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USING AUDIO FEATURES
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OPERA
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The night listening modes are designed to improve
listenability at lower volumes or at night. Choose either
“NIGHT:CINEMA” or “NIGHT:MUSIC” depending on
the type of material you are playing.
1
Press NIGHT on the front panel (or set the
operation mode selector to AMP and then
press NIGHT on the remote control)
repeatedly to select “NIGHT:CINEMA” or
“NIGHT:MUSIC”.
Choices: NIGHT:CINEMA, NIGHT:MUSIC, OFF
• Select “NIGHT:CINEMA” when watching films to
reduce the dynamic range of film soundtracks and
make dialog easier to hear at lower volumes.
• Select “NIGHT:MUSIC” when listening to music
sources to preserve ease-of-listening for all sounds.
• Select “OFF” if you do not want to use this feature.
y
When a night listening mode is selected, the NIGHT
indicator lights up in the front panel display.
2
Press
l
/
h
on the remote control to adjust
the effect level while “NIGHT:CINEMA” or
“NIGHT:MUSIC” is displayed in the front
panel display.
Choices: MIN,
MID
, MAX
• Select “MIN” for minimum compression.
• Select “MID” for standard compression.
• Select “MAX” for maximum compression.
y
“NIGHT:CINEMA” and “NIGHT:MUSIC” adjustments are
stored independently.
• You cannot use the night listening modes in the following
cases:
– when the Pure Direct mode (see page 52) is selected.
– when the component connected to the MULTI CH
INPUT jacks is selected as the input source (see
page 43).
– when headphones are connected to the PHONES jack.
• The night listening modes may vary in effectiveness
depending on the input source and surround sound settings
you use.
Selecting the night listening mode
+
10
NIGHT
TV
SOURCE
AMP
NIGHT
or
A/B/C/D/E
PRESET/CH
ENTER
Effect.Lvl:MID
Remote control
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