Panasonic SA-XR59 manual Enjoying Home Theater features, Basic play

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Enjoying Home Theater features

Basic play

	SURROUND	INPUT SELECTOR
SPEAKERS

AB

VOLUME

[	]	AUTO	ADVANCED		HDMI
		SPEAKER SETUP	DUAL AMP	BI-AMP
					INPUT SELECTOR	VOLUME
		SPEAKERS		TUNE	MENU	ENTER
		A	B	SURROUND	SETUP
		AUTO DETECTOR			RETURN

AUX SETUP MIC

S VIDEO IN VIDEO IN L R

Theater features

1Turn on the unit. Press

• The standby indicator goes off when you turn on the unit.

The [SURROUND] indicator lights to show that the surround mode is on.

Note

Before using the unit for the first time or after changing your speaker set up, make sure that you perform auto speaker setup

(➡ pages 14 to 16) or automatic speaker detection (➡ page 17), or for manual settings (➡ page 27).

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SURROUND

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2Turn on SPEAKERS A.

	SPEAKERS
	A	SPEAKERS
Press
		A

If you have bi-wired your front speakers (➡ page 13), make sure you have selected “YES” for the “LR BI- WIRE setting” (➡ page 27).

If you also want to use SPEAKERS B, press [SPEAKERS B] to turn them on. (Remember that sound will only be stereo if you use just SPEAKERS B.)

	SPEAKERS	SPEAKERS
	A	B	SPEAKERS
Press	or		BI-WIRE
			A B

3INPUT SELECTOR

Turn to select the input source.

If you have a combination DVD recorder/VCR (➡ page 9)

•Select “DVR” to watch DVDs.

•Select “VCR” to watch video tapes.

Input sources:

TUNER FM, TUNER AM, CD, TV/STB, BD/DVD, DVR (DVD recorder), VCR (video recorder), AUX (front terminals)

•“DVD RECORDER” scrolls once across the display if you select “DVR”.

•You can also select the input source with the buttons on the remote control (➡ pages 34 to 36).

4Start playing the source

If you would prefer to listen in stereo, press [SURROUND] to turn the indicator off.

To return to surround sound, press [SURROUND] to turn the indicator on.

•The unit stores whether you have selected SURROUND or not for each input source, but the mode automatically activates if you play a multi-channel source.

•You can “down mix” multi-channel sources to 2 channels by pressing [SURROUND] to turn the indicator off during play. (Some DVD-Audio prohibit down-mixing.)

2-channel down-mix cancels when you turn the unit off or change the input source.

5 Adjust the volume.	Volume range:
VOLUME
	-- dB (minimum), -79 dB to 0 dB (maximum)
Turn

When you finish listening

RQTV0247 Be sure to reduce the volume and press [8] to switch the unit to standby.

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