Listening with the Headphones

4Activate Surround or DSP Mode

You can enjoy three kinds of surround—Digital Multichannel Surround (Dolby Digital and DTS Digital Surround), Dolby Pro Logic II and DSP modes.

Digital Multichannel Surround—Dolby Digital and DTS Digital Surround

You can enjoy Dolby Digital or DTS Digital Surround when you playback Multichannel source on the external equipment.

To activate Dolby Digital or DTS Digital Surround

When playback source is encoded with Dolby Digital or DTS Digital Surround, the system detects it and activate Multichannel Surround automatically.

–For in-depth information about surround modes, see “Creating Realistic Sound Fields” on pages 19 to 21.

Dolby Pro Logic II—Pro Logic II Music and Pro Logic II Movie

To activate Pro Logic II modes

Press SURROUND.

SURROUND

The current Pro Logic II mode appears on the display for a while.

•Each time you press the button, Pro Logic II mode changes as follows:

PL II MUSIC PL II MOVIE

PL II OFF

• When Dolby Pro Logic II mode is activated, the

PRO LOGIC

II indicator lights up on the display.

–For in-depth information about Dolby Pro Logic II modes, see “Creating Realistic Sound Fields” on pages 19 to 21.

DSP modes—CONCERT, STADIUM, HALL,

THEATER, LIVE HOUSE

To activate DSP modes

Press DSP.	DSP
The current DSP mode appears on the display for a	DSP
while.

•Each time you press the button, DSP mode changes as follows:

LIVE HOUSE HALL CONCERT

DSP OFF THEATER STADIUM

–For in-depth information about DSP modes, see “Creating Realistic Sound Fields” on pages 19 to 21.

You can enjoy the sound with headphones.

Connect a pair of headphones to the PHONES jack on the front panel. The speakers are diactivated and you can listen the sound with the headphones.

•Disconnecting a pair of headphones from the PHONES jack activate speakers.

CAUTION:

Be sure to turn down the volume:

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

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

Adjusting the Brightness

You can dim the indications on the display window and the illumination lamps on the center unit.

There is a time limit in doing the following steps. If the setting is canceled before you finish, start from step 1 again.

From the remote control ONLY:

1 Press DIMMER repeatedly until	DIMMER
1 Press DIMMER repeatedly until
“DIMMER (with the current setting) ”	SLEEP
appears on the display.

•Each time you press the button, the indication in the main display changes as follows:

DIMMER*SLEEP**

*With the current level is shown.

**With the remaining time is shown.

2Press cursor 3/2 to adjust the

brightness level.

ENTER

• The brightness level changes as follows:

DIMMER MIN (Minimum)

DIMMER MID (Middle)

DIMMER MAX (Maximum)

3 Press ENTER.

“OK” appears on the display and the

Notes:

•On some source signals, no sounds come out from the subwoofer.

•Before activating the Surround or DSP mode, adjust the speaker setting to bring out the best performance from this system.

For in-depth information about adjusting the speaker setting, see “Setting Menu” on pages 55 and 56.

brightness level changes.