When using the buttons on the front panel

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ROOm 2 SOURCE PLAYBACk

• This function allows enjoying one source in the main room and playing another in a different room at the same time.

■Notes:

•The analog signals from the EXTERNAL INs and the digital signals cannot be output to the different room, meaning no playback in a different room.

•Only the (composite) video signals can be output to the different room.

•When the EXTERNAL IN is selected as a main input, if the MAIN source is selected as a ROOM 2 input, no audio signal can be heard in the different room (ROOM 2).

•Even when this receiver enters the standby mode, in such a case that only the "R2" lights up still, meaning only the ROOM 2 circuitry operates, the ROOM 2 source can be played independently.

•When you do not use the ROOM 2 function, turn off the ROOM 2 function to save electricity.

When using the buttons on the front panel

1. Press the ROOM 2 button to enter the ROOM 2 mode.

• ROOM 2 ~ is displayed for several seconds.

• When the ROOM 2 setting mode disappears, press the ROOM 2 button again.

2. Select the desired mode while displaying the ROOM 2 setting mode.

• Each time these buttons are pressed, the mode changes as follows :

→ ROOM 2 ~ : To turn on or off the ROOM 2 function.

(ROOM 2 mode)

↕

IN ~ : To select the desired ROOM 2 source.

(ROOM 2 input)

↕

→ VOL ~ : To adjust the volume on the power (ROOM 2 volume) amplifier assigned to "Surr Back↔

Room 2" or "Room 2".

■Note :

• When the ROOM 2 mode is set to OFF, the ROOM 2 input and the ROOM 2 volume cannot be selected.

3. Set the selected mode as desired.

■When selecting the ROOm 2 mode.

ON : To turn on the ROOM 2 function. ↕ ("R2" lights up.)

OFF : To turn it off. ("R2" goes off.)

■When selecting the ROOm 2 input.

• You can select the desired among MAIN source, TUNER, CD, F.AUX, TAPE, VIDEO 1 ~ VIDEO 4 as a ROOM 2 source.

■When selecting the ROOm 2 volume.

•You can adjust the volume on the power amplifier assigned to "Surr Back↔Room 2" or "Room 2" when the ROOM 2 speaker terminals are connected to the speakers in a different room. (For details, refer to "When selecting the AMP Assign" on page 41.)

4. Start play on the component related to the ROOM 2 source.

RD-8504 specifications

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