06Listening to your system

Choosing the input signal

You need to hook up a component to both analog and digital inputs on the rear of the

receiver to select between input signals.1

ADVANCED

ST/DIRECT

SIGNAL

STANDARD SURR

/AUTO SURR

SELECT

LISTENING MODE

1Press SIGNAL SELECT on the front panel to select the input signal corresponding to the source component.

Press repeatedly to select between:

•AUTO – This automatically switches to DIGITAL if a digital source is detected, otherwise it remains on ANALOG.

•ANALOG – Selects the analog inputs.

•DIGITAL – Selects the digital input.

When set to DIGITAL or AUTO, 2 DIGITAL lights when a Dolby Digital signal is input, and DTS lights when a DTS signal is input.

Note

1• This receiver can only play back Dolby Digital, PCM (32kHz–96 kHz), WMA9 Pro and DTS digital signal formats. With other digital signal formats, set to ANALOG.

•You may get digital noise when a LD or CD player compatible with DTS is playing an analog signal. To prevent noise, make the proper digital connections (page 14) and set the signal input to DIGITAL.

•Some DVD players don’t output DTS signals. For more details, refer to the instruction manual supplied with your DVD player.

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