pDTS

Selects output DTS signals via the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors. You cannot select this item when you set “DIGITAL OUT” to “OFF.”

•OFF: when the player is connected to an audio component lacking a built-in DTS decoder.

•ON: when the player is connected to an audio

component having a built-in DTS decoder.

Note

Select the setting correctly. Otherwise, no sound or strange sound will come out from the speakers, affecting your ears or causing the speakers to be damaged.

•Do not play the DTS sound tracks without connecting the player to an audio component having a built-in DTS decoder. You cannot hear the DTS sound unless you connect the player to an audio component having a built-in DTS decoder.

•When you play the DTS sound track on a CD, a loud noise may come out from the LINE OUT (AUDIO 1, 2), 5.1CH OUTPUT and PHONES connectors, affecting your ears or causing the speakers or headphones to be damaged.

•When you play the DTS sound track on a DVD, no sounds will come out from the LINE OUT (AUDIO 1, 2), 5.1CH OUTPUT and PHONES connectors.

Notes on playing the DTS sound tracks on a CD

•Do not play the DTS sound tracks without connecting the player to an audio component having a built-in DTS decoder. The player output the DTS signal via the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors even if “DTS” in “AUDIO SETUP” is set to “OFF” in the setup display, affecting your ears or causing the speakers to be damaged.

•The DTS indicator on the front panel does not light up even if the player outputs DTS signal via the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors.

•Set the sounds to “STEREO” when you play the DTS sound tracks on a CD. (See “Changing the Sounds” on page 38.) If you set the sounds to “1/L” or “2/R”, no sounds will come out from the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors.

Notes on playing the DTS sound tracks on a DVD

•No sounds will come out from the LINE OUT (AUDIO 1, 2) and PHONES connectors.

•If the player is connected to an audio component lacking a built-in DTS decoder, do not set “DTS” in “DIGITAL OUT” to “ON” in the setup display. Otherwise, when you play the DTS sound track, a loud noise will come out from the speakers, affecting your ears or causing the speakers to be damaged.

•When you set “DTS” in “AUDIO SETUP” to “OFF,” no sound will come out from the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors even if you play DTS sound tracks on DVDs.

Speaker Set Up

Select “SPEAKER SETUP” after pressing SET UP.

To obtain the best possible surround sound, first specify the size of the speakers you have connected and their distance from your listening position, then set the balance and level. Use the test tone to adjust the speaker volumes to the same level.

For the speaker hook ups, see pages 12 to 13.

SPEAKER SETUP

SIZE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISTANCE:

 

 

 

 

 

BALANCE:

 

 

 

 

 

LEVEL:

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

TEST TONE:

 

FRONT:

 

 

LARGE

 

CENTER:

 

 

LARGE

 

REAR:

 

LARGE (REAR)

 

SUBWOOFER:

 

 

 

 

YES

To set, press , then ENTER .

To quit, press SETUP .

pSIZE

Selects the size of the speakers to be connected.

•FRONT

—LARGE: Normally select this.

—SMALL: When the sound cracks or the effects of the surround is difficult to hear, select this. This activates the Dolby Digital bass redirection circuitry and outputs the bass frequencies of the speaker from subwoofers.

•CENTER

—NONE: If you will not connect a center speaker, select this.

—LARGE: Normally select this.

—SMALL: When the sound cracks, select this. This activates the Dolby Digital bass redirection circuitry and outputs the bass frequencies of the speaker from some other speakers .

•REAR

—NONE: If you will not connect a rear speaker, select this.

—LARGE (REAR*/SIDE*): Normally select this.

—SMALL (REAR*/SIDE*): When the sound cracks or the effects of the surround is difficult to hear, select this. This activates the Dolby Digital bass redirection circuitry and outputs the bass frequencies of the speaker from some other speakers .

•SUBWOOFER

—NONE: If you do not connect a subwoofer, select this. This activates the Dolby Digital bass redirection circuitry and outputs the LFE (low frequency effects) signals from the front speakers.

—YES: If you connect a subwoofer, select this to output the LFE (low frequency effects) channel from the subwoofer.

Adjustments and Settings

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