7 Select a sound field program if desired.

Use PROGRAM (or press AMP to select the AMP

PLAYBACK

To mute the sound

Press MUTE on the remote control. The MUTE indicator flashes in the

mode, then press one of the sound field program

front panel display.

MUTE

buttons) to select a sound field program. See page 55

for details about sound field programs.

AMP

PROGRAM

 

STEREO

MUSIC

ENTERTAIN

MOVIE

 

1

 

2

3

4

or

STANDARD

SELECT

EXTD SUR. PURE DIRECT

5

 

6

7

8

 

A

SPEAKERS B

NIGHT

STRAIGHT

 

9

 

0

10

ENT.

 

 

 

 

 

EFFECT

Front panel

 

Remote control

To listen with headphones (“SILENT

CINEMA”)

“SILENT CINEMA” allows you to enjoy multi-channel music or movie sound, including Dolby Digital and DTS surround, through ordinary headphones. “SILENT CINEMA” activates automatically whenever you connect headphones to the PHONES jack while listening to CINEMA DSP or HiFi DSP sound field programs. When activated, the “SILENT CINEMA” indicator lights up in the front panel display.

Notes

This unit will not be set to “SILENT CINEMA” when MULTI CH INPUT is selected as the input source.

“SILENT CINEMA” is not effective when PURE DIRECT or the 2ch Stereo program is selected, or in STRAIGHT mode.

To adjust the tone

To resume the audio output, press MUTE again (or press VOLUME –/+). The MUTE indicator disappears from the display.

y

You can adjust the muting level (see page 67).

Selecting MULTI CH INPUT

Press MULTI CH INPUT (or MULTI CH IN on the remote control) so that “MULTI CH INPUT” appears in the front panel display and video monitor.

MULTI CH

MULTI CH IN

INPUT

 

or

Front panel

Remote control

MULTI CH INPUT

Note

When “MULTI CH INPUT” is shown in the front panel display, no other source can be played. To select another input source with INPUT (or one of the input selector buttons), press MULTI CH INPUT (or MULTI CH IN on the remote control) to turn off “MULTI CH INPUT” in the front panel display.

Playing video sources in the

background

OPERATION

BASIC

 

 

You can adjust the tonal quality of your front left and right, center, and subwoofer speakers or headphones (when connected). Press TONE CONTROL on the front panel repeatedly to select TREBLE or BASS, then rotate PROGRAM to the right or left to increase or decrease.

Select TREBLE to adjust the high frequency response.

Select BASS to adjust the low frequency response.

y

TONE CONTROL

PROGRAM

You can combine a video image from a video source with sound from an audio source. For example, you can enjoy listening to classical music while viewing beautiful scenery from the video source on the video monitor.

Use the input selector buttons on the remote control to select a video source, then select an audio source.

CD

 

MD/CD-R

TUNER

SLEEP

Audio sources

DVD

DTV/CBL

V-AUX

CH IN

 

VCR

1

DVR/VCR2

 

AMP

Video sources

Speaker and headphone adjustments are stored independently.

Notes

TONE CONTROL is not effective during playback in the PURE DIRECT mode, or when MULTI CH INPUT is selected (page 31).

When TONE BYPASS is set to “AUTO” (page 67), and BASS and TREBLE are set to 0 dB, audio output automatically bypasses this unit’s tone control circuitry.

Note

If you want to enjoy audio from the MULTI CH INPUT jacks together with a video source, first select the video source, then press MULTI CH INPUT (or MULTI CH IN on the remote control).

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