7DIGITAL OUT

Select the output digital signal format through the DIGITAL OUT (optical) terminal on the rear.

•Each time you press the button, the output signal format changes as follows:

THROUGH : Select when connecting a digital signal processor or decoder. The incoming digital signals are transmitted through the digital output terminal without any processing.

PCM: Select when connecting an MD recorder or other

 

digital recording device. The incoming digital

 

signals are down-mixed and converted into PCM

 

format.

 

 

pSetting the Video Input Terminals—VIDEO INPUT

After connecting the video components to the video input terminals, you have to register which type of the terminal you have connected to—whether the component input or S-Video/ composite input.

Without setting this correctly, you may not view the pictures on the TV.7VIDEO INPUT

Select an appropriate input terminal used for each component— “DVD,” “DBS,” and “VCR1.”

•Each time you press # (RIGHT) or @ (LEFT), the selected video input terminal changes as follows:

COMPO1 “ COMPO2 “ COMPO3 “ S/C“(back to the beginning)

Notes:

•If you have selected the same component input terminal for different video components, only the last performed terminal setting will be valid. (The other terminal settings will be automatically set to “S/C.”)

•If any of “COMPO 1/2/3” is selected for the video component which is only connected using S-video or composite video jacks (S/C), you cannot view or record its playback picture.

qTurning On and Off the Video Output—VIDEO POWER

On this submenu screen, you can turn on or off the power supply to the video output circuit built in this unit.

7VIDEO POWERTurn on or off the power supply to the video output circuit.ON : Normally select this.Power is supplied to the built-in video output circuit.

OFF : Select to cut off power to the built-in video output circuit while playing an audio source.

With this setting, interference caused by the video output circuit will be reduced.

Note:

Even if “VIDEO POWER” is set to “OFF,” power will be supplied to the video output circuit when on-screen display menus are used.

wSetting the Speakers 2 Usage—SPEAKER 2On this submenu, you can determine how to use theFRONT 2 SPEAKERS terminals.7SPEAKER 2

When using the FRONT 2 SPEAKERS terminals, determine the speaker terminal usage.

SPEAKER 2 : Select to connect the second front speakers.

BI-AMP OUT : Select to connect the front speakers using bi- amplifier connection*.

The BI-AMP indicator (as well as the front speaker 1 indicator) will light up when the front speakers 1 are activated.

Notes:

*If your speaker has two pairs of input terminal (one for the high frequency range and the other for the low frequency range), you can connect the speakers by using both the FRONT 1

SPEAKERS and FRONT 2 SPEAKERS terminals on the rear of this unit.

•When “BI-AMP OUT” is selected, the surround back speakers are automatically deactivated. In this case, the SURR CH OUT submenu cannot be adjusted (see page 36).

•When “BI-AMP OUT” is selected, “SURR BACK SP” is set to “NONE” on the SPEAKER SETTING submenu (see page 32).

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