Sound and Volume Controls (continued)

Selecting surround sound

●Press SURR on the remote to select : MULTI-CHANNEL or STEREO.

➜The availability of the various surround sound modes depends on the number of speakers used and the sound available on the disc.

➜The center and rear speakers operate only in Multi-channel surround mode.

➜The available output modes for Multi- channel include: Dolby Digital, DTS (Digital Theater Systems) Surround and Dolby Pro Logic II.

➜Stereo broadcasts or recordings will produce some surround channel effects when played in a surround mode.

However, mono (single channel sound) sources will not produce any sound from the rear speakers.

Helpful Hints:

–You are not able to select the surround sound mode if the system setup menu is turned on.

Selecting digital sound effects

Select a preset digital sound effects that matches your disc’s content or that optimizes the sound of the musical style you are playing.

●Press SOUND to select the available sound effect.

When playing movie discs or in TV mode, you can select :

CONCERT, DRAMA,ACTION or SCI-FI.

When playing music discs or while in TUNER or AUX/DI mode, you can select : ROCK, DIGITAL, CLASSIC or JAZZ (except for DivX/MP3).

Helpful Hint:

–For flat sound output, select CONCERT or

CLASSIC.

–Sound effect is not active during line-out connection.

Volume control

●Adjust VOLUME control (or press VOL +/- on the remote) to increase or decrease the volume level.

➜ "VOL MIN" is the minimum volume level and “VOL MAX” is the maximum volume level.

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To turn off the volume temporarily

●Press MUTE on the remote.

➜Playback will continue without sound and "MUTE" appears.

➜To restore the volume, press MUTE again, or increase/decrease the volume level.

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HTS5500C/37B, HTS5500C specifications

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