Advanced Setup—Continued

Miscellaneous (Volume/OSD) Setup

This section explains the items on the “Miscellaneous” menu.

1

Press the [RECEIVER] button followed by

 

the [SETUP] button.

 

The main menu appears onscreen.

 

If the main menu doesn’t appear, make sure the

 

appropriate external input is selected on your TV.

 

 

 

 

2

Use the Up and Down [q]/[w] buttons to

 

select “6. Miscellaneous”, and then press

 

[ENTER].

 

 

 

The “Miscellaneous” menu appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Miscellaneous

 

 

 

1.

Volume Setup

 

 

 

2.

OSD Setup

 

 

 

 

 

3

Use the

Up and Down [q]/[w] buttons to

 

select an item, and then press [ENTER].

 

The screen for that item appears.

 

 

 

 

 

4

Use the Up and Down [q]/[w] buttons to

 

select an item, and use the Left and Right

 

[e]/[r] buttons to change it.

 

The items are explained below.

 

 

 

 

5

When you’ve finished, press the [SETUP]

 

button.

 

 

The setup menu closes.

Note:

This procedure can also be performed on the AV receiver by using its [SETUP] button, arrow buttons, and [ENTER] button.

Volume Setup

Maximum Volume

With this setting, you can limit the maximum volume. The Maximum Volume range is “Off”, 79 to 30.

Power On Volume

With this preference, you can specify the volume setting to be used each time the AV receiver is turned on.

The range is “Last”, “Min”, 1 to 79 or “Max”.

To use the same volume level that was used when the AV receiver was turned off, select “Last”.

The “Power On Volume” cannot be set higher than the “Maximum Volume” setting.

Headphone Level

With this preference, you can specify the headphone vol- ume relative to the main volume. This is useful if there’s a volume difference between your speakers and your headphones. The headphones level can be set from –12 dB to +12 dB.

OSD Setup

Immediate Display

This preference determines whether operation details are displayed onscreen when an AV receiver function is adjusted.

On: Displayed (default).

Off: Not displayed.

Even when “On” is selected, operation details may not be output if the input source is connected to an HDMI IN.

Display Position

This preference determines where on the screen opera- tion details are displayed.

Bottom: Bottom of the screen (default).

Top: Top of the screen.

Language

This setting determines the language used for the onscreen setup menus. You can select: English, Deutsch, French, or Spanish.

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HT-RC160 specifications

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