Owner's Manual

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Basic Operations—Continued
You can adjust the brightness of the AV receiver’s display.
You can temporarily mute the output of the AV receiver.
Tip:
You can specify how much the output is muted with the
“Muting Level” setting (page 116).
With the sleep timer, you can set the AV receiver to turn
off automatically after a specified period.
If you need to cancel the sleep timer, press the [Sleep]
button repeatedly until the SLEEP indicator disappears.
To check the time remaining until the AV receiver sleeps,
press the [Sleep] button. Note that if you press the
[Sleep] button while the sleep time is being displayed,
you’ll shorten the sleep time by 10 minutes.
Front High or Front Wide Speakers
• When the Powered Zone 2 is being used (page 141),
this setting cannot be selected.
• When the listening mode that doesn’t support Front
High or Front Wide speakers is used, the setting can-
not be selected.
• If you use surround back speakers, the speaker selec-
tion will be based on the combination of surround
back and front high speakers, or surround back and
front wide speakers.
You can connect a pair of stereo headphones (1/4-inch
phone plug) to the AV receiver’s Phones jack for private
listening, as shown.
Notes:
• Always turn down the volume before connecting your
headphones.
• While the headphones plug is inserted in the Phones
jack, the Headphone indicator, speaker/channel indi-
cator FL and FR light up. (The Powered Zone 2/3/4
speakers are not turned off.)
• When you connect a pair of headphones, the listening
mode is set to Stereo, unless it’s already set to Stereo,
Mono or Direct.
• The following listening modes can be used with head-
phones (the listening modes available also depend on
the currently selected input source): Stereo, Direct,
and Mono.
Setting the Display Brightness
Remote
controller
Press the [Receiver] button, and
then press the [Dimmer] button
repeatedly to select: dim, dim-
mer, or normal brightness.
Alternatively, you can use the AV
receiver’s [Dimmer] button (North
American models).
Muting the AV Receiver
Remote
controller
Press the [Receiver] button, and
then press the [Muting] button.
The output is muted and the MUTING
indicator flashes on the display, as
shown.
To unmute the AV receiver, press the
[Muting] button again, or adjust the
volume.
The Mute function is cancelled when
the AV receiver is set to Standby.
Using the Sleep Timer
Remote
controller
Press the [Receiver] button, and
then press the [Sleep] button
repeatedly to select the required
sleep time.
The sleep time can be set from 90 to 10
minutes in 10 minute steps.
The SLEEP indicator appears on the
display when the sleep timer has been
set. The specified sleep time appears on
the display for about five seconds, then
the previous display reappears.
Selecting Speaker Layout
Remote
controller
Press the [Receiver] button, and
then press the [SP Layout] but-
ton repeatedly.
Using Headphones