internal
•The 8 CH DIRECT input should be used when an input is connected to all eight
•The 8 CH DVD AUDIO input should be used when an input is connected to all eight
Volume and Tone Control
•Adjust the volume to a comfortable level using the
•To temporarily silence all speaker outputs, press the Mute Button iß. This will interrupt the out- put to all speakers and the headphone jack, but it will not affect any recording or dubbing that may be in progress. When the system is muted, the word MUTE will flash in the
•The unit’s tone controls may be taken out of the signal path by pressing the Tone Mode Button CV. The first button press will show a message in the
•When the tone controls are active, the amount of bass and treble boost/cut may be adjusted up to ±10dB in 2dB steps by pressing the Tone Mode Button CVtwo or three times until the desired setting (BASS MODE or TREBLE MODE) appears in the
the Lower Display Line $. Next, use the
‹/› Navigation Buttons D© on the remote or the ‹/› Navigation Buttons on the front panel H to change the setting as desired. The unit will return to normal operation within five seconds after the setting is changed.
•For private listening, simply place a standard 1/4" stereo headphone plug or adapter into the Headphone Jack B behind the door 9 on the front panel. The speakers will automatically mute and a
is in use.
Surround Mode Selection
One of the most important features of the AVR 445 is its ability to reproduce a full multichannel surround sound field from digital sources, analog matrix
Selection of a surround mode is based on personal taste, as well as the type of program source material being used. For example, motion pictures or TV pro- grams bearing the logo of one of the major surround- encoding processes, such as Dolby Surround or DTS Stereo may be played in either the Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II Cinema, DTS Neo:6 Cinema, or Logic 7 Cinema surround modes, depending on the source material.
NOTE: Once a program has been encoded with matrix surround information, it retains the surround information as long as the program is broadcast in stereo. Thus, movies with surround sound may be decoded via any of the analog surround modes (e.g., Dolby Pro Logic II Cinema, Logic 7 Cinema or DTS Neo:6 Cinema) when they are broadcast via conventional TV stations, cable,
Even when a program is not listed as carrying inten- tional surround information, you may find that the Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, Logic 7 or DTS Neo:6, and the Hall or Theater modes often deliver enveloping surround presentations through the use of the natural information present in all stereo recordings.
OPERATION
Surround modes may be changed at any time by using either the front panel or remote control. To select a new surround mode from the front panel, first press the Surround Mode Group Selector Button 2 until the desired major surround mode group such as Dolby, DTS or Logic 7 is selected. Next, press the Surround Mode Selector Button 3 to choose the specific individual surround mode.
To choose a surround mode using the remote, first press the button for the major surround mode group that includes the desired mode. These buttons are the Dolby Mode Select g, the DTS Digital Model Select f, the DTS Neo:6 Mode Select e, the DSP Surround Mode Select 6and the Stereo Mode Select dbuttons. The first press of a button will show the current mode from that group if it is already in use, or the first available mode if you are currently using another mode. To cycle through the available modes in that group, press the button again until the desired mode appears in the Lower Display Line $, the
The Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital EX, DTS 5.1,
When the
To listen to a program in traditional
Digital Audio Playback
Digital audio is a major advancement over older analog surround processing systems. It delivers up to six dis- crete channels, and each channel reproduces a
