Playback

Playing video sources in the

background

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

Press the input selector buttons on the remote control to select a video source and then an audio source.

 

MD

MULTI CH IN

 

CD

CD-R

 

Audio sources

 

CBL

 

 

DVD

DTV

TUNER

XM

DOCK

 

 

 

V-AUX

DVR

 

Video sources

Using your headphones

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

VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPTIMIZER MIC

 

 

 

STANDBY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEARCH MODE

 

CATEGORY

 

 

 

 

DISPLAY

 

 

 

 

 

PRESET/TUNING

FM/AM

A/B/C/D/E

l

PRESET/TUNING/CH

h

MEMORY

TUNING AUTO/MAN'L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCENE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

l PROGRAM h

 

 

l INPUT

h

 

 

VIDEO AUX

 

PHONES

SPEAKERS

TONE CONTROL

 

 

STRAIGHT

DIRECT STEREO

 

 

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 36).

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 L MUTE to mute the audio output.

Press L MUTE again to resume the audio output.

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

You can adjust the muting level by using “MUTE TYPE” in “SOUND MENU” (see page 54).

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.

Using the sleep timer

Use this feature to automatically set this unit to the standby mode after a certain amount of time. The sleep timer also automatically turns off any external components connected to the AC OUTLET(S) (see page 19).

Set the operation mode selector (K) to AMP and then press M SLEEP repeatedly to set the

amount of time.

Each time you press M SLEEP, the front panel display changes as shown below.

SLEEP

120min

SLEEP 90min

SLEEP OFF

SLEEP

30min

SLEEP 60min

The SLEEP indicator flashes while you are switching the amount of time for the sleep timer. Once the sleep timer is set, the SLEEP indicator lights up in the front panel display, and the display returns to the selected sound field program.

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To cancel the sleep timer, press M SLEEP on the remote control repeatedly until “SLEEP OFF” appears in the front panel display.

You can also cancel the sleep timer setting by pressing

1STANDBY/ON (or G STANDBY) to set this unit to the standby mode.

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