Listening to multi channel sound

— MULTI CH IN

You can select the audio directly from the components connected to the MULTI CHANNEL INPUT jacks. This enables you to enjoy high quality analog inputs like DVD or Super Audio CD.

Surround effects are not activated when using this input.

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Move the easy scroll key on the remote to select “MULTI”, then press the key to enter the selection.

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Press MULTI CH on the remote.

The selected audio source is output.

When a center speaker or sub woofer is not connected

If you have set the center speaker to “NO”, or set the sub woofer to “NO” in the SP. SET UP menu (page 20), and you activate the MULTI CH IN function, the analog center or sub woofer audio will be output from the front left and right speakers.

Listening to FM/AM radio

You can listen to FM and AM broadcasts

 

 

through the built-in tuner. Before operation,

 

make sure you have connected the FM and AM

Amplifier

antennas to the receiver (see page 15).

 

Tip

 

 

 

 

The tuning scale for direct tuning differs depending on

Operation

the area code as shown in the following table. For

 

details on area codes, see page 3.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Area code

FM

AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

U, CA

100 kHz

10 kHz*

 

 

 

 

 

 

CEL, SP

50 kHz

9 kHz

 

 

 

 

 

 

* The AM tuning scale can be changed (see page 56).

Automatic tuning

1 Rotate INPUT SELECTOR to select “FM” or “AM”.

2 Press TUNING + or TUNING –.

Press TUNING + to scan from low to high; press TUNING – to scan from high to low. The receiver stops scanning whenever a station is received.

In case of poor FM stereo reception

If the FM stereo reception is poor and “STEREO” flashes in the display, select monaural audio so that the sound will be less distorted.

1Press MAIN MENU to select “TUNER”.

2Rotate MENU to select “FM MODE”.

3Rotate –/+ to select “MONO”.

The FM reception switches to monaural.

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