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To enjoy Surround mode or Stereo mode

1. Press an Input Selector button to select the desired sound

source.

2. Press the SURROUND MODE button repeatedly until the

desired Surround mode name appears.
The display changes in the order shown on left each time you
press the button.

If you are using the remote controller, press the SUR MODE
button to select the desired Surround mode.

If DOLBY PRO LOGIC is selected during playback of a
DOLBY DIGITAL source, the Surround mode automatically
changes to DOLBY DIGITAL and the DOLBY DIGITAL indi-
cator lights up on the display.

If you have set the surround speaker parameter for the speaker
setup (see page 14) to “NO,” STEREO or 3 STEREO will be
selected for Surround mode

3. Play the selected sound source.

Midnight Theater
If you play a movie at a low volume at night, set this parameter to
“ON” to narrow the dynamic range of the sound to make it easier to
hear.
The Midnight Theater function works only with source material
that contains necessary Dolby Digital information.
Press the MIDNIGHT THEATER button. The MIDNIGHT THE-
ATER indicator appears on the display. To cancel the MIDNIGHT
THEATER function, press the MIDNIGHT THEATER button
again.

The Midnight Theater function is available only in Dolby Digi-
tal Surround mode.

LFE (Low Frequency Effect) Level Attenuation
If the bass range is too loud, set this parameter to “–10 dB” to
decrease the Low Frequency Effect in the low-frequency channel
by 10 dB.
Use the Speaker Setup procedure described on page 14 to
switch the LFE level between 0dB and –10dB.

The LFE Level Attenuation function is available only in Dolby
Digital Surround mode.

Selecting a Surround mode

Setting the Surround mode parameters

Dolby Pro Logic / Dolby Digital

Hall

Live

Stereo /

Arena

SURROUND MODE

Dolby Digital (Stereo)

MIDNIGHT
THEATER

BASS

TREBLE

C D

PHONES

DIMMER

AUDIO VIDEO CONTROL RECEIVER

TX-DS

474

SCAN

GROUP

AM

FM

DVD

PHONO

1

VIDEO

2

VIDEO

TI CH INPUT

MUL

TAPE( )

MONITOR

STANDBY

TUNING

PRESET

PARAMETER CONTROLLER

PARAMETER SELECTOR

CLEAR

MEMORY FM MUTE / MODE

SPEAKERS

A

B

MIDNIGHT THEATER

SURROUND MODE

MASTER VOLUME

HIGH CURRENT DISCRETE OUTPUT STAGE AMPLIFIER

OFF

ON

POWER

STANDBY/ON

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