Enjoying music or videos with the
Changing the audio mode
Press the Audio Selector button on the front panel (or the AUDIO button on the remote controller) to change the audio mode. Each time the button is pressed, the mode changes from “AUTO” → “MULTICH” → “ANALOG” and back to “AUTO.” The “AUTO” audio mode is recommended for normal circumstances.
AUTO (automatic detection): With this setting, the
MULTICH: Select this setting to play back the input from the component connected to the MULTI CHANNEL INPUT port. This setting is effective when the Multichannel setting in the Audio Setup is set to “YES.”
ANALOG: Select this setting to play back the input from a source component connected to an analog audio input jacks. With this setting, even if a digital signal is input from the same component, only the analog signal will be output.
Temporarily changing the speaker output levels
To change the individual speaker volumes temporarily, follow the procedure given below. Each channel can be set between
1. | Press the CH Level button and select | CH Level |
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| the desired speaker. |
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2. | Turn the jog dial to adjust the | DSP/Mode ADJ |
| volume level. |
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Push To Enter
When using the remote controller:
1. Press the RCVR MODE button.
2. Press the CH SEL button and select the desired speaker.
3. Press the LEVEL or button to adjust the volume level.
Notes:
•You cannot select a speaker if the CONFIG parameter of the speaker is set to NO or NONE.
•If the speaker level is set to +1 dB or higher, the maximum level indicated on the display will change if you raise the volume level.
•When you press the TEST button after you set the level, the current level will be used as the value set via the test tone.
Enjoying the multichannel input
Before starting operations, first make sure that the multichannel connection is properly made and that the Multichannel setting of the Input Setup → Audio Setup is set to “YES” (see page 29).
1.Press the input source button for the component with multichannel output connected to the MULTI CHANNEL INPUT on the rear of the
2.Select “MULTICH” using the Audio Selector button on the front panel (AUDIO button on the remote controller).
Remote controller |
Audio
Selector
3.Turn on the connected component and start playing the desired media.
4.If necessary, adjust the output level of each speaker as desired (see “Temporarily changing the speaker output levels” on this page).
Adjust the speaker output levels so that you can hear the same sound level from each speaker at the listening position. For the front right, front left, center, surround right, and surround left speakers, the output levels can be adjusted between
5.Adjust the volume with the Master Volume dial or the
VOL buttons on the remote controller.
Using the tone control:
To make the Bass and Treble dials work for multichannel sources, you must first set the tone control to “ON.”
1.Turn the tone control on by pressing either the jog dial on the
DSP/Mode ADJ
DIRECT
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Push To Enter
When pressed only once, the current setting appears, so press twice to change the setting.
2. Adjust the tone using the Bass and Treble dials.
Bass | Treble |
Notes:
•Adjusting the volume level of each speaker for the MULTI CH INPUT source does not affect the speaker level adjusted by the listening position.
•If the speaker level is set to +1 dB or higher, the maximum level indicated on the display will change if you raise the volume level.
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