Playback

Additional operations

■Using your headphones

Connect a pair of headphones with a stereo analog audio cable plug to the PHONES jack on the front panel.

VOLUME

STANDBY

/ON

EDIT

 

 

SEARCH MODE

 

CATEGORY

 

 

 

 

DISPLAY

 

 

 

 

 

PRESET/TUNING

FM/AM

A/B/C/D/E

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PRESET/TUNING/CH

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MEMORY

TUNING AUTO/MAN'L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCENE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2

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VIDEO AUX

 

PHONES

SPEAKERS

TONE CONTROL

 

 

STRAIGHT

NIGHT

 

 

AUDIO SELECT

VIDEO

L AUDIO R

PORTABLE

 

A/B/OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SILENT CINEMA

 

 

 

 

EFFECT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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When you select a sound field program, SILENT CINEMA mode activates automatically (see page 33).

Notes

•When you connect headphones, no signals are output at the speaker terminals.

•All Dolby Digital and DTS audio signals are mixed down to the left and right headphone channels.

■Muting the audio output

Press N MUTE to mute the audio output.

Press N MUTE again to resume the audio output.

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•You can also rotate 8VOLUME (or press Q VOLUME +/–) to resume the audio output.

•You can adjust the muting level by using “MUTE TYP.” in “SOUND MENU” (see page 48).

•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.

■Selecting the component connected to the MULTI CH INPUT jacks as the input

source

Use this feature to select the component connected to the MULTI CH INPUT jacks (see page 17) as the input source.

Press DINPUT l/ hrepeatedly (or press

AMULTI CH IN) so that “MULTI CH” appears in the front panel display.

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Use “MULTI CH SET” menu in “INPUT MENU” to set the parameter for MULTI CH INPUT (see page 49).

Notes

•Sound field programs mode cannot be selected when the component connected to the MULTI CH INPUT jacks is selected as the input source.

•When headphones are used, signals are output only from the front left and right channels.

■Selecting the night listening mode

The night listening modes are designed to improve listenability at lower volumes or at night.

1Press D AMP and then press K NIGHT repeatedly to select “NIGHT:CINEMA” or “NIGHT:MUSIC”.

Choices: NIGHT:CINEMA, NIGHT:MUSIC, NIGHT OFF

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

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

•Select “NIGHT 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.

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