Common Functions, Muting the AV Receiver

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Common Functions—Continued

Muting the AV Receiver

With this function you can temporarily mute the output of the AV Receiver.

Using the Sleep Timer

With the sleep timer you can set the AV Receiver so that it automatically turns off after a set period.

Press the remote controller’s [MUTING] button.

MUTING	The output is muted and the MUTING
	The output is muted and the MUTING
	indicator ﬂashes on the display, as
	shown.

To unmute the AV Receiver, press the remote control- ler’s [MUTING] button again, or adjust the volume. The output is unmuted and the MUTING indicator goes off. Muting is cancelled when the AV Receiver is set to Standby.

SLEEP

Press the [SLEEP] button repeat- edly to select the required sleep time.

You can set the sleep time from 90 to 10 minutes in 10 minute steps.

The SLEEP indicator appears on the display when the sleep timer has been set, as shown. The speciﬁed sleep time appears on the display for about ﬁve seconds, then the previous display reappears.

SLEEP indicator

Adjusting Speaker Levels

Temporarily

You can adjust individual speaker levels while listening to an input source. These temporary adjustments are can- celled when the AV Receiver is set to Standby.

To cancel the sleep timer, press the [SLEEP] button repeatedly until the SLEEP indicator disappears.

To check the remaining sleep time, press the [SLEEP] button. Note that if you press the [SLEEP] button while the sleep time is being displayed, you’ll shorten the sleep time by 10 minutes.

CH SEL

LEVEL- LEVEL+

Use the remote controller’s [CH SEL] button to select each speaker, and use the [LEVEL–] and [LEVEL+] buttons to adjust the volume.

Speakers are selected in the following order: Left → Center → Right → Surr Right → Surr Back → Surr Left → Subwoofer.

You can adjust the volume of each speaker from –12 dB to +12 dB (–15 dB to +12 dB for the subwoofer). The name of the currently selected speaker and its volume appear on the display, as shown.

Using Headphones

You can connect a pair of stereo headphones (1/4-inch phone plug) to the AV Receiver’s PHONES jack for pri- vate listening, as shown.

STANDBY/ON

A SPEAKERS B

PHONES

Notes:

• Always turn down the volume before connecting your

headphones.

• Speaker sets A and B are turned off while the head-

phones plug is inserted in the PHONES jack.

• When you connect a pair of headphones, the listening

mode is set to Stereo, unless it’s already set to Pure

Audio, Stereo or Direct. When you disconnect the

Notes:

•You cannot use this function while the AV Receiver is muted.

•Speakers that are set to No or None in the Speaker Conﬁguration cannot be adjusted.

headphones, the previous listening mode is selected.

• When the multichannel DVD input is selected, only

the front left and front right sounds can be heard in the