Sound Modes

ADVANCED THEATER mode ( Dolby/DTS mode)

Switch on the Dolby/DTS mode by pressing the 2surround button. When Dolby/DTS mode is ON, Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby Digital and DTS, and signal processing is performed automatically corresponding to the input signal. Use this button to cycle through the various modes.

For all modes other than STANDARD, DSP is switched on and will appears in the diisplay.

1Press RCV.

 

SOURCE RECEIVER

 

 

 

1

DVD

TV VCR

CD-R

 

This sets the remote to select the sound mode. (On the D409 the

 

button is called RECEIVER.)

 

MULTI CONTROL

 

 

RCV

CD TUN

TVC

 

(You can skip this step when using the controls on the

1

2

3

 

 

 

receiver.)

22

7￿

4￿

¢￿

 

2

DSP TEST TONE

 

 

CH SELECT

CH LEVEL

FL DIMMER

2

Switch the Dolby/DTS mode on and off by

 

 

 

 

 

pressing 2 on the remote control or 2/

 

 

 

 

 

DTS on the front panel.

ë￿

Each press changes the display as follows.

MULTI CONTROL

DVD/LD TV/SAT VCR/DVR CD

 

 

1

 

 

CD-R/

 

=STANDARD = MUSICAL = DRAMA

 

RECEIVER TUNER TAPE/MD TVCONT

 

 

2 DSPMODE MIDNIGHT 5.1CH

 

2

2

1

2

3

4

(OFF) + EXPANDED + ACTION +

SELECT TONE

ATT

SELECT

 

CHANNEL TEST

 

SIGNAL

 

 

5

6

7

8

 

 

 

CHANNEL

EFFECT

 

 

 

 

LEVEL

 

 

 

9

0

à

ENTER

 

 

 

 

 

10

DISC

 

Refer to page 36 for more details about each surround effect.

2/DTS

memo

The effects of Dolby/DTS mode can be adjusted in the range of 10 to 90 by pressing EFFECT +/– (the default setting is 70). Also, the effect level can be set in each Dolby/DTS mode by pressing the EFFECT +/– button. The STANDARD mode cannot be changed.

Playing a Source

 

 

SOURCE

RECEIVER

 

2

 

DVD

TV

VCR

CD-R

3

 

 

MULTI CONTROL

 

 

RCV

CD

TUN

TVC

 

1

 

2

3

 

 

MIDNIGHT

5.1CH

ATT

 

4

4

 

5

6

 

SIGNAL SELECT

EFFECT

 

 

7

 

8

9

 

+10

 

 

DISC

 

0ENTER

CH SELECT CH LEVEL FL DIMMER

3

LOUDNESS FUNCTION MUTING SETUP

ë￿

1Turn on the power of the playback component.

2Turn on the power of the receiver.

Be sure that the standby indicator turns off on the front panel.

3Press MULTI CONTROL buttons or the FUNCTION button to select the source you

want to playback.

If the DIRECT FUNCTION is OFF you have to use the FUNCTION button to select the source (see p.28).

Operation

MULTI CONTROL

 

3

DVD/LD TV/SAT VCR/DVR

CD

CD-R/

 

RECEIVER TUNER TAPE/MD TVCONT

2DSPMODE MIDNIGHT 5.1CH

1 2 3 4

 

CHANNEL

TEST

ATT

SIGNAL

4

 

SELECT

TONE

SELECT

 

5

6

7

8

 

CHANNEL

EFFECT

3

LEVEL

9

0

à

ENTER

 

1￿ Á￿ 4￿ ¢￿

 

LOUDNESS FUNCTION

MUTING

 

 

RECEIVER

FL

REMOTE MASTER

 

DIMMER

SETUP

VOLUME

 

2

AUDIO/VIDEOPRE-PROGRAMMED

 

REMOTECONTROLUNIT

 

4If necessary, press SIGNAL SELECT to select the input signal corresponding to the source component (as above).

5Start playback of the component you selected in step 1.

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