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Operations

Notes : • Before operating this receiver with the supplied remote control, refer to “ Universal Remote Controls” on page 16 for details about operation.

Before operating this receiver, first set this unit as desired for optimum performance, doing the OSD menu setting procedures. (For details, refer to “OSD Menu Settings” on page 47.)

LISTENING TO A PROGRAM SOURCE

Before operation

Enter the standby mode.

The STANDBY button lights up in amber.

This means that the receiver is not disconnected from the AC mains and a small amount of current is retained to support the operation readiness.

To switch the power off, push the POWER switch again.

Then power is cut off and the STANDBY button goes off.

In the standby mode, turn the power on.

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or

Each time the STANDBY button on the front panel is pressed, the receiver is turned on to enter the operating mode (the STANDBY button lights up in blue) or off to enter the standby mode(the STANDBY button lights up in amber).

On the remote control, press the POWER ON button to enter the operating mode or press the STANDBY button to enter the standby mode.

In the standby mode, if the INPUT SELECTOR button is pressed, the receiver is turned on automatically and the desired input is selected.

Switch the speakers on.

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Then the SPEAKER indicator ( ) lights up and the sound can be heard from the speakers.

When using the headphones for private listening, press this button again to switch the speakers off,

then the SPEAKER indicator ( ) goes off(speaker off mode).

Select the desired input source.

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• Each time the “AUDIO” button is pressed, the input source changes as follows:

TUNER CD AUX

(frequency display)

Each time the “VIDEO” button is pressed, the input source changes as follows:

VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 VIDEO 3 VIDEO 4

When the TAPE MONITOR button is set to on so that “TAPE MON” lights up, other inputs can not be heard from the speakers.

To listen to an input source except TAPE MONITOR, be sure to set the TAPE MONITOR button to off.

TAPE MONITOR function

You can connect either a tape deck or a graphic equalizer to the receiver’s TAPE MONITOR jacks.

Only when you listen to the component connected to these jacks, set the TAPE MONITOR button to on.

If you connect a 3-head tape deck, you can listen to the sound being recorded during recording, not the source sound.

For further details, refer to the operating instructions of the component connected.

When selecting the 8 CH DIRECT as desired

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Depending on the power amplifier setting for the surround back channels and the surround back speaker setting, “8(, 7 or 6) CH DIRECT” is displayed and the 8(/7/6) separate analog signals from the component connected to this input pass through the tone, volume and bass management(if selected) circuits only and can be heard from your speakers.(In case that the TAPE MONITOR button is set to on, the TAPE MONITOR button is automatically set to off.)

Press the 8 CH DIRECT button or select the desired input source to cancel the 8 CH direct function.

These analog signals can be heard only. They cannot be recorded.

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Sherwood R-865 manual Operations, Listening to a Program Source, Before operation, Tuner CD AUX

R-865 specifications

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