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Using 3D PHONIC (VSS)
The 3D PHONIC button activates the Virtual Surround Sound (VSS) system. This feature produces a simulated surround sound effect through an audio system connected to the
While a disc is playing press the 3D PHONIC (VSS) button 9 . A window appears on the screen showing the currently selected setting.
3D PHONIC
THEATER L 
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Selected Mode and Setting
Each time you press the 3D PHONIC (VSS) button the next mode is selected. The avail- able modes are ACTION, DRAMA, THEATER and OFF. (When playing a DVD disc recorded in Dolby Digital with more than 2 channels, the “ACTION” mode option does not appear.)
Use the Cursor Buttons τ/υ to adjust the level of surround sound effect. The level is indicated by the bar graph on the display. Pressing the
υbutton increases the level of the surround sound effect; pressing the τdecreases the level of the effect.
The 3D PHONIC (VSS) system will not ef- fect the sound output of a DVD disc re- corded in Linear PCM, no matter how the operating controls are set.
When you set the 3D PHONIC (VSS) function to on, the DOWN MIX and COM- PRESSION settings in the PREFERENCE 2 display are disabled.
Time Display Functions
When using audio or video CD discs various modes of time display can be shown on the front panel 
and in the
While an audio CD is playing or stopped, or when a video CD is stopped, press the ON SCREEN button 23 . The on screen display appears on the TV screen.
Use the Cursor Buttons π/θ 7 to move 
to [TIME SELECT].
Audio CD Time Display
MIN SEC
TRACK 08 TIME 0 : 58 EACH
TIME SELECT
REPEAT
PLAY
TIME SEARCH
PROGRAM
RANDOM
INTRO
Time Display
Video CD/SVCD Time Display
Press ENTER 22 . Each time you press EN- TER the time mode changes in the sequence illustrated below.
During playback (for audio CD):
EACH |
(Elasped time of the current track) |
EACH REMAIN |
(Remaining time of current track) |
TOTAL |
(Total elasped time of the disc) |
TOTAL REMAIN |
(Total remaining time of the disc) |
While stopped:
EACH REMAIN |
(Recorded time of the current track) |
TOTAL (0:00) |
TOTAL REMAIN |
(Total time of the disc) |
EACH (0:00) |
When you select “EACH REMAIN” while stopped you can change the track by press-
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Press the ENTER button 22 to turn off the 3D PHONIC (VSS) on screen display. The display screen turns off automatically if no adjustments are made over a 10 second span of time.
NOTES: The 3D PHONIC (VSS) system provides the proper decoding when play- ing discs recorded in the Dolby Surround or Dolby Digital
MIN SEC
TRACK 01 TIME 3 : 54 REMAINEACH
STOP 
TIME SELECT
REPEAT
TIME SEARCH
PROGRAM
RANDOM
INTRO
It also works when playing discs that are not recorded with the two Dolby encoding system mentioned above, but produces a synthesized surround sound effect.
The 3D PHONIC (VSS) system does not affect the DTS or Dolby Digital bitstream signal from the DIGITAL OUT jack.
Time Display
