Proceed PDSD User Manual

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MOVE TO THE “TYPE:” ITEM IN THE MENU, PRESS THE ENTER BUTTON,
AND USE THE VOLUME +/– BUTTONS TO CHOOSE “AUDIO”; PRESS ENTER
AGAIN TO SAVE THE CHANGE
In reality, this is how the unit is shipped from the factory anyway, but while
you are here you may as well see what your options are by using the

vol-

ume +/–

buttons to cycle through the choices. Choose

audio

before you

finish up, or press

menu

to cancel without making any changes.

Had you chosen

a/v

rather than

audio

, the subsequent menu would have been

updated to include video-related setup items. Since you don’t need them here,
they are not displayed. (We will get to that when we run through setting up a
laserdisc player, a bit later.)

choosing a surround mode

The PAV/PDSD system also lets you choose a default surround mode that will
automatically be chosen whenever you select this source. For example, if you find
yourself using the

stereo surround

mode for most of your music listening, you

can automate your preferences.

Note:

These “surround modes” refer to what the system does when
given a two-channel input signal, whether analog or digital.

Pro Logic is one such two-channel signal as it enters the
Digital Surround Decoder, one that has been encoded to
provide multiple channels when properly decoded.

Discrete multichannel signals (such as those provided by
Dolby Digital, DTS, or MPEG/Musicam) will override these
surround preferences and always be reproduced in their
intended multichannel forms.

If you already know what your preference is, you might as well program it in
now. If you aren’t sure, we suggest leaving the default surround mode for your CD
transport as

stereo surround

for now. You can always change it later.

MOVE TO THE “MODE:” ITEM IN THE MENU, PRESS THE ENTER BUTTON,
AND USE THE VOLUME +/– BUTTONS TO REVIEW YOUR AVAILABLE
SURROUND MODES; CHOOSE THE ONE YOU WANT AUTOMATICALLY
ENGAGED; PRESS ENTER AGAIN TO SAVE THE CHANGE
Of course, during day to day operation, you can easily override this default
selection by simply pressing the

mode

button on either the remote control

or the front panel at any time. Doing so will cycle you through the available
(two-channel) surround modes.

is it a recording device?

If this component were capable of recording (a CD-R, tape deck, VCR, etc.), and
assuming you wanted to make recordings through the system, you would need to
make another connection to provide for making those recordings. Specifically, you
would need to use one of the record outputs on the PAV to feed the recording
device a signal to be recorded.

Moreover, the system needs to know which sources are hooked up in this way to
ensure that you do not accidently send a source back to itself to be recorded—a