USING AUDIO FEATURES

Using SILENT CINEMA

 

Selecting the night listening mode

 

 

 

SILENT CINEMA allows you to enjoy multi-channel music or movie sound, including Dolby Digital and DTS sources, through ordinary headphones. SILENT CINEMA activates automatically whenever you connect headphones to the PHONES jack while listening to a source with a CINEMA DSP or HiFi DSP sound field program (see page 66). When activated, the SILENT CINEMA indicator lights up in the front panel display.

Notes

• SILENT CINEMA does not activate when the component

connected to the MULTI CH INPUT jacks is selected as the

The night listening modes are designed to improve listenability at lower volumes or at night. Choose either “NIGHT:CINEMA” or “NIGHT:MUSIC” depending on the type of material you are playing.

1Set the component selector switch to AMP and then press NIGHT on the remote control repeatedly to select “NIGHT:CINEMA” or “NIGHT:MUSIC”.

AMP

NIGHT

input source (see page 38).

• SILENT CINEMA is not effective when the “DIRECT

STEREO” (see page 39), “2ch Stereo” (see page 39) or

“STRAIGHT” mode (see page 39) is selected.

SOURCE

TV

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Muting the audio output

Press MUTE on the remote control to mute the audio output. Press MUTE again to resume the audio output.

MUTE

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•You can also rotate VOLUME on the front panel or VOLUME +/– on the remote control to resume the audio output.

•You can adjust the muting level by using the “MUTING TYPE” parameter in “SOUND MENU” (see page 81).

•The MUTE indicator flashes in the front panel display when the audio output is muted and disappears from the front panel display when the audio output is resumed.

Choices: NIGHT:CINEMA, NIGHT:MUSIC, OFF

•Select “NIGHT:CINEMA” when watching films to reduce the dynamic range of film soundtracks and make dialog easier to hear at lower volumes.

•Select “NIGHT:MUSIC” when listening to music sources to preserve ease-of-listening for all sounds.

•Select “OFF” if you do not want to use this feature.

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When a night listening mode is selected, the NIGHT indicator lights up in the front panel display.

2Press j/ ion the remote control to adjust the effect level while “NIGHT:CINEMA” or “NIGHT:MUSIC” is displayed in the front panel display.

PRESET/CH

Note

 

 

ENTER

If you change the input source or the sound field program with the

A-E/CAT.

A-E/CAT.

remote control while the audio output is being muted, this unit resumes the audio output.

Remote control

Effect.Lvl:MID

Choices: MIN, MID, MAX

• Select “MIN” for minimum compression.

• Select “MID” for standard compression.

• Select “MAX” for maximum compression.

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