Theta Digital Casablanca III HD, Owner'S Manual

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Front Panel Layout
Figure 6 - Front Panel Layout
1. 40 character by 2 row blue vacuum florescent display (VFD).
2. DISPLAY button. Temporarily overrides the VFD brightness display setting in the SETUP / INP page 1 submenu.
3. POWER LED. Lights when the Casablanca III HD is in standby mode.
4. MAIN POWER button. After the rear panel MAIN POWER switch is turned on, press the front panel POWER button to exit
standby mode. The VFD will display the last selected INPUT SELECT menu. Pressing this button again will place the
Casablanca III HD into standby mode and the LED above the front panel POWER button will light.
5. REMOTE POWER button. Activates/deactivates the REMOTE POWER jack on the rear panel.
6. Buttons 1 through 6. Used to select a desired input on INPUT SELECT pages, or parameter to change when in a submenu.
The LED over the button lights when the button is pressed. These buttons are referred to as the INPUT SELECT buttons.
7. MODE button. Activates the MODE select menus for the currently selected input. Allows the user to temporarily override the
default MODE for the current INPUT . Will not show modes that are automatically selected.
8. TAPE OUT button. Used for routing audio and video INPUT signals to the TAPE OUT jacks.
9. SET-UP button. Used for setting speaker configurations/levels/delays, analog input levels, naming inputs, setting the display
& remote power jack time-out delays, selecting between NTSC and PAL video sources and accessing additional surround
parameters, and all other
SETUP functions.
10. BALANCE button. Sets temporary speaker balance configurations, shelf EQ, and analog input levels to compensate for
different program characteristics.
11. A-D button. Sequences through input jacks mapped (assigned) to the active INPUT SELECT button.
12. MUTE button. Mutes/unmutes all audio outputs with the exception of the TAPE OUT jacks.
13. ANALOG LEVEL display. Shows input level, in dB , of currently selected analog input.
14. HDMI indicator. Lights when the unit is turned on. It is one indicator that the unit accepts HDMI
15. DOLBY TRUEHD indicator . Lights when the unit is turned on. It is one indicator that the unit processes Dolby’s lossless
codec.
16. DTS-HD MASTER AUDIO indicator. Lights when the unit is turned on. It is one indicator that the unit processes DTS lossless
codec.
18. LOCK light. Lights when a valid digital signal is detected on the selected input.
19. LEVEL LEFT and RIGHT buttons. Shifts audio balance to the left and right when the BALANCE function is selected, adjusts
the master volume within submenus when the LEVEL UP / DOWN buttons are to be used for parameter value editing, used to
toggle between the 2 input select pages, shifts to the next character when editing names.
20. LEVEL UP and DOWN buttons. Increases/decreases master volume. Also used to increment/decrement values in most edit
modes, and shifts FRONT / REAR audio balance in BALANCE submenu.
21. 1 through 6 LED indicators. Light when buttons 1 through 6 are selected.