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Basic Playback
OPERA
TION
External decoder playback (front panel only)
This feature allows you to connect an external decoder to enjoy certain types of specialized discs.
Press the EXTERNAL DECODER IN button.
Each press switches the input between the previous mode and
EXTERNAL DECODER.
dB
SIGNAL
SELECT
ANALOG SP
A
VOLUME
When EXTERNAL DECODER is selected, only the volume level
and channel levels can be set. All of this unit’s other features
(DSP modes, ADVANCED THEATER modes, DIRECT mode,
TONE controls, etc.), as well as the TUNER and PHONO
modes, cannot be used. All speaker settings and other setups
settings have no effect.
Listening in MIDNIGHT Listening mode
This feature makes it possible to get excellent surround sound effects even when listening at low volumes. It
can be used with a variety of surround sound sources and plays soundtracks so that the quieter sounds are
audible while the noisier sounds do not become overly loud or distorted. It does this by bringing all the sounds in
a given soundtrack closer together in volume. Compare this feature with the D-Range Control (only for Dolby
Digital sources) on p. 33.
Press the MIDNIGHT button.
Each press switches MIDNIGHT Listening mode on or off.
dB
STEREO
MIDNIGHT
SIGNAL
SELECT
SP
A
DIGITAL
AUTO
VOLUME
• The effect adjusts itself automatically in accordance with the
volume level.
• You cannot use the MIDNIGHT Listening mode with the THX,
DIRECT or EXTERNAL DECODER mode.
DSP
MODE
EON
MODE
FL
DIMMER
DEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER
STEREO
L POWER OUTPUT
IDEO
EXTERNAL
DECODER IN
TAPE 2
MONITOR
DIRECT
LOUDNESS MIDNIGHT
DIGITAL
NR
CLASS
FM/AM
MEMORY
CHARACTER
/SEARCH
INPUT ATT
SPEAKERS
– TUNING +
– STATION +
– TREBLE +
– BASS +
L AUDIO R
VIDEO INPUT
ADVANCED
STANDARD
/DTS
MPEG
DOWN
RF ATT
SIGNAL
SELECT
MIDNIGHT
STANDBY/ON
—
OFF
_
ON
DSP
MODE
STANDBY
AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER
STEREO
PHONES
S-VIDEO
5-CHANNEL EQUAL POWER OUTPUT
VIDEO
EXTERNAL
DECODER IN
TAPE 2
MONITOR
DIRECT
LOUDNESS MIDNIGHT
DIGITAL
NR
CLASS
FM/
MEM
CHARACTER
/SEARCH
INPUT ATT
SPEAKERS
– TREBLE +
– BASS +
L AUDIO R
VIDEO INPUT
THX CINEMA
ADVANCED
STANDARD
/DTS
MPEG
RF ATT
SIGNAL
SELECT
EXTERNAL DECODER IN
MENU
ENTER
STEREO
DIGITAL NR
MIDNIGHT
ADVANCED
STANDARD
DSP
THX
MUTE
FUNCTION
SIGNAL
SELECT
EFFECT
/CH SEL
2
/dts
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REMOTE CONTROL UNIT
REMOTE
SETUP
SYSTEM
SETUP
MPEG
MIDNIGHT