Notes on using INPUT

•The audio source selected by INPUT will not be played if the “TAPE/MD MON” indicator lights up or if “EXT. DECDR” is displayed.

•If you select INPUT for a video source without canceling the selection of TAPE/MD MON / EXT. DECODER on the front panel (or TAPE/MD or EXT. DEC. on the remote control transmitter), the play back result will be a video image from the video source and the sound from the audio source selected by TAPE/MD MON / EXT. DECODER on the front panel (or TAPE/MD or EXT. DEC. on the remote control transmitter).

•Once you start playing a video source, the video image will not be interrupted even if INPUT for an audio source is selected.

•When you select a program source by using INPUT, the DSP program (or no DSP program) that was being used when the same program source was selected the last time, will be automatically recalled.

Switching the input mode (for DVD/LD and TV/DBS)

This unit allows you to switch the input mode only for those sources connected to the DVD/LD and TV/DBS input terminals (on the rear panel of this unit) that input two or three types of signal.

The following two input modes are provided:

AUTO For a source connected to the DVD/LD input terminals

This mode is automatically selected when you turn on the power to this unit. In this mode, the input signal is automatically selected in the following order of priority:

1.Digital input signal from the COAXIAL terminal

2.Digital input signal from the OPTICAL terminal

3.Analog input signal

For a source connected to the TV/DBS input terminals

This mode is selected when you turn on the power to this unit if the AUTO position is selected for “INPUT” in the SET MENU mode. (See page 48 for details.) In this mode, the input signal is automatically selected in the following order of priority:

1.Digital input signal from the OPTICAL terminal

2.Analog input signal

ANALOG

In this mode, only an analog input signal is selected, even if a digital signal is input at the same time. Select this mode when you want to use the analog input signal instead of the digital input signal.

Notes on input mode selection

•To play back a source that is Dolby Digital-decoded, set the input mode to AUTO.

•For the TV/DBS source only, the input mode selected for “INPUT” in the SET MENU mode is effective when you turn on the power to this unit.

•When you want to enjoy a source which has normal

2-channel signals with a Dolby Pro Logic Surround program, select the ANALOG mode.

•In the AUTO mode, there may be a case, depending on the LD player or DVD player, that when you search for a source encoded with Dolby Digital during play and then play is restored, the sound output is interrupted for a moment because the digital input signal is selected again.

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