Basic Operations
Listening Only with Headphones
You must turn off both pairs of speakers when you listen with headphones.
1Connect a pair of headphones to the PHONES jack on the front panel.
2Press SPEAKERS ON/OFF 1 and SPEAKERS ON/OFF 2 so that neither the SPK 1 nor SPK 2 indicator appears on the display.
•“HEADPHONE” appears and H. PHONE indicator lights up on the display.
ANALOG
L | R | H.PHONE |
This cancels the Surround modes currently selected, and activates the HEADPHONE mode (see below).
HEADPHONE mode
When using the headphones, following signals are output regardless of your speaker setting:
—For 2 channel sources, the front left, right channel signals are output directly from the headphones.
—For multichannel sources, the front left and right, center, and rear channel signals are
You can enjoy multichannel sound sources using the headphones.
Notes:
•While in the HEADPHONE mode, you cannot use any Surround modes (see page 23).
•Activating the speakers cancel the HEADPHONE mode and turns on the Surround modes previously selected.
CAUTION:
Be sure to turn down the volume
•Before connecting or putting on headphones, as high volume can damage both the headphones and your hearing.
•Before turning on speakers again, as high volume may output from the speakers.
Changing the Display Brightness
You can dim the display.
Press DIMMER on the remote control. | DIMMER |
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• Each time you press the button, the display dims and |
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brightens alternately. |
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Turning Off the Power
with the Sleep Timer
You can fall asleep while listening to
Press SLEEP on the remote control repeatedly. | SLEEP |
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•The SLEEP indicator lights up on the display, and the
ANALOG | SPK 1 | SLEEP | |
| L | C | R |
| S.WFR LFE | ||
| LS | S | RS |
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0(Canceled) 
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70 
When the shut-off time comes
The receiver turns off automatically.
To check or change the remaining time until the
Press SLEEP once.
The remaining time (in minutes) until the
•To change the
To cancel the Sleep Timer
Press SLEEP repeatedly until “SLEEP 0 MIN” appears on the display. (The SLEEP indicator goes off.)
•Turning off the power also cancels the Sleep Timer.
Turning Off the Sounds
You can turn off the volume temporarily.
MUTING
Press MUTING on the remote control to mute the sound through all speakers and headphones connected.
•“MUTING” appears on the display and the volume turns off (the volume level indicator goes off).
ANALOG | SPK 1 | ||
| L | C | R |
| S.WFR LFE | ||
| LS | S | RS |
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To restore the sound, press MUTING again.
•Turning MASTER VOLUME on the front panel or pressing VOLUME +/– on the remote control also restores the sound.
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