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ADVANCED FEATURES
Advanced Features
The DPR is equipped with a number of advanced
features that add extra flexibility to the unit’s
operation. While it is not necessary to use these
features to operate the unit, they provide addi-
tional options that you may wish to use.
Surround Amplifier Channel
Assignment
The DPR is equipped with seven full-power
amplifier channels to allow for complete 7.1-
channel operation without the need for
additional external amplifiers. However, in some
installations you may wish to use the traditional
5.1-channel configuration for the main listening
room, which allows the surround back left/right
amplifier channels to be used to power speakers
placed in a remote zone location.
If you wish to use the Surround Back channel
amplifiers to power the remote zone, you must
change a setting in the
MULTI-ROOM
menu. To make that change, first call up the
menu system by pressing the
OSD Button
L
to bring the
MASTER MENU
(Figure 1) to the
screen. Next, press the
¤
Button
E
until the
›
cursor is next to the
MULTI-ROOM
line.
Press the
Set Button
F
to enter the
MULTI-ROOM SETUP
menu (Figure 11).
Figure 11
If you wish to use the Surround Back amplifier
channels to power the remote zone, press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button
E
until the
➞
cursor is pointing to the
S B AMPS
line on the
MULTI-ROOM SETUP
menu. Press the
‹
/
›
Navigation Button
E
until
MULTI
is
highlighted in reverse video and press the
Set
Button
F
.
Remember that once this setting is made you will
not be able to take advantage of any of the
6.1/7.1- channel decoding or processing modes,
and no Surround Back speakers must be selected
in the speaker setup procedure outlined earlier. In
addition the speakers used for the remote zone
must be connected to the
Surround Back/
Multiroom Speaker Outputs
. The volume
for these speakers is set by the multiroom
system, as explained on page 42 of this manual.
Once this setting is made, you may press the
⁄
/
¤
Button
E
to make any of the other
adjustments available on this menu. If no other
adjustments are needed, press the
OSD Button
L
to exit the menu system.
Front-Panel-Display Fade
In normal operation, the front-panel displays and
indicators remain on at full brightness, although
you may also dim them or turn them off as
shown on page 39. As an additional option, you
may also set the DPR so that the displays are on
whenever a button is pressed on the front panel
or remote, but then fade out after a set period of
time.
To set the front-panel displays to the Fade mode,
press the
OSD Button
L
to bring the Master
Menu to the screen. Press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation
Button
E
so that the
➞
cursor is pointed to
the
ADVANCED
line, and press the
Set
Button
F
to enter the
ADVANCED
SELECT
menu (Figure 12).
Figure 12
With the
ADVANCED SELECT
menu on
your video display, press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation
Button
E
so that the
➞
cursor is pointed to
the
VFD FADE TIME OUT
line. Next, press
the
‹
/
›
Navigation Button
E
so that the
amount of time that you wish the displays to
fade out after a button is pressed is shown.
Once this time is set and the unit returned to
normal operation, the displays will remain on for
the time period selected whenever a button is
pressed on the front panel or remote. After that
time they will gradually fade out, with the excep-
tion of the lighting surrounding the
Standby/On
Switch
3
, which remains on to remind you
that the DPR is turned on. Note that if the dis-
plays have been turned completely off using the
Dim Button, as shown on page 39 , the Fade
function will not operate.
If you wish to make adjustments to other items
on the
ADVANCED SELECT
menu, press
the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button
E
to place the
➞
cursor next to the desired item, or place the
➞
cursor next to the
BACK T O MASTER
MENU
line and press the
Set Button
F
to
make an adjustment to another menu. If you
have completed all adjustments, press the
OSD
Button
L
to exit the menu system.
Display Brightness
The DPR’s front panel
Main Information
Display
˜
is set at a default brightness level
that is sufficient for viewing in a normally lit
room. However, in some home theater installa-
tions, you may wish to occasionally lower the
brightness of the display, or turn it off completely.
To change the display brightness setting for a
specific listening session, you will need to make
an adjustment in the
ADVANCED SELECT
menu. To start the adjustment, press the
OSD
button
L
to bring the
MASTER MENU
to
the screen. Press the
⁄
Button
E
, until the on-
screen
›
cursor is next to the
ADVANCED
line. Press the
Set
Button
F
to enter the
ADVANCED SELECT
menu (Figure 12).
To change the brightness setting, at the
ADVANCED SELECT
menu, make certain
that the on-screen
›
cursor is next to the
VFD
line, and press the
›
Button
E
until the
desired brightness level is highlighted in the
video display. When
FULL
is highlighted, the
display is at its normal brightness. When
HALF
is highlighted, the display is at half the normal
brightness level. When
OFF
is highlighted, all of
the indicators in the
Main Information
Display
˜
will go dark. Note, however, that the
Power Indicator
3
, will always remain lit to
remind you that the unit is turned on.
If you wish to make other adjustments in the
menu, press the
⁄
/
¤
Buttons
E
until the on-
screen
›
cursor is next to the desired setting or
the
BACK T O MASTER MENU
line and
press the
Set
button
F
. If you have no other
adjustments to make, press the
OSD
Button
L
to exit the menu system.
The display brightness may also be changed by
pressing and holding the
Set
button
@
on the
front for three seconds until the message in the
Main Information Display
˜
reads
VFD
FULL
. Within five seconds, press the front
panel
Selector
buttons
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until the desired
brightness display level is shown. At that point,
press the
Set
button
@
again to enter the
setting.
Once the desired brightness level is selected, it
will remain in effect until it is changed again or
until the unit is turned off.
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