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RQT8979
Enjoying the Home Theater
Digital signals this unit can play:
Dolby Digital (including Dolby Digital Surround EX), DTS (including DTS-ES and DTS 96/24) and PCM (
á
page 55)
• The unit memorizes whether [SURROUND] has been pressed on or off for each input source.
• The setting always switches from off to on when the input comes from a surround source in Dolby Digital, DTS or other formats.
• When you press [SURROUND] off while playing a surround source (excluding a DVD-Audio source that does not allow down-mixing),
2-channel mix (2CH MIX) activates.
2-channel mix is canceled when you turn the unit off or when you switch input sources.
• The “SURROUND” indicator goes off when the sampling frequency for the input signal is higher than 96 kHz.
• The number of source channels appears on the display when a digital signal is input or input sources are switched. (Their number
may not appear depending on the selected source.)
1
To turn the unit on
Press
• The standby indicator “
^
” goes off when you turn the unit on.
Do not forget to perform the auto speaker setup (
á
pages
26 and 27) when you play a source with the unit for the first
time.
2
To select “SPEAKERS A”
Press
to switch “
” on.
To use bi-wire speakers (
á
page 22)
To enjoy BI-AMP stereo sounds
See page 29.
Press [SPEAKERS A] or [SPEAKERS B] to switch
“
” on.
3
To switch input sources
• Select the connected terminal when the names of the
terminal and equipment you wish to use for playback
do not match.
Turn
• When you select “
DVR
”, “
DVD RECORDER
” scrolls across
the display once.
• You can also select an input source using the remote control (
á
page 6).
To use a DVD recorder with built-in VCR (
á
page 19)
• To play a DVD: select “
DVR
”
• To play a video cassette: select “
VCR
”
4
Play the selected input source.
To switch between 2-channel
stereo playback and surround
playback
Press [SURROUND].
5
To adjust the volume
Turn
Volume range:
–
–
dB
(minimum),
–
79dB
to
0dB
(maximum)
To finish the Home Theater
Be sure to reduce the volume and press [
8
, POWER] to turn the unit to standby.
RECEIVER
AV
SYSTEM
TV
RECORDER
DVD
BD/DVD
PLAYER
ANALOG 6CH
VCR
CD
TUNER
BAND
CH
SPEAKERS
W
-MENU/-SETUP ENTER
INPUT SELECTOR
VOLUME
BI-AMP
SURROUND
SURROUND
SPEAKERS
AUTO DETECTOR -MULTI ROOM
TUNE
AUX
ADVANCED DUAL AMP
POWER
WIRELESS READY
AUTO SPEAKER SETUP
SETUP MIC
HDMI
MULTI ROOM
RETURN
SURROUND
SPEAKERS
ENTER
-
MENU/
-
SETUP
AUTO DETECTOR
-
MULTI ROOM
RETURN
TUNE
SETUP MIC
W
AUX
S VIDEO
VIDEO
L
-
AUDIO
-
R
POWER
“SURROUND”
“BI-AMP”
“MULTI ROOM”
“ADVANCED DUAL AMP”
INPUT SELECTOR
A
B
SPEAKERS
SURROUND
VOLUME
“ ”
8
POWER
Note
A
SPEAKERS
A
A
SPEAKERS
A
B
A
B
SP
EAKE
RS
B
I-WI
R
E
INPUT SELECTOR
(e.g.)
AUX
CD
TV/STB
BD/DVD
DVR
VCR
TUNER XM
TUNER AM
TUNER FM
VOLUME
Note
Subwoofer
Number of surround and surround back channels
Number of front and center channels