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Playback
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Press
E
MUTE
on the remote control to mute the
audio output. Press
E
MUTE
again to resume
the audio output.
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• You can also rotate
R
VOLUME
on the front panel or press
C
/–
on the remote control to resume the audio
output.
• You can adjust the muting level by using the “Muting Type”
parameter in “Volume” (see page 81).
• The MUTE indicator flashes in the front panel display when the
audio output is muted and disappears from the front panel
display when the audio output is resumed.
You can combine a video image from a video source with
sound from an audio source. For example, you can enjoy
listening to classical music while viewing beautiful
scenery from the video source on the video monitor.
Press the input selector buttons (
1
) to select a
video source and then an audio source.
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Set the “BGV” parameter in the “MULTI CH” menu to the
desired setting to select the default background video input source
of the MULTI CH INPUT sources (see page 80).
Use this feature to automatically set the main zone to the
standby mode after a certain amount of time. The sleep
timer is useful when you are going to sleep while this unit
is playing or recording a source. The sleep timer also
automatically turns off any external components
connected to the AC OUTLET(S) (see page 32).
1
Rotate the
C
INPUT
selector (or press one
of the input selector buttons (
1
)) to select
the desired input source.
2
Start playback on the selected source
component or select a broadcast station.
Refer to the operating instructions for the source
component.
See page 53 for details about tuning instructions.
3
Press
M
SLEEP
(or
A
SLEEP
) repeatedly to
set the amount of time.
Each time you press
M
SLEEP
(or
A
SLEEP
), the
front panel display changes as shown below.
The SLEEP indicator flashes while you are switching
the amount of time for the sleep timer. Once the sleep
timer is set, the SLEEP indicator lights up in the front
panel display, and the display returns to the selected
sound field program.
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Canceling the sleep timer
Press
M
SLEEP
(or
A
SLEEP
) repeatedly until
“SLEEP OFF” appears in the front panel display.
The SLEEP indicator turns off, and “SLEEP OFF”
disappears from the front panel display after a few
seconds.
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The sleep timer setting can also be canceled by pressing
B
MAIN
ZONE ON/OFF
(or
8
STANDBY
) to set the main zone to the
standby mode.
Muting the audio output
Playing video sources in the
background of an audio source
Using the sleep timer
SLEEP 120min.
SLEEP 90min.
SLEEP 60min.
SLEEP 30min.
SLEEP OFF
SLEEP
S L E E P 1 2 0 m i n .
Flashes
SLEEP
S T R A I G H T
Lights up
S L E E P O F F
Disappears
