Basic operations

Selecting the source to play

On the remote control:

Press one of the source selecting buttons (DVD, FM/AM, AUX or TV SOUND).

DVD: To play back a disc (DVD, Video CD etc.). (A pg. 21, 23)

FM/AM: To tune in an FM or AM (MW) station. (A pg. 25) Each time you press the button, the band alternates between FM and AM (MW).

AUX: To select the source from a component connected to the AUX IN jacks or DIGITAL IN jack. (A pg. 12) Each time you press the button, the source alternates between “AUX” and “AUX DIGITAL”.

TV SOUND: To select the TV (that outputs sound signals) connected to the AV (SCART) connector. (A pg. 8)

On the center unit:

Press SOURCE repeatedly until the source name you want appears on the display window.

Each time you press the button, the source changes as follows;

]DVD ] AM ] FM ] AUX ] AUX DIGITAL ] TV SOUND ] (back to the beginning)

The selected source name appears on the display window.

Example:When “AUX” is selected.

NOTE

•When a source except DVD is selected, this system does not output video signals.

Adjusting the volume

CAUTION

•Always set the volume to minimum level before starting any source. If the volume is set at its high level, the sudden blast of sound could permanently damage your hearing and/or blow out the speakers.

You can adjust the volume level within the range from “0” (minimum) to “70” (maximum).

On the remote control:

Press AUDIO VOL + or –.

•Press + to increase volume.

•Press – to decrease volume.

On the center unit:

Turn VOLUME.

•Turn VOLUME clockwise to increase volume.

•Turn VOLUME counterclockwise to decrease volume.

The volume level appears on the display window.

Listening with headphones

CAUTION

Be sure to turn down the volume;

•Before connecting or putting on headphones as high volume may damage both the headphones and your hearing.

•Before disconnecting headphones as high volume may be suddenly output from the speakers.

Connect a pair of headphones to the PHONES jack on the center unit. This cancels the surround mode (A pg. 33) currently selected, deactivates the speakers, turns the subwoofer’s power off, and activates the headphone mode. “HEADPHONE” appears on the display window.

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•Disconnecting a pair of headphones from the PHONES jack cancels the headphone mode and activates the speakers at the previously selected surround mode.

Headphone mode

When using the headphones, the following signals are output regardless of your speaker setting;

•For 2 channel sources, the front left and right channel signals are output directly from the left and right headphones.

•For multi-channel sources, the front left and right, center and surround channel signals are down-mixed and then output from the headphones.

You can enjoy the down-mixed multi-channel sound source using the headphones.

Turning off the sound temporarily

On the remote control:

Press MUTING.

“MUTING” appears on the display window and the sound turns off.

To restore the sound

Press MUTING again.

•Pressing AUDIO VOL +/– (or turning VOLUME on the center unit) also restores the sound.

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