Table of ContentsPlayable discs and symbols used in thismanual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Location and function of controls . . . . . . . . . . .8 Main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Card remote commander RM-X161 . . . . . .10Getting Started

Installing the unit and an optional monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Resetting the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Performing initial setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Preparing the card remotecommander. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Detaching the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Attaching the front panel. . . . . . . . . . 13

Basic Operations

Playing video discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Playing audio discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Enjoying Surround SoundCreating an ideal field for multi-channelsound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Advanced Operations — DiscsPlaying JPEG files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Using PBC functions— Playback control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Using play mode menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21Viewing time/text information of the disc . . . .22

Configuring audio settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Changing the audio language/format. . . . . .23 Checking the program format . . . . . . . . . . .24 Adjusting the audio output level

— DVD level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24Magnifying pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24Adjusting the picture quality

— Picture EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Customizing the picture quality. . . . . . . . . .26

Locking discs — Parental control . . . . . . . . . . 26 Activating parental control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Changing the area and its movie rating level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Repeat and shuffle play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Direct search play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Multi-channel output of 2-channel sources— Pro Logic II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Enjoying karaoke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Listing up tracks/images — LIST . . . . . . . . . . 31 Selecting a track/image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Selecting a file type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Viewing audio disc information . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Configuring playback settings for Super Audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Selecting a playback layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Selecting the sound quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Advanced Operations — Radio

Storing and receiving stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Storing automatically — BTM . . . . . . . . . . 34 Storing manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Receiving stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Sound AdjustmentAdjusting the sound characteristics— SOUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Enjoying sophisticated sound functions

— X-DSP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Creating a virtual center speaker

— CSO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Optimizing sound for the listening position

— Intelligent Time Alignment . . . . . . . . . . 35 Precisely calibrating the listening position

— Intelligent Time Alignment Tune . . . . . 36 Customizing the equalizer curve— EQ7 Tune. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Speaker configuration and volume setup . . . . 38

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