1 STANDBY/ON switch
Press this switch to turn the power to this unit on. Press it
again to turn this unit into the standby mode.
* When you press this switch to turn the power on, you will
hear a click and a sound of the built-in fan rotating for a
moment.
Standby mode
In this state, this unit consumes a very small quantity of
power to receive infrared-signals from the remote control
transmitter.
2 Remote control sensor
Receives signals from the remote control transmitter.
3 Display panel
Shows various information. (For details, refer to page 25.)
4 TAPE 2 MON/EXT. DECODER button
When this button is pressed once or more so that “TAPE2
MONITOR ON” appears on the display, sound source played
on the unit connected to the TAPE 2 PLAY/REC AUDIO
SIGNAL terminals on the rear of this unit is selected as the
input source taking priority of the INPUT SELECTOR’s setting.
When this button is pressed once or more so that “EXT.
DECODER IN” appears on the display, sound signals input to
the EXTERNAL DECODER INPUT terminals on the rear of this
unit is selected as the input source taking priority of the INPUT
SELECTOR’s setting.
When this button is pressed once or more so that the display
returns to a normal display mode, the above input sources are
canceled.
5 INPUT SELECTOR
Selects the input source that you want to listen to (and watch).
The selected source is shown on the display.
6 Master VOLUME control
Simultaneously controls volume level at all outputs: front effect,
main, rear, center, and subwoofer. (This does not affect REC
OUT level.)
* When the volume is decreased by pressing the MUTE key
on the remote control transmitter, the indicator on the master
VOLUME control flashes on and off.
7 PHONES jack
Plug in headphones here for private listening. Sound signals
from the main channels only are output here. However, if the
Dolby Digital (AC-3) or the DTS is decoded, signals at all
channels are distributed to the main channels and output here.