Audio/Video Multi-channel Receiver Operating Instructions
Listening to your system05
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Playing other sources
1 Turn on the power of the playback 
component.
2 Turn on the power of the receiver.
3 Select the source you want to playback.
Use the MULTI CONTROL buttons (INPUT 
SELECTOR).
4 Start playback of the component you 
selected in step 1.
Choosing the input signal
On this receiver, it is possible to switch the 
input signals for the different inputs as 
described below.
1
1 Press 
RECEIVER
 on the remote control.
2 Press 
SIGNAL SEL
 to select the input 
signal corresponding to the source 
component. 
When DIGITAL (C1/O1/O2) or HDMI (H) is 
selected and the selected audio input is not 
provided, A (analog) is automatically selected.
Each press cycles through the following:
• A – Selects the analog inputs. 
• DIGITAL – Selects the digital input. The 
coaxial 1 input is selected for C1, and the 
optical 1 or 2 audio input is selected for 
O1 or O2.
• HDMI – Selects an HDMI signal. H can be 
selected for BD/DVD, TV/SAT or DVR/VCR 
input. For other inputs, HDMI cannot be 
selected.
2
When set to DIGITAL or HDMI, 2 lights when 
a Dolby Digital signal is input, and DTS lights 
when a DTS signal is input. 
When the HDMI is selected, the A and 
DIGITAL indicators are off (see page 29).
Selecting the multichannel 
analog inputs
If you have connected a decoder or a BD/DVD 
player with multichannel analog outputs to this 
receiver (page 15), you must select the analog 
multichannel inputs for surround sound.
3
• Press MULTI IN on the remote control.
To cancel playback from the multichannel 
inputs, switches to the other input signal.
Using the headphone
1 Insert the headphone into the PHONE 
jack.
2 Press RECEIVER then press the SPEAKERS 
button to select SP OFF. 
The sound is heard from the headphone and no 
sound is heard from the speakers connected to 
this receiver. The listening mode when the 
sound is heard from the headphone can be 
selected only from STEREO or A.L.C..
Note
1 • This receiver can only play back Dolby Digital, PCM (32 kHz to 96 kHz) and DTS (including DTS 96 kHz / 24 bit) digital signal 
formats. The compatible signals via the HDMI terminals are: Dolby Digital, DTS, SACD (DSD 2 ch), PCM (32 kHz to 192 kHz 
sampling frequencies), Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-EXPRESS, DTS-HD Master Audio and DVD Audio (including 
192 kHz). With other digital signal formats, set to A (analog) (the MULTI IN or TUNER).
• You may get digital noise when a LD or CD player compatible with DTS is playing an analog signal. To prevent noise, make 
the proper digital connections (page 14) and set the signal input to C1/O1/O2 (DIGITAL).
• Some DVD players don’t output DTS signals. For more details, refer to the instruction manual supplied with your DVD player.
2 When the HDMI option in Setting the Audio options on page 38 is set to THRU, the sound will be heard through your TV, not 
from this receiver.
3 • During playback from the multichannel inputs, you can’t use any of the sound features/modes and only the volume and 
channel levels can be set.
• Change the output settings of the systems with multichannel analog outputs according to the number of the speakers 
connected to the receiver.
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