Yamaha AV Receiver Direct Stereo, Effect.Lvl:MID, Listening to high fidelity stereo sound, Notes

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■Listening to high fidelity stereo sound

(Direct Stereo)

Direct Stereo allows you to bypass this unit’s decoders and DSP processors to enjoy pure high fidelity sound from 2- channel PCM and analog sources.

Rotate PROGRAM (or press AMP to select the AMP mode, then press DIRECT ST. on the remote control) to select “DIRECT STEREO”.

PROGRAM

	DIRECT ST.
	AMP
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Front panel	Remote control

■Night listening modes

The night listening modes are designed to improve listenability at lower volumes or at night. Choose either NIGHT:CINEMA or NIGHT:MUSIC depending on the type of material you are playing.

Press AMP to select the AMP mode, then press NIGHT repeatedly on the remote control to select cinema or music.

When night listening is selected, the NIGHT indicator in the front panel display lights up.

AMP NIGHT

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DIRECT STEREO

Notes

•To avoid unexpected noise, do not play DTS-encoded CDs in this mode.

•When multi-channel signals (Dolby Digital and DTS) are input, this unit automatically switches to the corresponding analog input. (When DTS is selected as an input mode, no sound will be heard.)

•No sound will be output from the subwoofer.

•TONE CONTROL (page 26) and SET MENU (page 56) settings are not effective.

•The front panel display automatically dims.

•If you press AMP on the remote control to select the AMP mode, then press DIRECT ST., the unit automatically enters Direct Stereo mode and you cannot toggle between the unit’s other sound field programs.

•Select NIGHT:CINEMA wh en watching films to reduce the dynamic range of film soundtracks and make dialog easier to hear at lower volumes.

•Select NIGHT:MUSIC when listening to music sources to preserve ease-of-listening for all sounds.

•Select OFF if you do not wa nt to use this function.

Press j / i to adjust the effect level while

NIGHT:CINEMA or NIGHT:MUSIC is displayed.

This adjusts the level of compression.

PRESET/CH

ENTER

A-E/CAT.A-E/CAT.

Remote control

Effect.Lvl:MID

•Select MIN for minimum compression.

•Select MID for standard compression.

•Select MAX for maximum compression.

y

NIGHT:CINEMA and NIGHT:MUSIC adjustments are stored independently.

Notes

•You cannot use the night listening modes with the Direct Stereo program or MULTI CH INPUT (even though the NIGHT indicator lights up when Direct Stereo is selected).

•The night listening modes may vary in effectiveness depending on the input source and surround sound settings you use.

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