Signature 2.0

Appendix C

Mono

When you are playing an older monaural recording or movie and wish to listen to it in its pure state without any enhancement or processing, select the Mono mode. This mode will combine all audio channels and send them to the center channel speaker only.

Applicable Mode Groups: The Mono mode is accessible by pressing the Music mode group button until the Mono mode name appears in the Information Display and on-screen status reports.

Stereo

The Stereo mode activates a Smart Stereo circuit to calculate which type of stereo is best suited to the current input source. Regardless of the input, pressing the Stereo mode group button y will combine all available input channels and funnel them into the front left and right speakers only.

Smart Stereo is an intelligent agent that looks at the input signal, and creates the stereo sound from Dolby Digital, PCM Digital stereo or analog stereo without any further intervention.

When an analog input is selected and the Stereo button y is pressed, the 2.0 turns off all digital signal processing for the cleanest possible sound. This is a unique feature of the 2.0, rarely found even in high-end audio equipment.

Applicable Mode Groups: The Stereo mode is accessible only by the Stereo button. Since Stereo is the only mode available in this group, the Stereo button acts as a toggle on/off selector. One press of the button will put the 2.0 in the Stereo mode, and the next press returns you to the previously selected mode.

Mono +

Playing a single-channel, monaural recording does not mean that you have to sacrifice availability of surround sound. The Mono + mode is NOT a single-channel mode, but rather a specially designed surround mode that takes incoming signals and creates a multichannel audio presentation. Through the magic of the 2.0’s pro- cessing circuits, one channel becomes five. If you wish to play a selection in single-channel “true” mono, choose the Mono mode, which may be accessed by pressing the Music mode group button y until the Mono mode name appears in the front panel Information Display and the on-screen status messages.

The Mono + mode is only available when analog or PCM Stereo input source is selected. Pressing the Mono + button when a Dolby Digital or DTS source is playing selects the Digital Mono mode, a “true mono” mode which is described above. Mono + is not available when a Dolby Digital source is selected.

Applicable Mode Groups: The Mono + or Digital Mono modes are accessible only by pressing the Mono + button. Since either is the only mode available in this group, the Mono + button acts as a toggle on/off selector. One press of the button will put the 2.0 in the proper mono mode, and the next press returns you to the previously selected mode.

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HA160-0004-A specifications

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