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OVERRIDES
Some laserdiscs contain the normal movie soundtrack on the PCM, AC-3 RF or DTS digital soundtrack along with
supplemental information on the laserdisc’s analog track. Your A/V System Controller will automatically select the
digital track if one is available. In order to reach the analog track we have provided an analog override to force the
A/V System Controller to ignore the digital soundtrack. Note that your laserdisc player normally puts out converted
digital soundtracks on its analog output. You will also need to adjust your laserdisc player to get the analog track.
Refer to your laserdisc manual. The override is not limited to laserdisc. It can be used with any source anytime you
wish to hear the analog input rather than the digital.
Warning - DTS and Dolby Digital are digital only formats. Your source may try to interpret these as normal
PCM tracks resulting in a loud noise on the source’s analog outputs. If you’re not sure, turn your A/V
System Controller’s volume down before engaging the analog override. This warning does not apply to
DVD players. All DVD players can properly interpret Dolby Digital tracks. Currently available DTS
compatible DVD players have no analog output when the DTS track is selected.
When DTS started to make CDs and Laserdiscs, they made the bitstream fully compatible with the PCM
standards. Unfortunately, this makes it difficult to tell the difference between PCM and DTS. The result is that you
will often hear a short extraneous sound at the beginning of DTS CDs and laserdiscs while your A/V System
Controller determines that the incoming bitstream is DTS rather than PCM. The alternative would have been to
mute the output of your A/V System Controller while making this decision, but this would have cut off the beginning
of many PCM CDs. This problem does not apply to DTS DVDs. We have provided an override to eliminate this
extraneous sound at the cost of automatic bitstream detection. If you find the extraneous sound unacceptable,
engage the DTS override before playing your DTS disc. Remember that if you subsequently try to play any non
DTS material you will need to manually switch back to auto (plug and play) operation.
Dolby Digital recordings may contain passages with very large dynamic range. This normally will enhance the
Home Theater experience. However, it may not be desirable at all times, for example, during late night listening.
Dolby Digital bitstreams allow for listening with a compressed dynamic range that reduces high level passages and
increases low level passages. This allows the listener to hear quiet passages even at low volume levels while at
the same time limiting the maximum volume of very loud passages. Note: this override is available only for Dolby
Digital recordings.
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DVD Plug and Play ?
Press SEL to Engage Override
engage override
↵
(ENTER)
SEL or ENTER 2
step to desired override mode or
plug and play (auto)
↵
(ENTER) then
∧
(UP) or
∨
(DOWN)
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Action From Front Panel From Remote
Note: your A/V System Controller remembers an override independently for each source. If, for some reason, you
wanted to set DTS or analog override for all sources you would need to select each source and override
individually. Also note that these settings are temporary and will be lost when you put your A/V System Controller
to sleep or turn off the main power.
PRESETS
Presets allow you to save your favorite settings and recall them instantly. Your A/V System Controller can store
two banks of 10 presets (0..9 & A0..A9) in each of 2 Zones. The saved information includes the selected source,
the volume, the surround mode, the tuner station and band, and all of the temporary settings and overrides
described above. A convenient set of presets come preprogrammed with your A/V System Controller.
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