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Contents
Before you start
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Checking what’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Flow of settings on the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
01 Controls and displays
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Operating range of remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
02 Connecting your equipment
Determining the speakers’ application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Some tips for improving sound quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting the speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connect the surround back or front height speakers
. . . 12
Switching the speaker terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
HDMI cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
About HDMI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Analog audio cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Standard RCA video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
About the video converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting a TV and playback components . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting using HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting your DVD player with no HDMI output . . . 15
Connecting your TV with no HDMI input . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting optional Bluetooth
®
ADAPTER . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting to the network through LAN interface . . . . . 16
Connecting to a wireless LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting an iPod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting to the front panel audio mini jack. . . . . . . . . 18
Plugging in the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
03 Basic Setup
Canceling the Auto Power Down. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Canceling the demo display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC)
. . . 19
Other problems when using the Auto MCACC setup
. . . 20
04 Basic playback
Playing a source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Playing an iPod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Playing back files stored on an iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Basic playback controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Switches between the iPod controls and the receiver
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Playing a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Basic playback controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Playback with NETWORK feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Listening to Internet radio stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Playing back audio files stored on components on
the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Playing back your favorite songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Network setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Network connection requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
About network playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Bluetooth
®
ADAPTER for Wireless Enjoyment of
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Wireless music play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Pairing the Bluetooth ADAPTER and Bluetooth
wireless technology device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Listening to Music Contents of Bluetooth wireless
technology device with Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Improving FM sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Naming preset stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
An introduction to RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Searching for RDS programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Displaying RDS information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
05 Listening to your system
Choosing the listening mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the Advanced surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the Ecology mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the Sound Retriever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Setting the Up Mix function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Setting the Audio options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
06 The Home Menu
Using the Home Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Speaker System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Speaker Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
X.Over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
The Pre Out Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
The Video Parameter setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Video Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Aspect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
The Auto Power Down menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
The FL Demo Mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
07 Control with HDMI function
Making Control with HDMI connections . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
HDMI Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Before using synchronization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
About synchronized operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
About connections with a product of a different brand
that supports the Control with HDMI function . . . . . . 42
Cautions on the Control with HDMI function . . . . . . . . . 42
08 Additional information
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
NETWORK feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Troubleshooting of wireless LAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Important information regarding the HDMI
connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
About status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
About playable music file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
About iPod/iPhone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
About FLAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Resetting the main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Cleaning the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Software License Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Disclaimer for Third Party Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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