Basic Operations—Continued

7Using Headphones

For private listening, you can connect a pair of stereo headphones (1/4-inch phone plug) to the AV receiver’s PHONES jack.

Displaying Source Information

You can display various information about the current input source as follows.

Press the [RECEIVER] button, and then press the [DISPLAY] button repeatedly to cycle through the available information.

Notes:

Always turn down the volume before connecting your headphones.

While the headphones plug is inserted in the PHONES jack, the speakers are turned off. (The Powered Zone 2 speakers are not turned off.)

When you connect a pair of headphones, the listening mode is set to Stereo, unless it was already set to Pure Audio, Mono, Stereo, or Direct, in which case it stays the same. (Pure Audio listening mode is not available for North American/Taiwan models.)

Adjusting the Bass & Treble

You can adjust the bass and treble for the front speakers, except when the Direct, Pure Audio listening mode is selected.

AV receiver Press the [TONE] button repeatedly to select either “Bass” or “Treble”.

Use the TONE [–]/[+] buttons to adjust.

Tip:

This procedure can also be performed on the remote controller by using [AUDIO] button (see page 78).

Bass

You can boost or cut low-frequency sounds output by the front speakers from –10 dB to +10 dB in 2 dB steps.

Treble

You can boost or cut high-frequency sounds output by the front speakers from –10 dB to +10 dB in 2 dB steps.

Note:

This procedure can also be performed on the AV receiver by using its [DISPLAY] button.

The following information can typically be displayed:

Input source & volume*1

Signal format*2 or sampling frequency

Input source & listening mode

*1 When AM or FM radio is used, the band, preset number, and frequency are displayed.

*2 If the input signal is analog, or AM or FM radio is selected, no format information is displayed. If the input signal is PCM, the sampling frequency is displayed. If the input signal is digital but not PCM, the signal format is displayed. Information is displayed for about 3 seconds, then the previous display reappears.

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SR507, TX-SR577 specifications

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