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Playback
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S
IC
OPERA
T
ION
English
Connect a pair of headphones with a stereo
analog audio cable plug to the PHONES jack on
the front panel.
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When you select a sound field program, SILENT CINEMA mode
activates automatically (see page 51).
• When you connect headphones, no signals are output at the
speaker terminals.
• All Dolby Digital and DTS audio signals are mixed down to the
left and right headphone channels.
Press
G
MUTE
on the remote control to mute the
audio output.
Press
G
MUTE
again to resume the audio output.
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• You can also rotate
J
VOLUME
(or press
E
/–
) to
resume the audio output.
• You can adjust the muting level by using the “MUTE TYPE”
parameter in “VOLUME MENU” (see page 77).
• 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 (
4
) on the
remote control to select a video source and then
an audio source.
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• You can also select “MULTI CH” as the audio source (see
page 43). Set the operation mode selector to
F
AMP
and then
press
O
MULTI CH IN
.
• 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 83).
Using your headphones
Notes
Muting the audio output
VOLUME
SILENT CINEMA
PHONES
MAIN ZONE
TONE CONTROL
STRAIGHT
PURE DIRECT
SCENE
AUDIO SELECT
OPTIMIZER MIC
EFFECT
PROGRAM
INPUT
ON/OFF
SYSTEM OFF
PRESET/TUNING
BAND
SPEAKERS
MEMORY
INFO
ZONE 2
ON/OFF
ZONE
CONTROL
A/B/C/D/E
EDIT
SEARCH MODE
R
L
AUDIO
OPTICAL
VIDEO AUX
VIDEO
S VIDEO
1
2
3
4
Before performing the following operations, set the operation
mode selector on the remote control to
F
AMP
.
Playing video sources in the
background of an audio source
TUNER
V-AUX
DTV
MD
CBL
CD
DVD
DOCK
DVR
VCR
V-AUX
DTV
CBL
DVD
DOCK
DVR
VCR
CD-R
PHONO
MULTI CH IN
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Audio sources
Video sources
Video sources
Audio sources