PLAYING AND RECORDING

Adjusting the tonal quality

■Adjusting the BALANCE control

Adjusts the sound output balance of the left and right speakers to compensate for sound imbalance caused by speaker locations or listening room conditions.

BALANCE

0

11

22

33

44

L 5

5 R

■Using the CD DIRECT AMP button

Routes input signals from your CD player directly to the specially built-in amplifier for the CD player. As a result, the input signals bypass the INPUT selector and the BASS, TREBLE, BALANCE and LOUDNESS controls and then sent to the power amplifier, thus eliminating any alterations to the CD signals and creating the purest possible sound. The CD DIRECT AMP indicator lights up and the front panel display turns off after a few seconds.

CD DIRECT AMP

■Using the PURE DIRECT button

Routes input signals from your audio sources so that the input signals bypass the BASS, TREBLE, BALANCE and LOUDNESS controls, thus eliminating any alterations to the audio signals and creating the purest possible sound.

PURE DIRECT

Note

If both the CD DIRECT AMP and the PURE DIRECT buttons are turned on, only the CD DIRECT AMP button will function.

■Adjusting the BASS and TREBLE

controls

Adjust the high and low frequency response.

BASS

Increases or decreases the low frequency response.

TREBLE

Increases or decreases the high frequency response.

 

BASS

 

 

 

TREBLE

1

0

1

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

 

 

2

 

2

2

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

3

3

3

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

4

 

4

4

 

 

 

 

 

– 5

 

5 +

 

 

– 5

5 +

■Adjusting the LOUDNESS control

Retains a full tonal range at any volume level, thus compensating for the human ears’ loss of sensitivity to high and low-frequency ranges at a low volume level.

CAUTION

If the CD DIRECT AMP or the PURE DIRECT button is turned on with the LOUDNESS control set at a certain level, the input signals bypass the LOUDNESS control, resulting in a sudden increase in the sound output level. To prevent your ears or the speakers from being undesirably damaged, be sure to press the CD DIRECT AMP or the PURE DIRECT button after lowering the sound output level or after checking that the LOUDNESS control is properly set.

1Rotate the LOUDNESS control on the front panel to the FLAT position.

 

LOUDNESS

 

FLAT

 

1

 

–30dB

2

10

39

48

57

6

2Rotate VOLUME on the front panel (or press VOLUME +/– on the remote control) to set the sound output level to the loudest listening

level that you would listen to.

16

2012

VOLUME

26

8

 

 

40

4

or

VOLUME

 

 

 

60

2

 

 

∞0

-dB

Front panel

Remote control

3Rotate the LOUDNESS control until the desired volume is obtained.

 

LOUDNESS

 

FLAT

 

1

 

–30dB

2

10

39

48

57

6

20