Document Outline

• SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
  • CAUTION
  • FCC INFORMATION (for US customers only)
• CAUTION: READ THIS BEFORE OPERATING YOUR UNIT.
  • We Want You Listening For A Lifetime
• CONTENTS
• FEATURES
  • ■ About this manual
• GETTING STARTED
  • Checking the package contents
  • Installing batteries in the remote control
    • I Notes on batteries
• CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS
  • Front panel
    • O STANDBY/ON
    • © Remote control sensor
    • © Front panel display
    • O INPUT MODE
    • © INPUT <l/l>
    • © 6CH INPUT
    • O ri SILENT (PHONES jack)
    • © SPEAKERS A/B
    • ® STEREO/EFFECT
    • <D PROGRAM C/O
    • ® PRESET/TUNING <1 / >
    • ® A/B/C/D/E
    • ® BASS
    • ® TREBLE
    • ® VIDEO AUX jacks
    • ® RDS MODE/FREQ (U.K. and Europe models)
    • ® PTY SEEK MODE (U.K. and Europe models)
    • ® PTY SEEK START (U.K. and Europe models)
    • ® EON (U.K. and Europe models)
    • ® PRESET/TUNING (EDIT)
    • @ TUNING MODE (AUTO/MAN’L MONO)
    • @ MEMORY (MAN’L/AUTO FM)
    • ® FM/AM
  • Remote control
    • O Infrared window
    • 0 TRANSMIT indicator
    • O STANDBY
    • O SYSTEM POWER
    • @ Input selector buttons
    • o Display window
    • O LEVEL
    • © Multi control section
    • ® TEST
    • <D DSP program
    • ® RE-NAME
    • ® CLEAR
    • © CODE SET
    • © SLEEP
    • © 6CH INPUT
  • Using the remote control
    • ■ Handling the remote control
  • Front panel display
    • 0 @ o o ©
      • 0 Input source indicator
      • 0 MUTE indicator
      • O VOLUME level indicator
      • 0 1 PCM I indicator
      • 0 SILENT indicator
      • 0 Headphones indicator
      • 0 DSP program indicators
      • 0 Multi-information display
      • 0 RDS indicator (U.K. and Europe models)
      • 0 STEREO indicator
      • 0 TUNED indicator
      • 0 MEMORY indicator
      • 0 AUTO indicator
      • 0 SLEEP indicator
      • 0 Input channel indicator
• SPEAKER SETUP
  • Speaker placement
    • ■ Use of a subwoofer expands your sound field
    • ■ Main speakers
    • ■ Center speaker
    • ■ Rear speakers
    • ■ Rear center speaker
    • ■ Subwoofer
  • Connecting the speakers
    • Speaker cables
      • 11 Remove approximately 10 mm (3/8”) of insulation from each of the speaker cables.
      • Twist the exposed wires of the cable together to prevent short circuits.
    • Connecting to the SPEAKERS terminals
      • li Unscrew the knob.
      • fa Insert one bare wire into the hole in the side of each terminal.
      • El Tighten the knob to secure the wire.
    • ■ MAIN SPEAKERS terminals
    • ■ REAR SPEAKERS terminals
    • ■ CENTER SPEAKER terminals
    • ■ REAR CENTER SPEAKER terminals
    • ■ SUBWOOFER jack
    • IMPEDANCE SELECTOR switch
      • WARNING
• CONNECTIONS
  • Before connecting components
    • ■ Connecting to digital jacks
  • Connecting video components
    • ■ Types of video jacks
      • O VIDEO jack
      • 0S VIDEO jack
      • O COMPONENT VIDEO jacks
    • ■ Connecting a video monitor
    • ■ Connecting a DVD player/digital TV/cableTV
    • ■ Connecting a game console or camcorder
    • ■ Connecting a VCR or DVR (digital video recorder)
  • Connecting audio components
    • ■ Connecting a CD player
    • ■ Connecting a CD recorder or MD recorder
    • ■ Connecting a turntable
  • Connecting the antennas
    • ■ Connecting the AM loop antenna
  • Connecting an external amplifier Connecting an external decoder
    • O SUBWOOFER jack
    • 0 MAIN jacks
    • O REAR CENTER jack
    • O CENTER jack
    • Q REAR (SURROUND) jacks
  • Connecting the power supply cords
  • Turning on the power
    • ■ Connecting the AC power cord
    • ■ AC OUTLETS (SWITCHED)
    • ■ VOLTAGE SELECTOR (China and General models)
• ON-SCREEN DISPLAY (OSD)
  • OSD modes
  • Selecting the OSD mode
• SPEAKER MODE SETTINGS
• ADJUSTING SPEAKER OUTPUT LEVELS
  • Using the test tone
    • ■ BGV (background video) function
    • To mute the sound
    • ■ When you have finished using this unit
  • Input modes and indications
    • ■ Notes on 96-kHz sampling digital signals
    • ■ Notes on playing DTS-CD/LDs
  • Selecting a sound field program
    • ■ Selecting PRO LOGIC n
    • ■ Playing Dolby Digital Surround EX or DTS ES software
    • ■ Virtual CINEMA DSP
    • ■ SILENT CINEMA DSP
    • ■ Normal stereo reproduction
• DIGITAL SOUND FIELD PROCESSING (DSP)
  • ■ Recreating a sound field
  • Hi-Fi DSP programs
• CINEMA-DSP
  • Sound design of CINEMA-DSP
    • ■ Dolby Digital/DTS + DSP sound field effect
    • ■ Dolby Digital EX/DTS-ES compatible + DSP sound field effect
    • Dolby Pro Logic + DSP sound field effect
    • ■ Dolby Pro Logic n
    • ■ For movie programs: No. 7 to 9
    • For audio-video sources: No. 4 to 6
• TUNING
  • Automatic and manual tuning
    • ■ Automatic tuning
    • ■ Manual tuning
  • Presetting stations
    • ■ Automatically presetting stations (for FM stations)
    • ■ Manually presetting stations
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  • Tuning in to a preset station
  • Exchanging preset stations
  • SLEEP TIMER
    • Canceling the sleep timer
    • Setting the sleep timer
  • RECORDING
    • ■ Special considerations when recording DTS software
    • ■ Timer playback/recording
  • SET MENU
    • Adjusting the items on the SET MENU
    • 1 SPEAKER SET (speaker mode settings)
      • ■ 1A CENTER (center speaker mode)
      • ■ 1B MAIN (main speaker mode)
      • ■ 1C REAR LR (rear speaker mode)
      • ■ ID REAR CT (rear center speaker mode)
      • ■ IE BASS (LFE/bass out mode)
      • ■ 1F MAIN Lv (main level mode)
    • 4 D. RANGE (dynamic range)
    • 5 L/R BALANCE (balance of the main left and right speakers)
    • 6 HP TONE CTRL (headphone tone control)
    • 7 INPUT RENAME
      • D-TV/CBL
      • DVD
      • LAST
      • H~Press > to lower the position.
      • Press < to raise the position.
    • 11 MEM. GUARD (memory guard)
  • REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES
    • Control area
      • ■ Controlling this unit
      • ■ Controlling other component
    • Setting the manufacturer code
    • Changing the source name in the dispiay window
    • Clearing renamed source names, and setup manufacturer codes
    • Controlling other components
  • ADJUSTING THE LEVEL OF THE EFFECT SPEAKERS
  • SOUND FIELD PROGRAM PARAMETER EDITING
    • What is a sound field?
      • ■ Elements of a sound field
    • Sound field program parameters
    • Changing parameter settings
  • DIGITAL SOUND FIELD PARAMETER DESCRIPTIONS
    • ■ INIT. DLY (Initial delay)
    • [P. INT. DLY for the presence sound field]
    • ■ ROOM SIZE
    • [P. ROOM SIZE for the presence sound field]
    • ■ LIVENESS
    • ■ S. DELAY (Surround delay)
    • ■ S. INIT. DLY (Surround initial delay)
    • ■ S. ROOM SIZE (Surround room size)
    • ■ S. LIVENESS (Surround liveness)
    • ■ RC. INIT. DLY (Rear center initial delay)
    • ■ RC. ROOM SIZE (Rear center room size)
    • ■ RC. LIVENESS (Rear center liveness)
    • REV. TIME (Reverberation time)
    • ■ REV. DELAY (Reverberation delay)
    • ■ REV. LEVEL (Reverberation level)
    • For 6ch Stereo
    • ■ CT LEVEL (Center level) m RL LEVEL (Rear left level)
    • ■ RR LEVEL (Rear right level)
    • ■ RC LEVEL (Rear center level)
    • For PRO LOGIC n Music
    • ■ PANORAMA
    • ■ DIMENSION
    • ■ CTWIDTH (Center width)
  • TROUBLESHOOTING
    • ■ General
    • Tuner
    • Remote control
  • GLOSSARY
    • ■ Virtual CINEMA DSP
    • ■ PCM (Linear PCM)
    • ■ Sampling frequency and number of quantized bits
    • ■ S-video signal
    • ■ Component video signal
  • SPECIFICATIONS