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Front Panel Controls (Continued)…
Bass and Treble Control Knobs
These offer precision adjustment of tonal balance. You will find that very slight adjustments can
add a degree of warmth, richness, clarity and “air.” However, larger adjustments may obscure
musical detail, and even risk overloading your speakers. The Bass and Treble controls affect the
Speaker Outputs, Preamp Outputs and the Subwoofer Outputs. The HINT 6 Bass and Treble
controls are only active when the blue light surrounding the Tone button is illuminated.
Tone Button
By pressing this button, you can turn off the Bass and Treble tone controls, thereby completely
bypassing the tone control circuitry. This will improve sonic purity by eliminating the small amount
of noise and distortion inherent in tone control circuits. The tone controls can also be turned on
and off from the remote control so you can switch between flat and your desired tone settings.
The remote control does not adjust bass and treble tone controls. It only engages and disengages
them.
Input Select Knob
Rotating the Input selector will cycle through all of the inputs. The front panel LED under each
input name indicates when it is selected.
Sub Level Knob
The Sub Level control knob adjusts the subwoofer level. The sub level can be adjusted between -
10
dB and +10
dB, relative to the L and R channels. When the Sub Level knob is in the 12 o’clock
position the boost is 0
dB. When you first setup your subwoofer you should set this control to 12
o’clock (0
dB) and then play some music. Adjust the level control built into your subwoofer until it
sounds balanced in your sytem. Now, whenever you want to fine-tune your subwoofer level you
can simply use the HINT 6 front panel Sub Level control knob instead of walking over to your sub
and bending over to adjust its level control.
Note:
The Sub Level control knob cannot adjust the Sub level when the Bypass
Input is selected.
Balance Knob
Adjusting left and right channel balance is helpful to compensate for speaker placement or room
acoustics.
Volume Knob & Display
Your HINT 6 uses a high quality electronically controlled analog volume control IC. The volume
level is displayed next to the volume knob and has a range of 0 to 99.
Mute Button
Pressing the Mute button once will mute the signal for all output jacks except the Record Out. The
Mute button glow will change from blue to red when mute is engaged. Press the Mute button a
second time to cancel mute. Mute is automatically canceled if you press the volume up or down
buttons on the remote or if you change the volume from the front panel.
Dim Button
Press this button to select one of the volume display's two brightness levels.
