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

Refer to the operating instructions for the source component.

See page 56 for details about tuning instructions.

See page 67 for details about XM Satellite Radio tuning instructions.

4Rotate VOLUME on the front panel (or press VOLUME +/– on the remote control) to adjust the volume to the desired output level.

VOLUME

+

or

VOLUME

Front panel

Remote control

y

See page 53 to adjust the level of each speaker.

5Rotate the PROGRAM selector on the front panel (or press one of the sound field program selector buttons on the remote control 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 47 for details about sound field programs.

 

CLASSICAL LIVE/CLUB

ENTERTAIN

MOVIE

or

1

2

3

4

 

 

 

 

 

STEREO

 

 

 

PROGRAM

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front panel

 

Remote control

 

Currently selected sound field program category

MOVIE

Sci-Fi

Currently selected sound field program

PLAYBACK

Note

Sound field programs and the Compressed Music Enhancer mode cannot be selected when the component connected to the MULTI CH INPUT jacks is selected as the input source (see page 43) and Audio input jack select is set to “ANALOG” (see page 42).

y

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.

Guide to contents

When you want to...

See

 

 

page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy pure hi-fi stereo sound

52

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjust the tonal quality of the front speakers

52

 

BASIC OPERATION

 

 

 

Enjoy the compressed music sources in enhanced

54

 

 

 

sound

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edit parameters of sound field programs

88

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy the sources which have wide dynamic range at

55

 

 

night

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use headphones

43

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy multi-channel sources in 2-channel stereo

53

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select a decoder to play back sources with

84

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set this unit to the standby mode automatically

45

 

 

 

 

 

 

41 En