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Contents
Checking what's in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Ventilation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
(MCACC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
MCACC Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Better sound using Phase Control . . . . . . . . 10
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Analog audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
About the video converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting a DVD player and TV . . . . . . . . . 13
outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
digital set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting other audio components . . . . . . 15
About the WMA9 Pro decoder . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting other video components . . . . . . 16
Using the component video jacks. . . . . . . . 17
terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
mini jack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Hints on speaker placement. . . . . . . . . . . . 20
AC outlet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Operating range of remote control . . . . . . . 27
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . 29
Setting the effect options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . . . . 30
Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . 31
Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB). . . . . . . 32
Using Midnight and Loudness. . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the Sound Retriever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Enhancing dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Selecting the front audio inputs . . . . . . . . . . 34
Setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Manual MCACC speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Fine Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Speaker Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Crossover Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Naming station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 46
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