Basic Operations, Turn On the Power

Basic Operations

1 Turn On the Power

STANDBY		STANDBY/ON
	STB	VCR	TV	AUDIO

STANDBY/ON


On the front panel		From the remote control
Press	STANDBY/ON on the front panel or

STANDBY/ON AUDIO on the remote control.

The STANDBY lamp goes off and the illumination lamp lights up. The current source name appears on the display.

•If the built-in DVD player is the current source, “READING” appears while the unit is detecting the type of the loaded disc (see page 33).

–Playback starts automatically when you load some DVD VIDEO.

–“NO DISC” appears on the display when no disc is loaded.

To turn off the power (into standby)

Press	STANDBY/ON on the front panel or
STANDBY/ON AUDIO on the remote control again.
The illumination lamp goes off and the
The illumination lamp goes off and the
STANDBY lamp lights up.			STANDBY
			STANDBY
		STANDBY/ON
		STANDBY/ON

Note:

•A small amount of the power is consumed even in standby mode. To turn off the power completely, unplug the AC power cord.

2 Select the Source to Play


	DVD	STB	VCR	TV	TAPE/CDR	FM/AM

SOURCE NAME

On the front panel

TV TAPE CDR FM/AM

TV DIRECT STB

VCR

DVD

From the remote control

Press one of the source selecting buttons.

DVD	: Select the built-in DVD player.
STB*	: Select the STB.
VCR	: Select the VCR.
TV*	: Select the TV tuner.

TAPE/CDR* : Select the cassette deck or the CD recorder (front panel ONLY).

TAPE : Select the cassette deck (remote control ONLY**).

CDR* : Select the CD recorder (remote control ONLY**).

FM/AM : Select an FM or AM broadcast.

When you press one of the buttons listed above, the remote control operation mode appears on the operation mode display for about 2 hours.

DVD AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVER

Ex. : When you press DVD

Notes:

*Register the digital input terminal setting (see “Digital input (DIGITAL IN) terminals” on page 25) and digital input mode setting correctly (see “Selecting the Analog or Digital Input Mode” on page 13). Source name and “DIGITAL” will be shown on the display when you select the source.

**When the source name is not assigned correctly, these buttons cannot work (see “Changing the Source Name” on page 14).

3 Adjust the Volume

On the front panel:
To increase the volume,	MASTER VOLUME
turn MASTER VOLUME clockwise.
To decrease the volume,
turn MASTER VOLUME counterclockwise.
From the remote control:
To increase the volume,	+
press and hold VOLUME +.	VOLUME
To decrease the volume,	–

press and hold VOLUME –.

CAUTION:

Always set the volume to the minimum before starting any sources. If the volume is set at a high level, the sudden blast of sound energy can permanently damage your hearing and/or ruin your speakers.

Notes:

•The volume level can be adjusted within the range of “0” (minimum) to “50” (maximum).

•When DVD is selected as the source with your TV turned on, the volume level indication appears on the TV.

Listening with headphones

Connect a pair of headphones to the (phones) jack on the front panel. This cancels the Surround mode currently selected, deactivates speakers, and activates the HEADPHONE mode.

The SPK. indicator goes off from the display.

•Disconnecting a pair of headphones from the (phones) jack cancels the HEADPHONE mode and activates speakers.

HEADPHONE mode

When using the headphones, the following signals are output regardless of your speaker setting:

—For 2-channel sources, the front left and right channel signals are output directly from the left and right headphones.

—For multichannel sources, the front left and right, center and rear channel signals are down-mixed and then output from the headphones without missing bass element.

—For DVD AUDIO ONLY: When the multichannel track cannot be down-mixed, only signals of the front left and right channel are output.

CAUTION:

Be sure to turn down the volume:

•Before connecting or putting on headphones, as high volume can damage both the headphones and your hearing.

•Before removing headphones, as high volume may output from the speakers.