PLAYBACK

Selecting input modes

This unit comes with a variety of input jacks. Do the following to select the type of input signal you want to use.

1Select the input source.

INPUT

PHONO

TUNER

CD

MULTI CH IN

 

V-AUX

CBL/SAT

MD/TAPE

CD-R

 

or

 

 

 

 

DTV

VCR 1

DVR/VCR2

DVD

Front panel

Remote control

2Press INPUT MODE to select an input mode. In most cases, use AUTO.

 

 

 

TRANSMIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

POWER

POWER

STANDBY

POWER

INPUT MODE

 

TV

AV

 

 

 

or

A

B

INPUT MODE

SLEEP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHONO

TUNER

CD

CH IN

Front panel

 

Remote control

V–AUX DVR/VCR2

VCR 1 CBL/SAT DTV DVD MD/TAPE

CD–R CD

TUNER

PHONO

 

SP

 

 

 

 

 

A

 

 

 

dB

 

DVD AUTO

 

 

VOLUME

 

 

 

L R

 

 

Input mode

 

 

AUTO

Automatically selects input signals in

 

the following order:

 

 

 

 

1)

Digital signals*

 

2)

Analog signals

DTS

Selects only digital signals encoded in

 

DTS. If no DTS signals are input, no

 

sound is output.

ANALOG

Selects only analog signals. If no

 

analog signals are input, no sound is

 

output.

*If this unit detects a Dolby Digital or DTS signal, the decoder automatically switches to the appropriate sound field program.

y

You can adjust the default input mode this unit selects when the power is turned on (see page 61).

DTS mode is recommended for playback of a CD or LD encoded in DTS.

Note

If the digital output data of the player has been processed in any way, you may not be able to perform DTS decoding even if you make a digital connection between this unit and the player.

Displaying information about the input

source

You can display the type, format and sampling frequency of the current input signal.

1Select the input source.

PHONO

TUNER

CD

MULTI CH IN

V-AUX

CBL/SAT

MD/TAPE

CD-R

DTV

VCR 1

DVR/VCR2

DVD

2Set AMP/SOURCE/TV to AMP, then press STRAIGHT/EFFECT so that “STRAIGHT” appears in the display.

AMP

STRAIGHT

SOURCE

then

TV

EFFECT

 

3Press k / n to display the following information about the input signal.

ENTER

(Format)

Signal format display. When the unit

 

cannot detect a digital signal it

 

automatically switches to analog input.

in

Number of source channels in the input

 

signal. For example, a multi-channel

 

soundtrack with 3 front channels, 2

 

surround channels and LFE, is

 

displayed as “3/2/LFE”.

fs

Sampling frequency. When the unit is

 

unable to detect the sampling

 

frequency “Unknown” appears.

rate

Bit rate. When the unit is unable to

 

detect the bit rate “Unknown” appears.

flg

Flag data encoded with DTS or Dolby

 

Digital signals that cue this unit to

 

automatically switch decoders.

Note

The display shows “3/2/LFE” even when you play DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 sources that include 3 surround channels.

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