JVC RX-8000VBK manual Attenuating the Input Signal, Muting the Sound, Reinforcing the Bass

BASS BOOST

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Listening only with headphones

You can listen with the headphones without deactivating both pairs of speakers; however, if you want to use the HEADPHONE mode (see below), you must turn off both pairs of speakers.

1. Connect a pair of headphones to the PHONES jack on the front

panel.

Attenuating the Input Signal

When the input level of the playing source is too high, the sounds will be distorted. If this happens, you need to attenuate the input signal level to prevent the sound distortion.

2. Press SPEAKERS 1 and/or 2 so that no lamps on the buttons are

turned on.

This cancels the surround mode or DSP mode currently selected,

and activates the HEADPHONE mode (see below).

• The HEAD PHONE indicator lights up on the display.

HEADPHONE mode:

This mode can reproduce the LFE channel signals, mixing them with the front channel signals. So you will not miss the subwoofer sounds even if you listen to a source using the

On the front panel ONLY:

Press and hold INPUT ATT. (SOUND SELECT) so that the ATT indicator lights up on the display.

•Each time you press and hold the button, the Input Attenuator mode turns on (“INPUT ATT ON”) or off (“INPUT NORMAL”).

Notes:

SOUND SELECT

INPUT ATT.

headphones.

Notes:

•While in the headphones mode, you cannot use any other DSP modes (see page 22.)

•Activating the speaker cancels the headphones mode and turns on the DSP mode 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.

Muting the Sound

From the remote control ONLY:

Press MUTING to mute the sound through all MUTING

speakers and headphones connected.

“MUTING” appears on the display and the volume turns off (the volume level indicator goes off).

To restore the sound, press MUTING again so that “OFF” appears on the display.

•Turning MASTER VOLUME on the front panel or pressing VOLUME +/– on the remote control also restores the sound.

Reinforcing the Bass

You can boost the bass level.

On the front panel ONLY:

Press BASS BOOST (SOURCE NAME) briefly to select the bass boost function.

• Each time you press the button, the bass boost function turns on (“BASSBOOST ON”) and off (“BASSBOOST OFF”).

–Select “BASSBOOST ON” to activate the bass boost function. The BASS BOOST indicator lights up on the display.

–Select “BASSBOOST OFF” to cancel it.

The indicator goes off.

Note:

This function affects the front speaker sounds only.

•This function is available only for the sources connected using the analog terminals.

•This function takes effect when the DSP mode is in use.

•When selecting “DVD MULTI” as the source, this effect does not work.

Adjusting the Subwoofer Output Level

You can adjust the subwoofer output level if you have selected “YES” for the “SUBWOOFER” (see page 14).

Once it has been adjusted, the receiver memorizes the adjustment.

Before you start, remember....

•There is a time limit in doing the following steps. If the setting is canceled before you finish, start from step 1 again.

•When the front speakers are all deactivated, the subwoofer level cannot be adjusted.

On the front panel:

1. Press BALANCE/SURROUND	BALANCE/SURROUND
ADJUST repeatedly until	ADJUST
“SUBWFR LEVEL” appears on
the display.

The display changes to show the current setting.

2.	Turn MULTI JOG to adjust the	MULTI JOG
	subwoofer output level (–10 dB to
	+10 dB).
From the remote control:
1.	Press SOUND.	SOUND

The 10 keys are activated for sound adjustments.

2. Press SUBWOOFER –/+ to adjust

the subwoofer output level (–10 dB		SUBWOOFER
to +10 dB).	0		+10
	FM MODE		100+

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