USING AUDIO FEATURES
48
En
y
Before performing operations, set the operation mode selector on
the remote control to
K
AMP
.
Use the Pure Direct mode to enjoy the pure high fidelity
sound of the selected source. When the Pure Direct mode
is activated, this unit plays back the selected source with
the least circuitry.
Press
F
PURE DIRECT
(or
T
PURE DIRECT
)
to turn the Pure Direct mode on or off.
The
F
PURE DIRECT
button lights up while this unit
is in the Pure Direct mode. The front panel display
automatically dims.
• The following operations are not possible when this unit is in
the Pure Direct mode:
– switching the sound field program
– displaying the OSD
– adjusting the “SET MENU” parameters (except for level
settings)
– operating video functions (video conversion, etc.)
• The Pure Direct mode is automatically canceled whenever this
unit is turned off.
y
The front panel display turns on momentarily when an operation
is performed.
Use this feature to adjust the balance of bass and treble for
the front left and right speaker channels.
y
Speaker and headphone adjustments are stored independently.
1
Press
B
TONE CONTROL
on the front
panel repeatedly to select the high-frequency
response (TREBLE) or the low-frequency
response (BASS).
2
Rotate the
C
PROGRAM
selector to adjust
the high-frequency response (TREBLE) or
the low-frequency response (BASS).
• If you increase or decrease the high-frequency or the low-
frequency sound to an extreme level, the tonal quality of the
surround speakers may not match.
• TONE CONTROL is not effective when PURE DIRECT is
selected, or when MULTI CH INPUT is selected as the input
source.
You can adjust the output level of each speaker while
listening to a music source. This is also possible when
playing sources input at the MULTI CH INPUT jacks.
This operation will override the level adjustments made in
“AUTO SETUP” (see page 28) and “SPEAKER LEVEL” (see
page 74).
1
Press
C
LEVEL
on the remote control
repeatedly to select the speaker you want to
adjust.
y
• Once you press
C
LEVEL
on the remote control, you can
also select the speaker by pressing
D
k
/
n
.
• Instead of “SUR.B.L” and “SUR.B.R”, “SUR.B” is
displayed if “SB L/R SP” is set to either “SMLx1” or
“LRGx1” (see page 73).
• The available speaker channels differ depending on the
setting of the speakers.
2
Press
D
l
/
h
to adjust the speaker output
level.
• Press
D
h
to increase the value.
• Press
D
l
to decrease the value.
Control range: –10.0 dB to +10.0 dB
Using audio features
Enjoying pure hi-fi sound
Notes
Adjusting the tonal quality
Notes
Adjusting the speaker level
Note
Display
Adjusted speaker
FRONT L
Front left speaker
FRONT R
Front right speaker
CENTER
Center speaker
SWFR
Subwoofer
SUR. L
Surround left speaker
SUR. R
Surround right speaker
SUR.B.L
Surround back left speaker
SUR.B.R
Surround back right speaker
PRNS L
Presence left speaker
PRNS R
Presence right speaker
