Z2 4 Control Out 4 Remote Using AV system controller select a source to setup ADVANCED SYSTEM SETUP 1 Zone 1 Setup 2 Zone 2 Setup move to new line previous page ↑ ↓[...]

After c ompleting all of y our advanced s ettings you may wish to backup the settings. Refer to Mem ory Back up in the Setup section of this manual. FACTORY RESET Should y ou ever need to com pletely reset the receiver to the original fac tory settings f rom the f r ont panel press the SLEEP, DOW N, and LEVEL buttons s imultaneously. T he receiver [...]

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. Video is in Black and White 1. Check for batteries inside rem[...]

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)x6.25"(h) Dimensions: 1.4 dB Dynamic headroom: Rails - 4 Amp/250 Volt (slow blow type) 14 V/ µ sec Slew rate: Line -12 Amp/250 Volt Replacement fuses: 28 Amps Current (p[...]

THE MENU SYSTEM 51 p/n 12699 Rev. 9812C 6 MAIN MENU 1 Help / Navigate 2 Product Information 3 Zone 2 Operation 4 Edit Preset 5 User Preferences 6 Setup / Configure move to new line select menu page exit menu system ↑ ↓ SEL MENU ZONE 2 OPERATION change position save preset previous page ←→ SEL MENU PRESET 3 'Watch V1 ' POWER Off SO[...]

REAR PANEL ENLARGED VIEW 52 p/n 12699 Rev. 9812C[...]

NOTES 53 p/n 12699 Rev. 9812C SPEAKER SIZE SETUP 1 Front L/R 2 Center 3 Rear L/R 4 Subwoofer 5 LFE 6 Center Dela y 7 Rear Dela y ms ms SPEAKER CALIBRATION 1 Left 2 Center 3 Ri g ht 4 Ri g ht Rear 5 Left Rear 6 Subwoofer dB dB dB dB dB dB SOURCE LEVEL DEFAULT USER LEVEL dB CD dB DVD dB TAPE dB SAT dB TV-V3 dB V1 dB V2 dB TUNER[...]

NOTES 54 p/n 12699 Rev. 9812C FM TUNER SETTING Channel 0 FM FM FM FM FM FM FM FM FM FM FM FM FM FM FM FM FM FM FM FM Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 Channel 5 Channel 6 Channel 7 Channel 8 Channel 9 Channel 10 Channel 11 Channel 12 Channel 13 Channel 14 Channel 15 Channel 16 Channel 17 Channel 18 Channel 19 AM TUNER SETTING Channel 0 AM AM [...]

LIMITED WARRANTY B&K Components Ltd., refer red to herein as B&K, warrants your B&K equipment agains t all defec ts in m aterial and workm anship f or a period of f ive y ears f rom the date of purchas e. This warr anty applies only to the original purchaser and only to equipm ent in norm al residential us e and service. Def ective equi[...]

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B&K Components, Ltd. 2100 Old Union Road Buffalo, New York 14227 716-656-0023 www.bkcomp.com 57 p/n 12699 Rev. 9812C[...]