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600-Watt 7-Piece Home Theater
Audio System
with 3-DVD/CD changer
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CONTENTS Selecting TV Aspect ............................................................. 17 Important Safety Instructions ................................................. 3 Selecting Digital Audio Out ................................................. 18 Note to CATV System Installer ............................................... 4 Playing MP3 Files ..................................................................... 18 The FCC Wants You to Know ..............................................
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Careful attention is devoted to quality standards in the manufacture of 15. Ventilation — Slots and openings in the cabinet provide your system, and safety is a major factor in its design. However, safety ventilation, ensure reliable operation, and protect from is also your responsibility. overheating. Do not block or cover these openings, and do not place the product on a bed, sofa, rug, or other similar surface. Do This section lists important information that
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24. Replacement Parts — When replacement parts are required, be protection against harmful interference in a residential sure the service technician uses replacement parts specified by installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate the manufacturer or having the same characteristics as the radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in original part. Unauthorized substitutions may result in fire, accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful electric shock,
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• Do not mix old and new batteries or different types of Notes on Unauthorized Discs batteries. You may not be able to play back some DVD video discs on 1. Slide the battery compartment cover in the direction of the this player if they were purchased from outside your arrow to remove it. geographic area or made for business purposes. When you try to play back an unauthorized disc, “Check Regional Code” 2. Place the batteries in the compartment as indicated by the appears on the TV screen.
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CONNECTIONS The default setting for speaker distance is 20 feet. 6
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Connect the center speaker’s wires to the receiver’s PLACING THE RECEIVER SPEAKERS CENTER terminals (Blue/Black). Do not place objects directly on top of the receiver as it could Connect the subwoofer’s wires to the receiver’s SPEAKERS prevent proper heat dispersal. SUB WOOFER terminals (Brown/Black). 3. Release the speaker terminal. When installing in a rack or shelf, be sure to leave an adequate amount of space above and behind the receiver for air 4. Plug the AC power cord into an AC out
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3. Use a coaxial cable (not supplied) to connect the TV OUT Connecting a TV (or ANTENNA OUT) on the VCR to the ANTENNA IN on Use audio/video cables or an S-Video cable (not supplied) to your TV (or TV monitor). connect a TV to the receiver. N No N No ot ot te te e: e: : : Make sure you connect the VCR to both the IN and OUT sets of jacks. 1. For audio, connect the plug from the TV’s AUDIO OUT Connecting a Satellite Receiver or Cable Box right jack to the receiver’s right AUDIO TV IN jack
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1. Connect the yellow plug to the VIDEO jack. N No N Not o ote t te e: e:: : If the cassette deck is placed too close to the receiver, noise might occur during cassette playback. If this happens, 2. If your satellite receiver or cable box has analog audio move the cassette deck farther away from the receiver. connections, connect red plugs to the right AUDIO jacks and white plugs to the left AUDIO jacks. To use your satellite receiver (or cable box), select the SAT function (see “Controlli
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an area where the FM signals are particularly weak, it may be CONNECTING ANTENNAS necessary to use one with 5 or more elements. If you have an FM antenna that uses coaxial cable, connect it directly to ANTENNA FM 75 W . If you have a twin-lead FM antenna, connect it to the supplied transformer, then plug the transformer into ANTENNA FM 75 W . Re R R Re ea ea ar ar r P r Pa P Pa an ane n ne el el l l (see Steps 1–3 of “FM Indoor Antenna”). AM Indoor Loop Antenna The supplied high-performan
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A QUICK LOOK AT THE RECEIVER’S CONTROLS DISC SKIP/TUNING MODE – Press to TUNING/PRESET – Repeatedly skip discs in DVD/CD mode. In tuner press to tune to AM or FM stations mode, press to switch between presets and select preset stations in tuner and manual tuning (see “Switching Be- mode. In DVD/CD mode, can also be tween Preset Stations and Manual Tuning” used to skip and scan through discs. on Page 20). FUNCTION – Rotate to select the desired audio or audio/vid- BAND/PLAY – Press to se
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A QUICK LOOK AT THE REMOTE CONTROL MUTE — DISC SKIP — Press to progress to the Press to immediately stifle next DVD or CD loaded. the sound level. CK CK CK CKJ; J; J; J; appears on the receiver’s display panel. To restore the sound, press again. SURROUND — Repeatedly press to change the surround mode (see “Chang- ing the Sound Mode” on Page 14). COMPONENT SELECTION KEYS TEST TONE — Turns on or off the test tone — Press to select or to control a desired function in DTS, DOLBY DIGITAL, o
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11. Press 7 7 7 7. Iý(&< Iý(&< Iý(&< Iý(&
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2. Press SETUP. IFýI?P; IFýI?P; IFýI?P; IFýI?P; appears. or For a surround mode, repeatedly press 3 3 4 SURROUND MODE (or SURROUND on the remote) until the 3. Press 7 7 7 7. J> J> J>;7J;H ;7J;H ;7J;H ;7J;H, >7 >7 >7 >7BBBBBBBB, IJ7:?K IJ7:?K IJ7:?K IJ7:?KC C C C, IJ;H IJ;H IJ;H IJ;H;E ;E ;E ;E, or FHEý FHEý FHEý FHEýBBBBE=?9 E=?9 E=?9 E=?9,ýF ýF ýF ýFH H H HE E E Eýýýý 4. Press 7 7 7 7 again. <# <# <# <#IC IC IC IC7BB 7BB 7BB 7BB appears. T
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Movie option, then press the remote’s BAND/ or the JJJJ Advancing by Frames receiver’s PLAY. The receiver begins playback. 1. or Press fýon the receiver or MEMORY/ fýon 3 4 Ca C C Cau a aut u ut ti tii io o on ons n ns: s s: :: the remote while the DVD is paused. Each time you press • Do not move the DVD player during playback. Doing so fýon the receiver or MEMORY/ fýon the remote, the picture might damage the disc and the receiver. advances one frame. •Use DISC 1, DISC 2, or DISC 3 on the
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• The on-screen GUI menu will disappear (time out) if Using Night Mode you do not press a button within 10 seconds. You can use Night Mode to compress large dynamic ranges, 2. Press the remote’s 6 6 6 6 or 7 7 7 7 to select the desired item. The resulting in “quieter” explosions and other loud sounds in currently selected item is highlighted. movies. The Night Mode feature adjusts the dynamic range so that there is less disparity in the noise level of all sounds in a The first icon is the
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• When the power is turned off or the DVD player is Using a DVD Menu stopped, the language heard is the one selected at the Some DVDs have unique DVD menus. For example, DVDs initial settings. programmed with complex contents provide guide menus, and those recorded with various languages provide menus for Viewing from Another Angle audio and subtitle language. Some DVDs may contain scenes shot simultaneously from The DVD menu’s contents and operation differ from disc to different angles.
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3. Repeatedly press ENTER to select the desired aspect, then PLAYING MP3 FILES press DVD SET UP. You must select the type of TV picture (aspect ratio) that corresponds to the type of TV you are connecting to the receiver. *0 *0 *0 *0)ý )ý )ý )ýFI FI FI FI (Pan and Scan) — If you have a conventional TV set and your DVD is not formatted for widescreen viewing, use this setting. *0 *0 *0 *0)ý )ý )ý )ýBBBB8 88 8 (Letterbox) — If you have a conventional TV set and your DVD is formatted for wid
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mal playback of music files is 128 kbps. Listening To FM Stereo Broadcasts • This DVD player may not play the disc properly if it In FM mode, press FM MODE to select stereo or mono. When contains both audio CD and MP3 files. you select the stereo mode, IJ IJ IJ IJ appears to the right of Jk Jk Jk Jkd dd d[ [[ [Z ZZ Z when the tuner is receiving a stereo station. It goes off when MP3 Repeat Play you select mono. You can repeatedly play MP3 files on a disc. When you listen to very weak FM ste
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C Ca C Ca au au ut ut ti tio iio on on n: n:: : Do not press on the drawers to close them. Doing Auto Preset so can damage the drawers. 1. or Press BAND to select the desired band. 3 4 N No N Not o ote t te e: e: :: If you want to load more than one CD, you can 2. Hold down MEMORY for about 3 seconds. press another DISC button. The receiver closes the open drawer and opens the drawer of the DISC button you 3. The tuner automatically begins scanning, and stores the pressed. first 30 strong
