Playback15 EnBASICOPERATION EnglishExtreme caution should be exercised when you play back CDs encoded in DTS.If you play back a CD encoded in DTS on a CD player that does not support DTS, only noise will be heard, and this noisemay damage your speakers. Check whether your CD player supports CDs encoded in DTS. Also, check the sound outputlevel of your CD player before you play back a CD encoded in DTS.1 Press A (power) on the front panel (orRECEIVER A on the remote control) to turnon this unit.2 Rotate the INPUT selector on the front panel(or press one of the input selection keys onthe remote control) to select the input sourceyou want to listen to.3 Press SPEAKERS A and/or SPEAKERS B onthe front panel or on the remote control toselect speakers A and/or speakers B.When speaker set A or speaker set B are turned on,SP A or SP B is displayed on the front displayaccordingly (see page 6).• When one set of speakers is connected using bi-wire connections,or when using two sets of speakers simultaneously (A and B),make sure SP A and SP B are displayed on the front display.• When listening with headphones, turn off the speakers.4 Play the source.5 Rotate the VOLUME control on the frontpanel (or press VOLUME +/– on the remotecontrol) to adjust the sound output level.yYou can adjust the tonal quality by using the BASS, TREBLE,BALANCE and LOUDNESS controls or the PURE DIRECTswitch on the front panel.6 Press A (power) on the front panel again (orRECEIVER A on the remote control) to finishusing this unit and set it to standby mode.■ Using the PURE DIRECT switchRoutes input signals from your audio sources so that theinput signals bypass the BASS, TREBLE, BALANCE andLOUDNESS controls, thus eliminating any alterations tothe audio signals and creating the purest possible sound.The PURE DIRECT indicator lights up and the frontdisplay turns off after a few seconds.• The BASS, TREBLE, BALANCE, and LOUDNESS controlsdo not function while the PURE DIRECT feature is turned on.• This setting is retained even if you turn off this unit.PlaybackCAUTIONPlaying a sourceNotesA (power)SPEAKERS A/B INPUT selector VOLUMERECEIVER AVOLUMESPEAKERS A/BSETUP OPTIONRETURNENTER VOLUMEHOME PLAYINGDISPLAYSOURCEIDRECEIVERCODE SETSLEEPDIMMERSPEAKERSA BCOAX1 COAX2 OPT1 OPT2LINE1 LINE2 LINE3 PHONOTUNER CDFM AMUSB NETInput selectionkeysNotesPURE DIRECT switchBASIC OPERATION