OPERATION

Enjoying Sounds with Specific Speaker Channels

The sound program features allow you to enjoy various kinds of audio such as movie or music. Please choose a program based on your listening preference, and not purely on the name of the program.

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This unit automatically memorizes the settings assigned to each input (1 to 4). If you select another input, the unit automatically recalls the last settings for the selected input.

 

SHIFT

TV

TV INPUT

 

 

 

DUAL MONO

qVS

 

TV CH

qVS

 

 

ON SCREEN

SETUP

 

 

 

ENTER

 

 

MENU

 

RETURN

 

 

TV VOL

 

VOLUME

 

 

 

MUTE

 

 

 

NIGHT

 

 

TEST

L

R

 

 

 

1

2

 

MODE

 

 

INPUT

 

MODE

3

4

 

 

MOVIE

MUSIC

SPORTS GAME

 

CINEMA DSP

buttons

Enjoying realistic sounds

(CINEMA DSP)

The CINEMA DSP programs reproduce realistic sounds with the multi speaker channels.

Press one of the CINEMA DSP buttons.

The icon for the selected CINEMA DSP program lights up.

The characteristics of each CINEMA DSP program are as follows.

Movie

Produces the rich acoustical presence of a movie theater.

Music

Magnifies the feeling of listening to live rock or jazz in a concert hall.

Sports program

In a live stereo sports broadcast, announcer voices are central, engulfed in the cheers and emotional whirl of the stadium.

Game program

Gives TV games extra depth and surround.

To reproduce the original sounds, press the CINEMA DSP button currently selected or MODE.

Enjoying stereo sounds with multi speaker channels

(Dolby Pro Logic II)

The Dolby Pro Logic II modes reproduce 5.1-channel audio from the stereo sounds.

Press MODE repeatedly to select the desired Dolby Pro Logic mode.

Each time you press the button, the mode changes as follows.

q Pro Logic II

AUTO MOVIE MUSIC

6

7

8

AUTO (q Pro Logic II Off)

q Pro Logic II

AUTO MOVIE MUSIC

6

7

8

q Pro Logic II MOVIE

q Pro Logic II

AUTO MOVIE MUSIC

6

7

8

q Pro Logic II MUSIC

Using the DVS function

(Dolby Virtual Speaker)

The Dolby Virtual Speaker (DVS) function reproduces

5.1-channel-like realistic sensational sounds with the front and subwoofer channels only.

Press qVS.

The Status indicator (qVS) lights up.

To disable the DVS function, press qVS once again.

qVS qVS

9 9

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Activating the DVS function automatically cancels the CINEMA DSP program currently selected. Also, you cannot select a CINEMA DSP program while the DVS function is activated. To select a CINEMA DSP program, press qVS to disable the DVS function.

Activating the DVS function while a stereo signal is input automatically selects the Dolby Pro Logic II Movie mode.

When a Mono or Dual Mono signal is input, the DVS function is not available.

When headphones are connected to the SILENT CINEMA jack on the unit, the DVS function is not available.

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