Anthem AVM 20 Operation
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The AVM 20 is best understood as a piece of equipment that contains three components in one chassis. Path
best describes how this tremendous flexibility of the AVM 20 is arranged:
• It is first of all a state-of-the-art Music and Home Theater Preamplifier • Processor • Tuner
(MAIN Path) with independent Source selection for recording (RECORD Path).
• It is also a high-end Whole House Entertainment Control Center that allows you to direct and adjust
the output of a variety of source components to other rooms in your home (ZONE2 and ZONE3 Paths).
5.1
POWER ON/OFF
When turned on, the AVM 20 will have all of the same settings it had when it was last turned off, except for
Volume, which comes on at the pre-programmed value (see section 7.4.7).
• MAIN On: There are various of ways of switching MAIN on:
• Press MAIN in the POWER group (fig. right).
• Press MAIN in the PATH group (fig. below).
• If ZONE2 and ZONE3 are off, press any SOURCE, FM • AM preset
(1 through 6), or TUNE to immediately power-up MAIN.
• MAIN Off: Press MAIN in the POWER group.
• ZONE2 or ZONE3 On: Press ZONE2 or ZONE3 in the POWER group or in the PATH group.
• ZONE2 or ZONE3 Off: Press ZONE2 or ZONE3 in the POWER group.
• RECORD On: Press RECORD in PATH group. MAIN will turn on simultaneously. The Front Panel
Display will show MAIN Path information (see highlighted notation in section 5.2).
• RECORD Off: Press MAIN in the POWER group. This turns off MAIN and RECORD simultaneously.
5.2
PATH SELECTION
Path routes Sources to the MAIN, ZONE2, ZONE3, or RECORD outputs.
• MAIN: As the name suggests, MAIN routes the audio/video
sources to your main listening/viewing room, with outputs for
your MAIN TV monitor and 7.1-channel audio.
• ZONE2 and ZONE3: Routes any audio/video source to other listening/viewing rooms in your home.
The chosen Source can be either the same or different from the Source selected in other paths.
ZONE2 and ZONE3 each have outputs for a TV monitor and 2-channel audio. To listen to a Source
that does not have Analog Audio-In connection, you must ‘copy’ it from MAIN (see section 5.2.1).
• RECORD: Allows you to record audio/video sources independently of what is selected in other
paths. Composite and S-Video, and fixed-level analog audio outputs are available for your tape
recorder and VCR. In addition, there are two configurable coaxial digital outputs: DIGITAL1 can be
set to output the audio of any digital Source, or convert an analog Source to digital (must be set to
Anlg-DSP in the Setup). DIGITAL2 can be set to output the same signal as DIGITAL1, or any of the
Sources set to Digital. See sections 7.4.2 and 7.4.3 for an explanation on how to set input and output
formats. As with ZONE2 and ZONE3, RECORD only operates with an analog input or by ‘copying’
MAIN (see section 5.2.1).
The AVM 20 automatically returns to MAIN a few seconds after an adjustment is made in ZONE2, ZONE3,
RECORD, or HEADPHONE*. This is designed to prevent accidents. Say, for example, someone enters the
MAIN room and turns up the volume – if the AVM 20 stayed in ZONE2, then the volume would increase in
ZONE2, not MAIN. Since the person adjusting the volume doesn’t hear any change, chances are he or she
would just keep turning it up and wonder what’s wrong, until something potentially ‘bad’ happens in ZONE2.
If you’ve seen “The Party” and remember the hilarious scene where Peter Sellers messes with the console,
you probably understand. The timeout setting can be changed in the Setup (see section 7.4.10 menu 10.m).
* Except when MAIN is off or HEADPHONE is set to ‘Mute’ the MAIN speakers (see section 7.4.4 menu 4.i).
5. FRONT PANEL OPERATION
LOGIC
LOGIC