To mute the sound
Note
This unit will not be set to the SILENT CINEMA mode when MULTI CH INPUT is selected as the input source.
To listen with headphones (SILENT CINEMA)

PLAYBACK

■ Selecting the MULTI CH INPUT

The SILENT CINEMA mode allows you to enjoy multi-

Press MULTI CH INPUT so that “MULTI CH INPUT”

channel music or movie sound, including Dolby Digital

appears in the front panel display and video monitor.

and DTS surround, through ordinary headphones.

MULTI CH

MULTI CH IN

SILENT CINEMA activates automatically whenever you

INPUT

 

 

or

connect headphones to the PHONES jack while listening

 

 

 

to CINEMA DSP or HiFi DSP sound field programs. The

Front panel

Remote control

“SILENT CINEMA” indicator lights up on the front panel

display. (If the sound field programs are off, you listen

 

 

with normal stereo reproduction.)

 

 

Note

To adjust the tone

 

When “MULTI CH INPUT” is shown on the front panel display

TONE CONTROL

You can adjust the bass/treble

and/or the video monitor, no other source can be played. To select

another input source with INPUT (one of the input selector

 

 

balance for the front left/right and

 

 

buttons), press MULTI CH INPUT to turn off “MULTI CH

 

 

center channels.

 

 

INPUT” from the front panel display and the video monitor.

 

 

Press TONE CONTROL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

repeatedly on the front panel to

■ Playing video sources in the

PROGRAM

select TREBLE or BASS.

background

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select TREBLE, then rotate

You can combine a video image from a video source with

 

 

PROGRAM to the right or left to

 

 

a sound from an audio source. For example, you can enjoy

 

 

increase or decrease the high-

 

 

listening to classical music while having beautiful scenery

 

 

frequency response.

from the video source on the video monitor.

Select BASS, then rotate PROGRAM to the right or left to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

increase or decrease the low-frequency response.

Use the input selector buttons to select a video source,

To cancel the tone control, press TONE CONTROL

then select an audio source.

repeatedly to select BYPASS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audio sources

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHONO

Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V-AUX

TUNER

MD/TAPE

CD-R

CD

• If you increase or decrease the high-frequency or the low-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTV

CBL/SAT

VCR 1

DVR/VCR2

DVD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video sources

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.

 

Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• TONE CONTROL is not effective when THX (page 41) or

If you want to enjoy an audio source connected to the MULTI CH

 

 

 

DIRECT STEREO (page 33) program is selected, or when

OPERATION

BASIC

 

 

MULTI CH INPUT is selected.

INPUT jacks together with a video source, first select the video source and then press MULTI CH INPUT.

• TONE CONTROL is not effective for headphones. Use HP TONE CTRL to adjust bass/treble balance for the headphones (page 53).

Press MUTE on the remote control.

“MUTE” blinks in the front panel display.

MUTE

To resume the audio output, press MUTE again. (or press

VOLUME +/–). “MUTE” disappears from the display.

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You can adjust muting level (see page 53).

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