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SIGNAL	L	C	R	2DIGITAL	DTS	VIDEO CONV. V.SB DNR MIDNIGHT	TUNED
AUTO	SL	S	SR	WMA9 Pro 96/24		MULTI-ROOM DIALOGUE LOUDNESS STEREO
HDMI	SL	S	SR			OVER ATT Hi-bit/sampling TONE	MONO		dB
	SBL	SB	SBR						dB
	SBL	SB	SBR
DIGITAL		LFE						HDMI
ANALOG		LFE					[ 1 ]	HDMI	SR+
ANALOG							[ 1 ]	[ 2 ]	SR+

STREAM DIRECT 2PRO LOGIC Neo :6

THX ADV.SURROUND

	STEREO	STANDARD
	SP AB		SLEEP
12	13	14	15	16	17	18

1 SIGNAL indicators

Light to indicate the currently selected input signal. AUTO lights when the receiver is set to select the input signal automatically (page 29).

2 Program format indicators

These change according to which channels are active in digital sources.

L – Left front channel C – Center channel

R – Right front channel

SL – Left surround channel

S – Surround channel (mono) SR – Right surround channel SBL – Left surround back channel SB – Surround back channel (mono) SBR – Right surround back channel

LFE – Low frequency effects channel (the ((( ))) indicators light when an LFE signal is being input)

3 Digital format indicators

Light when a signal encoded in the corresponding format is detected.

4 OVER / ATT

OVER lights to indicate that the level of an analog source is too high. ATT lights when you use the attenuator (ANALOG ATT) to reduce it.

5 MULTI-ROOM

Lights when the multi-room feature is active (page 53).

6 VIDEO CONV.

Lights when digital video conversion is enabled (page 61).

7 V.SB

Lights during Virtual surround back processing (page 29).

8 Sound processing indicators

Light according to the active AV parameter(s) (page 61).

9TUNER indicators

TUNED – Lights when a broadcast is being received. STEREO – Lights when a stereo FM broadcast is being received in auto stereo mode.

MONO – Lights when the mono mode is set using the MPX button.

10 HDMI connection indicators

Light to indicate the HDMI input currently selected.

11Master volume level

12STREAM DIRECT

Lights when Direct / Pure Direct is selected (page 28).

13 Speaker indicators

Indicate the current speaker system, A and/or B (page 51).

14Listening mode indicators

THX – Lights when a Home THX mode is selected.

ADV. SURROUND – Lights when an Advanced Surround mode has been selected.

STEREO – Lights when stereo listening is switched on (see Listening in stereo on page 28).

STANDARD – Lights when a Standard Surround mode is switched on (see Listening in surround sound on page 26).

15SLEEP

Lights when the receiver is in sleep mode (page 62).

16Matrix decoding format indicators

2PRO LOGIC IIx – This lights to indicate 2Pro Logic II / 2Pro Logic IIx decoding (page 26).

Neo:6 – When one of the Neo:6 modes of the receiver is on, this lights to indicate Neo:6 processing (page 26).

17Character display

Displays various system information.

18 SR+

Lights when the SR+ mode is switched on (page 56).

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