Adcom GTP-870HD Basic Audio/Video Playback, Picture Format, External 7.1 Playback, Tape Playback

Chapter 4 - Operations

Basic Audio/Video Playback

Follow these steps to play an audio/video source component connected to the Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, Video 4, or CD inputs.

Playing an AV Source Component

1Before you begin:

•Power on the GTP-870HD.

•Power on your source component.

•Power on your TV/display (if applicable).

•Power on your amp/subwoofer (if applicable) 2 Select your input source.

•Press the desired Source selector button (Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, Video 4, or CD) on the GTP-870HD.

3Play your Source component.

•If you programmed the GTP-870HD remote control, press the Play button to initiate playback on your Source component.

•The output signal from your Source compo-

nent will be heard through your speaker sys- tem and/or seen on your display device.

4Adjust the volume.

•Turn the Volume knob to adjust the volume from -80dB to 18dB.

Special Playback Features

During playback, choose from these special playback features:

•Mute - Press the Mute button to temporarily mute the audio.

•Surround modes - Press the Mode button to over- ride the default Surround mode and choose one of the many built-in options to suit your source material; see page 57.

•Theater EQ - Press the TH-EQ button to enable Theater EQ sound.

•Dynamic Range - Press the D. Range button to compress the dynamic range of your audio out- put (aka, “night mode”).

•Sync - Press the Sync button and use the / buttons to delay the audio if the sound is out of sync with the picture. Press Sync again to toggle lip sync delay on and off.

Picture Format

During playback, press the Select button and use the / buttons to set the picture format to one of the following:

•Auto - Automatically selects the best picture format for the current output resolution.

•Full - Stretches a standard 4:3 image to fill a wi- descreen (16:9) display.

•Zoom - Zooms the on-screen image proportion- ally, preserving the original aspect ratio but cropping the picture.

•Squeeze - Compresses a widescreen image to a 4:3 display.

•NLS (Non-linear Stretch) - Stretches a 4:3 image to 16:9, but preserves the correct aspect ratio in the center of the picture.

External 7.1 Playback

If your source component is connected to the Ext 7.1 jacks, simply press the Ext 7.1 button on the remote control or front panel.

•To connect a source component to the Ext 7.1 in- puts (usually a DVD, DVD-Audio, or SACD player), see page 20.

Tape Playback

If your source component is connected to the Tape input, press the Tape button on the remote control or front panel.

•To connect a source component to the Tape in- puts, see page 21.

Source
buttons	Mute
Ext7.1/	Volume
Tape
Play	Select
	(Format)
	Mode
	TH-EQ

Sync

D. Range

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