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Switching the system on/off
●
Press
STANDBY-ON
B
.
➜
“
HELLO
” is displayed briefly. The system will
switch to the last selected source.
●
Press
DISC
,
TUNER
,
USB
or
AUX
on the
remote.
➜
The system will switch to the selected source.
To switch the system to standby mode
●
Press
STANDBY-ON
B
.
➜
“
BYE BYE
” is displayed briefly. The interactive
sound settings, last selected source and tuner
presets will be retained in the player’s memory.
Volume control
Turn
VOLUME (-/+)
clockwise or anticlockwise
(or press
VOL +/-
on the remote) to increase
or decrease the volume level.
➜
”
VOL XX
” is displayed on the display panel.
“
XX
” denotes the volume level.
To switch off the volume temporarily
●
Press
MUTE
on the remote.
➜
Playback will continue without sound and
“
MUTING
” flashes.
●
To activate sound reproduction, you can:
– press
MUTE
again;
– adjust the volume controls;
– change source.
To listen through the headphone
●
Connect the headphone plug to the
n
socket
on the front panel.
➜
The speakers will be muted.
Sound control
DBB and DSC sound features cannot be
activated at the same time.
DBB (Dynamic Bass Boost)
DBB enhances the bass response.
●
Press
DBB
on the remote control to enable/
disable DBB feature.
➜
Some discs might be recorded in high
modulation, which causes a distortion at high
volume. If this occurs, switch off DBB or reduce
the volume.
DSC (Digital Sound Control)
DSC provides a different type of preset sound
equalizer setting.
●
Press
DSC
on the remote control repeatedly to
select: FLAT, POP, JAZZ, CLASSIC or ROCK.
Selecting surround sound
IMPORTANT!
For proper surround sound, make sure
the speakers and subwoofer are
connected (see Connections-Step 1:
Connecting speakers and subwoofer.)
●
Press
SURROUND
to select surround or
stereo mode.
➜
The availability of the various surround sound
modes depends on the number of speakers
used and the sound available on the disc.
➜
The center and surround speakers operate
only in Multi-channel surround mode.
➜
The available output modes for multichannel
include: Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic or Dolby
Pro Logic II surround sound.
➜
Stereo broadcasts or recordings will produce
some surround channel effects when played in a
surround mode. However, monaural (single
channel sound) sources will not produce any
sound from the rear speakers.
Dimming the display screen
●
Press
DIM
repeatedly to select different levels
of brightness for the display screen.
Demonstration mode
The system has a demonstration mode that
shows the various features offered by the
system.
To activate the demonstration
●
In standby mode
, press
9
on the system to
activate the demo mode.
➜
Demonstration will begin.
To deactivate the demonstration
●
Press
9
on the system again.
➜
“
DEMO OFF
” is displayed.
Note:
– Even if you remove the AC power cord and
reconnect it to the wall socket, the demonstration
will remain off until you activate it again.
Basic Operations
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