Playback

Caution

Extreme caution should be exercised when you play back CDs encoded in DTS. If you play back a CD encoded in DTS on a DTS-incompatible CD player, you will only hear some unwanted noise that may damage your speakers. Check whether your CD player supports CDs encoded in DTS. Also, check the sound output level of your CD player before you play back a CD encoded in DTS.

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To play DTS-encoded CDs when using a digital audio connection, set “Decoder Mode” in “Input Select” to “DTS” before playback (see page 97).

Before performing the following operations, set the operation mode selector on the remote control to FAMP.

Basic procedure

1Turn on the video monitor connected to this unit. y

•If you connect two video monitors to the HDMI OUT jacks of this unit, press CHDMI OUT repeatedly to select the active video monitor.

•You can control this unit by using the graphical user interface (GUI) screen. See page 57 for details.

•You can turn on or off the short message displays in the video monitor. See page 108 for details.

2Rotate the DINPUT selector (or press one of the input selector buttons (3)) to select the desired input source.

The name of the currently selected input source appears in the front panel display and in the short message display for a few seconds.

Available input sources

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V-AUX

VCR

DVR

CBL

DTV

DVD

BD

MD

CD-R CD PHONO MULTI CH TUNER XM

USB

DOCK

 

 

SAT

 

 

HD DVD

TAPE

 

4Rotate EVOLUME (or press JVOLUME +/–) to adjust the volume to the desired output level.

Control range: Mute, –80.0 dB (minimum) to +16.5 dB (maximum)

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See page 65 to adjust the level of each speaker.

5Rotate the MPROGRAM selector (or press one of the sound field program selector buttons (Q) repeatedly) to select the desired sound field program.

The name of the selected sound field program appears in the front panel display and in the short message display. See page 58 for details about sound field programs.

Currently selected sound field program category

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Currently selected sound field program

Notes

•Sound field programs cannot be selected when the component connected to the MULTI CH INPUT jacks is selected as the input source (see page 54).

•Press HSTRAIGHT and the rotate MPROGRAM to select the desired sound field program when “TUNER” or “XM” (U.S.A. and Canada models only) is selected as the input source.

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•Choose a sound field program based on your listening preference, not merely on the name of the program.

•When you select an input source, this unit automatically selects the last sound field program used with the corresponding input source.

Selecting the MULTI CH INPUT component

(U.S.A. model)

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Currently selected input source

Use this feature to select the component connected to the MULTI CH INPUT jacks (see page 37) as the input source.

Rotate the DINPUT selector (or press 3MULTI) to select “MULTI CH”.

3Start playback on the selected source component or select a broadcast station.

•Refer to the instruction manuals for the source component.

•See page 68 for details about FM/AM tuning instructions.

•(U.S.A. and Canada models only) See page 74 for details about XM Satellite Radio tuning instruction.

•See page 78 for details about the iPod operation with this unit.

•See page 80 for details about playback of Internet Radio programs and the music contents in the PC or USB storage devices.

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Use “MULTI CH” menu in “Input Select” to set the parameters for MULTI CH (see page 98).

Note

Sound field programs cannot be selected when the component connected to the MULTI CH INPUT jacks is selected as the input source (see page 58).

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