2

With the name of the volume to

be adjusted selected, turn the

SELECT knob to adjust the level.

• To increase the bass or treble: Turn the control clockwise.

3

If you do not want the bass and treble to be

adjusted, turn on the tone defeat mode.

The signals do not pass through the bass and treble adjustment circuits,

[5] Checking the currently playing program source, etc.

1 Front panel display

• Descriptions of the unit’s operations

are also displayed on the front panel

ENGLISH

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(The bass or treble sound can

(Main unit)

providing higher quality sound.

display. In addition, the display can

be increased to up to +12 dB in steps of 2 dB.)

• To decrease the bass or treble: Turn the control counterclockwise. (The bass or treble sound can be decreased to up to –12 dB in steps of 2 dB.)

(Main unit)

be switched to check the unit’s

operating status while playing a

source by pressing the STATUS

button.

(Remote control unit)

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2 Using the dimmer function

[2] Listening over headphones

• Use this to change the brightness of

the display.

The display brightness changes in

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Plug the headphones’ plug into

the jack.

 

 

 

Connect the headphones to

 

the PHONES jack.

 

 

The pre-out output (including

 

the speaker

output)

is

 

automatically

turned

off

 

when headphones

are

 

connected.

 

 

NOTE:

PHONESTo prevent hearing loss, do not raise the volume level excessively when using headphones.

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four steps (bright, medium, dim and

off) by pressing the main unit’s

DIMMER button repeatedly.

BRIGHT MEDIUM DIM

OFF

(Remote control unit)

[3] Turning the sound off temporarily (muting)

Playback using the external input (EXT. IN) jacks

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Use this to turn off the audio output

temporarily.

Press the MUTING button. Cancelling MUTING mode. Press the MUTING button again. Muting will also be cancelled when MASTER VOL is adjusted up or down.

(Remote control unit)

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Set the external input (EXT. IN) mode.

 

Press the EXT. IN button

 

 

to switch the external

 

 

input.

 

 

Once this is selected,

(Remote

 

(Main unit)

 

 

the input signals

control unit)

 

connected to the FL (front left), FR (front right),

 

C (center), SL (surround left) and SR (surround

 

right) channels of the EXT. IN jacks are output

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[4] Combining the currently playing sound with the desired image

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Simulcast playback

 

Use this switch to monitor a video

 

 

source other than the audio source.

 

 

Press the VIDEO SELECT button

 

 

repeatedly until the desired source

(Remote

 

appears on the display.

control unit)

 

Cancelling simulcast playback.

 

• Select “SOURCE” using the VIDEO SELECT button.

• Switch the program source to the component connected to the video input jacks.

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directly to the front (left and right), center,

 

surround (left and right) speaker systems

 

without passing through the surround circuitry.

 

In addition, the signal input to the SW (subwoofer)

 

jack is output to the PRE OUT SUBWOOFER jack.

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Cancelling the external input mode

To cancel the external input (EXT. IN) setting,

 

press the INPUT MODE (AUTO, PCM, DTS) or

 

ANALOG button to switch to the desired input

 

mode. (See page 16.)

 

 

(Main unit)

(Remote control unit)

•When the input mode is set to the external input (EXT. IN), the play mode (DIRECT,STEREO, DOLBY/DTS SURROUND, 5CH STEREO or DSP SIMULATION) cannot be selected.

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NOTES:

•In play modes other than the external input mode, the signals connected to EXT. IN jacks cannot be played. In addition, signals cannot be output from channels not connected to the input jacks.

•The external input mode can be set for any input source. To watch video while listening to sound, select the input source to which the video signal is connected, then set this mode.

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