USING AUDIO FEATURES

Enjoying pure hi-fi sound

 

Adjusting the tonal quality

 

 

 

Use the Pure Direct mode to enjoy the pure fidelity sound of the selected source. When the Pure Direct mode is activated, this unit plays back the selected source with the least circuitry.

Press PURE DIRECT on the front panel (or on the remote control) to turn on or off the Pure Direct mode.

The PURE DIRECT button on the front panel lights up while this unit is in the Pure Direct mode. The front panel display automatically dims.

PURE DIRECT

 

PURE DIRECT

 

or

Front panel

Remote control

 

Notes

•When you play back the multi-channel PCM sources (less than 192 kHz), this unit downmixes the multi-channel signals according to the “Speaker Set” in “Basic” (see page 105).

•When the component connected to the HDMI IN jacks is selected as the input source and Audio input jack select is set to “AUTO” or “HDMI”, this unit does not turn off the video circuitry in the Pure Direct mode.

•When you set Audio input jack select to “AUTO”, “HDMI” or “COAX/OPT” (see page 42) and play back the Dolby Digital, DTS or multi channel PCM sources, this unit activates the corresponding decoder.

•The following operations are not possible when this unit is in the Pure Direct mode:

–switching the sound field program

–displaying the GUI screen

–operating video functions (video conversion, etc.)

•The Pure Direct mode is automatically canceled whenever this unit is turned off.

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The front panel display turns on momentarily when an operation is performed.

Use this feature to adjust the balance of bass and treble for the front L/R, center, presence L/R speaker channels and the subwoofer channel.

1Press TONE CONTROL on the front panel repeatedly to select the high-frequency response (TREBLE) or the low-frequency response (BASS).

TONE

CONTROL

2Rotate the PROGRAM selector to adjust the high-frequency response (TREBLE) or the low-frequency response (BASS).

PROGRAM

■Bypassing the tone control circuitry

Press TONE CONTROL repeatedly to select BYPASS and cancel the tone control.

TONE

CONTROL

Notes

•If you increase or decrease the high-frequency or the low-frequency sound to an extreme level, the tonal quality of the surround speakers may not match that of the front L/R, center, presence L/R speakers and the subwoofer.

•TONE CONTROL is not effective when PURE DIRECT is selected, or when MULTI CH INPUT is selected as the input source.

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Use “Tone Control” parameter in “Sound” menu to adjust the balance of bass and treble output to your speakers or headphones by using GUI screen. See page 99 for details.

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