USING MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS

■To play a bonus group

Some discs contain bonus groups. If it requires 4 digit password, consult the disc jacket, etc.

1Press a to stop play.

2Press GROUP while pressing SHIFT.

The group and track icons appear on the video monitor.

3Press the cursor buttons (u, d) to select a bonus group and then press ENTER or the cursor button (i).

4Enter a 4 digit password using the numeric buttons and then press ENTER.

5Press the cursor buttons (u, d) to select a track and then press ENTER.

■To change pages

DVD-Audio may contain some information screens called “pages” that show photo galleries, artist biographies and lyrics, etc.

When it appears, you can move to another page by pressing PAGE while SHIFT is pressed. (Page number appears on the display when you change pages.).

Enhancing audio quality (DISC

DIRECT) DVD-A DVD-V VCD CD

If you operate the DISC DIRECT function, a DVD-Audio disc is played with the multi-channels, and the DVD- Audio disc recorded with the 192kHz sampling frequency is played, keeping the original sound quality. This function also has an effect on improving the sound quality of a disc recorded with lower sampling frequency.

DISC DIRECT

 

 

 

DISC DIRECT

A/B/C/D/E PRESET/BAND

PRESET/TUNING

MEMORY

AUTO/MAN’L

DISC DIRECT

SILENT

DISC DIRECT indicator

Press DISC DIRECT.

Each time DISC DIRECT is pressed, the display

changes as follows: AUTO^ON^OFF^AUTO -...

•AUTO: Some discs switch this function on or off. (In the case of DVD-Audio discs, AUTO is automatically switched to ON.)

•ON: DISC DIRECT is turned on.

•OFF (initial setting): DISC DIRECT is turned off.

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•When DISC DIRECT is functioning, the DISC DIRECT indicator on the front panel lights up.

•To adjust the output level of speakers while DISC DIRECT is functioning, see “Speaker settings” on the SETUP MENU on page 52.

Notes

•DISC DIRECT does not function while a SETUP MENU screen is displayed.

•When DISC DIRECT is functioning, note the following:

–Sound effect is not added to reproduced sound. (Turn DISC DIRECT off to add sound effect.)

–Only 1E, 5, 9 settings of the SET MENU items function. (See page 59.)

–The output level of effect speakers cannot be adjusted during playback. (See page 64.)

–Adjusting the output level of speakers using test tone in the AMP mode cannot be made. (See page 20.)

–The displays of decoders, PCM, input signal channels etc do not light up on the front panel display.

–The speaker settings are switched to the settings for DVD use. (See page 52.)

–When using headphones, set the “Speaker settings” on the SETUP MENU to “2-channel”. (See page 52.)

–With some discs, sound may not be output from the subwoofer.

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