Adjusting the BALANCE control

Adjust the balance of the output volume to the left and right speakers to compensate for sound imbalance caused from speaker location or listening room conditions.

BALANCE

0

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22

33

4

4

L 5

5 R

Selecting the SPEAKER system

Because one or two speaker systems can be connected to this unit, the SPEAKERS switches allow you to select speaker system A or B, or both at once.

SPEAKERS

A B

ON ON

OFFOFF

Adjusting the BASS and TREBLE controls

 

BASS

TREBLE

l

0

l

0

l

l

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

3

Adjusting the continuously variable LOUDNESS control

This control provides compensation for the human ears’ loss of sensitivity to high and low-frequency ranges at low volume. This control is adjustable to retain full tonal range at any volume level.

4

4

4

4

5

5

5

5

BASS : Turn this clockwise to increase (or counterclockwise to decrease) the low frequency response.

TREBLE : Turn this clockwise to increase (or counterclockwise to decrease) the high frequency response.

1

2

LOUDNESS

l FLAT

30 dB

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39

48

57

6

VOLUME

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20

l2

24

l0

28

8

34

6

40

4

50

3

60

2

70

l

 

0

 

–dB

Set to the “FLAT” position.

Set to the loudest listening level that you would listen to.

Using the CD DIRECT AMP switch

3 LOUDNESS

You can enjoy the purest possible CD sound from your CD

l FLAT

30 dB

2

l0

player by setting this switch so that the indicator illuminates.

3

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By doing so, CD’s input signals are sent to the built-in amplifier

4

8

special for CD directly bypassing the INPUT selector, BASS,

5

7

6

TREBLE, BALANCE and LOUDNESS controls, and then sent to the power amplifier. This signal routing reproduces the purest CD sound eliminating any alterations to the CD signals.

Turn until the desired volume is gained.

CD DIRECT

AMP

Note

If both the CD DIRECT and PURE DIRECT switches are on, only the CD DIRECT switch will function.

Using the PURE DIRECT switch

You can enjoy the purest possible sound from your audio sources by setting this switch so that the indicator illuminates. By doing so, the audio signals bypass the BASS, TREBLE, BALANCE and LOUDNESS controls, thus eliminating any alterations to the audio signals.

PURE

DIRECT

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