Yamaha RX-V557 owner manual Selecting input modes, Rotate Input to select the input source

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Selecting input modes

This unit comes with a variety of input jacks. Do the following to select the type of input signals you want to use.

1Rotate INPUT to select the input source.

INPUT

■Displaying information about the input

source

You can display the type, format and sampling frequency of the current input signal.

1Select the input source.

CD MD/CD-R TUNER SLEEP

DVD	DTV/CBL	V-AUX	MULTI CH IN
VCR			AMP

2Press INPUT MODE to select an input mode. In most cases, use AUTO.

INPUT MODE

	VCR V-AUX DTV/CBL	DVD MD/CD-R TUNER CD
	Input source	Input mode
AUTO	Automatically selects input signals in
	the following order:

	1)	Digital signals*
DTS	2)	Analog signals
	Selects only digital signals encoded in
	DTS. If no DTS signals are input, no
ANALOG	sound is output.
	Selects only analog signals. If no
	analog signals are input, no sound is
	output.

*If this unit detects a Dolby Digital or DTS signal, the decoder automatically switches to the appropriate decoder.

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You can adjust the default input mode of this unit (see page 52).

Notes

•When playing a DTS-CD/LD, be sure to set INPUT MODE to DTS.

•If the digital output data of the player has been processed in any way, you may not be able to perform DTS decoding even if you make a digital connection between this unit and the player depending on the player.

2Press AMP to select the AMP mode, then press STRAIGHT so that “STRAIGHT” appears in the display.

STRAIGHT

AMP

then ENT.

EFFECT

STRAIGHT

3Press u / d to display the following information about the input signal.

	PRESET/CH
	ENTER
	A/B/C/D/E
(Format)	Signal format display. When the unit
	cannot detect a digital signal it
in	automatically switches to analog input.
	Number of source channels in the input
	signal. For example, a multi-channel
	soundtrack with 3 front channels, 2
	surround channels and LFE, is
fs	displayed as “3/2/LFE”.
	Sampling frequency. When the unit is
	unable to detect the sampling
rate	frequency “Unknown” appears.
	Bit rate. When the unit is unable to
flg	detect the bit rate “Unknown” appears.
	Flag data encoded with DTS or Dolby
	Digital signals that cue this unit to
	automatically switch decoders.

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