Playback

■Enjoying pure hi-fi stereo sound

The DIRECT STEREO mode allows sources to bypass the decoders and DSP processors of this unit so that you can enjoy pure hi-fi sound from 2-channel PCM and analog sources.

Press CDIRECT STEREO (or set the operation mode selector (K) to AMP and then press

TDIRECT ST.) to select “DIRECT STEREO”.

Notes

•To avoid unexpected noise, do not play CDs encoded in DTS when the DIRECT STEREO mode is selected.

•When multi-channel signals (Dolby Digital and DTS) are input, this unit automatically switches to the corresponding analog input.

•No sound will be output from the subwoofer.

•“TONE CONTROL” (see page 30) and “SOUND MENU” (see page 51) settings (except for speaker level settings) are not effective.

•The front panel display automatically dims.

■Adjusting the tonal quality

Press 0TONE CONTROL repeatedly to select

“BASS” or “TREBLE” and then press

APROGRAM l/ hto adjust the corresponding frequency response level.

•Select “BASS” to adjust the low-frequency response.

•Select “TREBLE” to adjust the high-frequency response.

Notes

•Speaker and headphone adjustments are stored independently.

•If you increase or decrease the high-frequency or low-frequency sound to an extreme level, the tonal quality of the surround speakers may not match that of the front left and right speakers.

■Adjusting speaker levels during

playback

You can adjust the output level of each speaker while listening to a music source.

Note

This operation will override the level adjustments made in “AUTO SETUP” (see page 22) and “SP LEVEL” (see page 53).

1Set the operation mode selector (K) to AMP and then press C LEVEL repeatedly to

select the speaker you want to adjust.

Display

Adjusted speaker

FRONT L

Front left speaker

 

 

FRONT R

Front right speaker

 

 

CENTER

Center speaker

 

 

SUR.L

Surround left speaker

 

 

SUR.R

Surround right speaker

 

 

SWFR

Subwoofer

 

 

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Once you press C LEVEL on the remote control, you can also select the speaker by pressing D k/ n.

2Press D l/ hon the remote control to adjust the speaker output level.

The control range is from +10 dB to –10 dB.

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You can press 4 A/B/C/D/E to select a speaker and then 5 PRESET/TUNING/CH l/ hto adjust the speaker output level.

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