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Basic operations
CAUTION
• Always set the volume to minimum level before starting any
source. If the volume is set at a high level, the sudden blast of
sound may damage your hearing and/or blow out the
speakers.
On the remote control:
Press AUDIO /–.
On the center unit:
Press /–.
CAUTION
Be sure to turn down the volume;
• Before connecting or putting on headphones as high volume
may damage both the headphones and your hearing.
• Before disconnecting headphones as high volume may
suddenly come out of the speakers.
While connecting a pair of headphones to the PHONES
jack on the center unit, the system automatically cancels the
surround mode (see page 27) currently selected, deactivates
the speakers, and activates the headphone mode. “HEAD
PHONE” appears on the display window.
Headphone mode
When using the headphones, the following signals come out
regardless of your speaker setting;
• For 2 channel sources, the front left and right channel
signals are come out from the headphones.
• Multi-channel signals are downmixed and come out from
the headphones.
Press MUTING.
To restore the sound
Perform one of the following:
• Press
MUTING
again.
• Press
AUDIO /–
.
• Press
/–
on the center unit.
Press DIMMER.
Each time you press the button, you can change the
brightness level in 3 steps.
The system turns off automatically when the specified
period of time has passed.
Press SLEEP repeatedly.
Each time you press the button, the shut-off time changes as
follows:
• The
SLEEP
indicator lights up on the display.
Example:
To check the remaining time
Press
SLEEP
once.
To change the remaining time
Press
SLEEP
repeatedly.
To cancel
Press
SLEEP
repeatedly, until “SLEEP – –” appears.
• The
SLEEP
indicator goes off.
• Turning off the power also cancels the Sleep Timer.
Adjusting the volume
[VOLUME]
Listening with headphones
(not supplied)
Turning off the sound
temporarily [MUTING]
Adjusting the brightness of
the indications [DIMMER]
Sleep Timer [SLEEP]
10
Z
20
Z
30
Z
60
Z
90
Z
120
Z
150
Z
180
Z
– –
(Canceled)
Z
(back to the beginning)
shut-off time
SLEEP indicator
See page 16 for button locations.
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