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Our philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
01 Before you start
Checking the supplied accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Operating range of the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Recharging the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Setting up the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Calibrating the remote control screen . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Setting the button alert volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Setting the time-out setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Resetting the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Locking the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Restarting the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Replacing the lithium-ion batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
02 Connecting your equipment
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
When making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting a DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting the multichannel analog outputs . . . . 16
Connecting a satellite/cable amplifier or other
set-top box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting a VCR or DVD recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting other video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using the component video jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
About the video converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting digital audio sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting analog audio sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting a component to the front panel inputs . . 23
Installing your speaker system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Placing the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Plugging in the amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
About the AC outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
03 Controls and displays
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Basic remote control displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Remote control displays for other components . . . 32
04 Getting started
Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Automatically setting up for surround sound . . . . . . 35
Other problems when using the Auto Surround
Setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Checking the settings on your DVD (or other)
player
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Playing a source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
05 Listening to your system
About the listening modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using the Home THX modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Listening with headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using the multichannel analog inputs . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using the Stream Direct mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Selecting the input signal type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Selecting USB and multichannel analog
input channels
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Listening to high-sampling formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using the surround back channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Listening with virtual surround back speakers . . . . . 47
Creating a center speaker effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using Hi-bit and Hi-sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using Midnight and Loudness listening . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using the tone control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Switching the tone control on or off . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Adjusting the bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reducing noise during playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Listening to dual mono soundtracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
06 The Surround Setup menu
Making amplifier settings from the Surround Setup
menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Speaker Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Professional Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . 57
X-Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Checking your surround settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
07 Controlling other equipment
Using the remote control with other components . . . 61
Recalling preset codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Programming signals from other remote controls . . 63
Remote Direct function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Editing remote control button names . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Multi Operation and System Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Programming a multi operation or a shutdown
sequence
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Switching components on and off using the 12
volt trigger
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68