Lexicon Lexicon MC-12 manual Mode Buttons, Mode Family Selection Buttons, Button Input Source

MODE ADJUST

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MODE BUTTONS

The front panel and remote control Mode buttons can be used to audition listening modes with the current Main Zone input source. Pressing the Mode or + button scrolls upward through listening modes available for the current Main Zone input source. Pressing the Mode or – button scrolls downward through listening modes available for the current Main Zone input source. For instance, if a 2-channel source is present in the Main Zone, the Mode buttons can be used to audition 2-channel listening modes.

Scrolling occurs in the order shown on the MODE ADJUST menu. The selected listening mode appears in the bottom-left corner of the Main Zone two-line status. The selected listening mode is automatically activated when scrolling stops.

MODE FAMILY SELECTION BUTTONS

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The remote control mode family selection buttons can be used to select a listening mode within the corresponding mode family. Pressing a mode family selection button activates the most appropriate listening mode for the current Main Zone input source. For instance, pressing the L7 button while a 2-channel source is present in the Main Zone activates the FILM listening mode.

The table below indicates the listening modes associated with each mode family selection button.

Button

Input Source

2-Channel

Dolby Digital

dts(-ES)

5.1-Channel Analog

PLII +

5.1

*

5.1a

*

PLII MOVIE

DIGITAL*

N/A†

N/A†

FILM

5.1

FILM

FILM*

5.1a

FILM

TV

5.1

TV

N/A†

N/A†

FILM

N/A†

*

N/A†

MUSIC

MUSIC

5.1

MUSIC

MUSIC*

5.1a

MUSIC

*These listening mode names differ depending on the current input source, speaker setup, and parameter settings. Refer to the Listening Mode Descriptions section that begins on the next page for more information.

†The MODE SELECTION NOT AVAILABLE message appears on the on-screen and front panel displays when the selected listening mode family does not offer a listening mode for the current Main Zone input source.

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