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Basic Operation
Playback
INPUT MODE
FUNCTION
ANALOG
SOURCE
EXT. IN
PHONES
SPEAKER
Playing the input source
1
Select the input source to be played.
Example: CD
(Main unit)
To select the input source when REC OUT is selected, press
the SOURCE button, then operate the input function selector.
2
Select the play (surround) mode.
Example: STEREO
SELECT
(Main unit)
To select the surround mode while adjusting the surround
parameters, tone defeat or tone control, press the
SURROUND MODE button and then operate the selector.
MASTER VOLUME
FUNCTION
SELECT
SURROUND MODE
ON SCREEN
VIDEO SELECT
INPUT MODE
3
Start playback on the selected component.
(Remote control unit)
For operating instructions, refer to the component's manual.
4
Adjust the volume.
(Main unit)
The volume can be adjusted within the range of –80 to 0 to
(Remote control unit)
18 dB, in steps of 0.5 dB. However, when the channel level
is set as described (
channel is set at +0.5 dB or greater, the volume cannot be
adjusted up to 18 dB. (In this case the maximum volume is
adjusted to "18 dB — (Maximum value of channel level)".)
SURROUND
MODE
VOLUME
MUTING
DIMMER
SPEAKER
EXT. IN
ANALOG
The volume level is
displayed on the
master volume
(Remote control unit)
level display.
page 26), if the volume for any
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Playback using the external input (EXT. IN)
terminals
The signals being input to the external decoder input terminals
are played without passing through the surround circuitry.
EXT. IN
Press the
button to select the external input.
• Canceling the external input mode:
Press the INPUT MODE or ANALOG button to switch to the
desired input mode (
page 18).
• The external input mode can be set for any input source. To
watch video while listening to sound, select the input source to
which the video signal is connected, then set this mode.
• If the subwoofer output level is too high, set the "SW ATT."
surround parameter to "ON".
NOTE:
• When the input mode is set to the external input (EXT. IN),
the play mode (DIRECT, PURE DIRECT, VIRTUAL
SURROUND,
STEREO,
STANDARD
SURROUND), 5CH/7CH STEREO or DSP SIMULATION)
cannot be selected.
• In play modes other than the external input mode, the
signals connected to the EXT. IN terminals cannot be
reproduced. In addition, signals cannot be output from
channels not connected to the input terminals.
Turning the sound off temporarily (MUTING)
Use this to turn off the audio output temporarily.
MUTING
Press the
button.
• You can adjust the muting level (
page 39).
• Canceling the MUTING mode:
q Press the MUTING button again.
w Press the VOLUME button on the remote control unit, or
adjust the volume up or down via the front panel MASTER
VOLUME knob.
Basic Operation
(DOLBY/DTS