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Chapter 3:

Controls and displays

Front panel

1

/I STANDBY/ON

Switches the amplifier between off and on.

When power is turned on, the power indicator in the

center of the button will light.

• On the A-10 model, this switches the amplifier

between standby and on.

2

STANDBY/APD indicator

When power is set to standby, the indicator lights red.

When the Auto Power Down (APD) function is on, the

indicator lights green (page 11).

3

SPEAKERS A button/indicator

Use this button to listen to the speaker system

connected to SPEAKERS A terminals.
On

: The indicator lights. Sound is heard from the

speaker system. (Sound will also be produced from the
PHONES

jack.)

Off

: The indicator goes off. No sound is heard from the

speaker system. Set to this position when listening with

headphones.

4

SPEAKERS B button/indicator

Use this button to listen to the speaker system

connected to SPEAKERS B terminals.
On

: The indicator lights. Sound is heard from the

speaker system. (Sound will also be produced from the
PHONES

jack.)

Off

: The indicator goes off. No sound is heard from the

speaker system. Set to this position when listening with

headphones.

5

LOUDNESS button/indicator

Use when listening at low volume levels.
On

: The indicator lights: Boosts low and high

frequencies to give added punch to playback even at a

low volume level.
Off

: The indicator goes off: Should normally be left in

this position.

• This button does not operate when the DIRECT

button is in the on position.

• When sound volume is raised, the amount of

change produced by the LOUDNESS circuit is

reduced.

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A-30

6

Remote sensor (Except A-10)

Receives the signals from the remote control (page 4).

7

PHONES jack

Use to connect headphones. No sound is produced

when the POWER AMP DIRECT button is ON.

8

DIRECT button/indicator

On

: The indicator lights: When this button is set to ON,

sound signals are output directly, without being passed

through the various adjustment circuits (BASS, TREBLE,
BALANCE

, LOUDNESS). This allows reproduction of the

signals with greater fidelity, but it disables any settings

made with the BASS, TREBLE, BALANCE or LOUDNESS

controls.
Off

: The indicator goes off: The signal passes through

the various frequency adjusting circuits. When the

indicator is OFF, adjustments can be made with the
BASS

, TREBLE, BALANCE, and LOUDNESS controls.

9

BASS tone control

Use to adjust the low-frequency tone. The center position

is the flat (normal) position. When turned to the right,

low-frequency tones are emphasized; when turned to the

left, low-frequency tones are de-emphasized.

• This button does not operate when the DIRECT

button is in the on position.

10 TREBLE tone control

Use to adjust the high-frequency tone. The center

position is the flat (normal) position. When turned to the

right, high-frequency tones are emphasized; when

turned to the left, high-frequency tones are de-

emphasized.

• This button does not operate when the DIRECT

button is in the on position.

11 BALANCE control

Should normally be left in the center position. Adjust

balance if the sound is louder from one of the speakers.

If the right side is louder, turn toward the L (left) position

and if the left side is louder, turn toward the R (right)

position.

• This button does not operate when the DIRECT

button is in the on position.

12 VOLUME control

Use to adjust the volume level. (Also allows adjustment

of the headphone sound volume.)

13 INPUT SELECTOR knob/indicators

Turn the knob clockwise or counterclockwise so that the

indicator lights for your desired input source. Turning

the knob clockwise causes the lit indicator to right.

Turning counterclockwise causes it to left. When the

remote control’s MUTE button is pressed to mute the

sound, the indicator for the input source selected with

the INPUT SELECTOR knob flashes.

14 POWER AMP DIRECT button/indicator
(A-30 only)

Press this button when the A-30 is to be used as a power

amplifier (page 10).

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