USING AUDIO FEATURES

Enjoying pure hi-fi sound

 

Adjusting the tonal quality

 

 

 

Use the Pure Direct mode to enjoy the pure high fidelity sound of the selected source. When the Pure Direct mode is activated, this unit plays back the selected source with the least circuitry.

Press PURE DIRECT on the front panel (or on the remote control) to turn on or off the Pure Direct mode.

The PURE DIRECT button on the front panel lights up while this unit is in the Pure Direct mode. The front panel display automatically dims.

PURE DIRECT

 

PURE DIRECT

 

or

Front panel

Remote control

 

Notes

When you play back the multi-channel PCM sources (less than 192 kHz), this unit downmixes the multi-channel signals according to the “SPEAKER SET” in “BASIC MENU” (see page 86).

When the component connected to the HDMI IN jacks is selected as the input source and Audio input jack select is set to “AUTO” or “HDMI”, this unit does not turn off the video circuitry in the Pure Direct mode.

When you set the audio input mode to “AUTO”, “HDMI” or “COAX/OPT” (see page 39) and play back the Dolby Digital, DTS or multi-channel PCM sources, this unit activates the corresponding decoder.

The following operations are not possible when this unit is in the Pure Direct mode:

switching the sound field program

displaying the OSD

adjusting the “SET MENU” parameters (except for speaker level settings)

operating video functions (video conversion, etc.)

The Pure Direct mode is automatically canceled whenever this unit is turned off.

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The front panel display turns on momentarily when an operation is performed.

Use this feature to adjust the balance of bass and treble for the front L/R, center, presence L/R speaker channels and the subwoofer channel.

1Press TONE CONTROL on the front panel repeatedly to select the high-frequency response (TREBLE) or the low-frequency response (BASS).

TONE CONTROL

2Rotate the PROGRAM selector to adjust the high-frequency response (TREBLE) or the low-frequency response (BASS).

PROGRAM

Bypassing the tone control circuitry

Press TONE CONTROL repeatedly to select BYPASS and cancel the tone control.

TONE CONTROL

Notes

If you increase or decrease the high-frequency or the low- frequency sound to an extreme level, the tonal quality of the surround speakers may not match that of the front L/R, center, presence L/R speakers and the subwoofer.

TONE CONTROL is not effective when PURE DIRECT is selected, or when MULTI CH INPUT is selected as the input source.

OPERATION

BASIC

 

 

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HTR-6090 specifications

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