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 left/right and center speakers.
• TONE CONTROL is not effective when THX (page 41) or DIRECT STEREO (page 33) program is selected, or when MULTI CH INPUT is selected.
• TONE CONTROL is not effective for headphones. Use HP TONE CTRL to adjust bass/treble balance for the headphones (page 53).
To mute the sound
PROGRAM
TONE CONTROL
You can adjust the bass/treble balance for the front left/right and
center channels.
Press TONE CONTROL repeatedly on the front panel to select TREBLE or BASS. Select TREBLE, then rotate PROGRAM to the right or left to increase or decrease the high- frequency response.
Select BASS, then rotate PROGRAM to the right or left to increase or decrease the low-frequency response.
To cancel the tone control, press TONE CONTROL repeatedly to select BYPASS.
To listen with headphones (SILENT CINEMA) The SILENT CINEMA mode allows you to enjoy multi- channel music or movie sound, including Dolby Digital and DTS surround, through ordinary headphones. SILENT CINEMA activates automatically whenever you connect headphones to the PHONES jack while listening to CINEMA DSP or HiFi DSP sound field programs. The “SILENT CINEMA” indicator lights up on the front panel display. (If the sound field programs are off, you listen with normal stereo reproduction.)
Note
This unit will not be set to the SILENT CINEMA mode when MULTI CH INPUT is selected as the input source.
To adjust the tone

PLAYBACK

■Selecting the MULTI CH INPUT

Press MULTI CH INPUT so that “MULTI CH INPUT” appears in the front panel display and video monitor.

MULTI CH

 

INPUT

MULTI CH IN

 

or

Front panel

Remote control

Press MUTE on the remote control.

MUTE

“MUTE” blinks on the front panel

 

display.

 

To resume the audio output, press

MUTE again. (or press VOL –/+). “MUTE” disappears from the display.

y

You can adjust the muting level (see page 53).

Note

When “MULTI CH INPUT” is shown on the front panel display and/or the video monitor, no other source can be played. To select another input source with INPUT (one of the input selector buttons), press MULTI CH INPUT to turn off “MULTI CH INPUT” from the front panel display and the video monitor.

■Playing video sources in the

background

You can combine a video image from a video source with a sound from an audio source. For example, you can enjoy listening to classical music while having beautiful scenery from the video source on the video monitor.

Use the input selector buttons to select a video source, then select an audio source.

Audio sources

PHONO

TUNER

CD

MULTI CH IN

V-AUX

CBL/SAT

MD/TAPE

CD-R

 

 

 

Video sources

DTV

VCR 1

DVR/VCR2

DVD

Note

If you want to enjoy an audio source connected to the MULTI CH INPUT jacks together with a video source, first select the video source and then press MULTI CH INPUT.

OPERATION

BASIC

 

 

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