Control guide

Main unit

Standby indicator [^]

 

[% DIGITAL, % PL II, dts]

 

[H.BASS]

When the unit is connected to the AC

 

Lights to indicate the source’s input signal

 

For enhancing the bass sound.

mains supply, this indicator lights up in

 

and decoding format used.

 

The indicator lights when the feature

standby mode and goes out when the

 

% DIGITAL: Dolby Digital sources

 

is on.

unit is turned on.

 

% PL II: Dolby Pro LogicII decoder is

 

 

Standby/on switch [8]

 

being used

 

 

Press to switch the unit from on to

 

dts: DTS sources

 

 

standby mode or vice versa. In standby

 

 

 

 

mode, the unit is still consuming a small

 

 

 

 

amount of power.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[VOLUME]

 

 

 

 

VOLUME

Volume control.

 

 

 

%DIGITAL %PL

 

 

INPUT SELECTOR

2 TUNE 2

MENU

H. BASS

DOWN

UP

 

 

 

 

 

PHONES

Remote control signal sensor

[INPUT SELECTOR]

For selecting input.

The display changes as follows:

TUNER DVD TV

GAME/AUX DVR/VCR

[2 TUNE 1]

For tuning the radio and presetting channels.

[MENU]

For entering various settings.

Press and hold to exit the MENU mode.

[PHONES]

Headphone jack

Plug type: 3.5 mm stereo

Sound does not come from the speakers if you connect headphones.

Avoid listening for prolonged periods of time to prevent hearing damage.

Operations

Display

[DIGITAL INPUT]

Program format indicators

Show the channels contained in the digital input signal.

They do not light when input is analogue.

L:Front left channel

C:Center channel

R:Front right channel LS: Surround left channel

S:If the surround channel is monaural RS: Surround right channel

LFE (Low Frequency Effects): Deep-bass effect.

[TUNED, ST, MONO]

Radio indicators

TUNED: A station is tuned.

ST: A stereo FM broadcast is tuned.

MONO: You have switched to monaural mode to improve reception.

[RDS, PS, PTY]

(For continental Europe and the United Kingdom) Shows the current RDS display mode.

[SLEEP]

Sleep timer indicator.

[M]

Flashes or lights during presetting.

DIGITAL INPUT

TUNED

ST

MONO

RDS

PS

PTY

SLEEP

100Hz

10kHz

L

C

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LS

S

RS

M

LFE

C.FOCUS

kHz

2CH MIX

SFC

MHz

RQT7953

16

[C.FOCUS, 2CH MIX, SFC]

C.FOCUS: Appears when you are using Center Focus

2CH MIX: Appears when you are listening to a multi-channel source with headphones SFC: Appears when you are using an SFC mode

General display

Shows the input mode, radio frequency and other general information.

[kHz, MHz]

Frequency unit indicators

kHz: AM, or PCM sampling frequency MHz: FM

Spectrum analyzer display

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Panasonic SC-HT17 operating instructions Control guide, Main unit, Display

SC-HT17 specifications

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