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OVERRIDES
Some laserdiscs contain the normal movie soundtrack on the PCM, AC-3 RF or DTS digital soundtrack along with
supplemental information on the laserdisc’s analog track. Your receiver will automatically select the digital track if
one is available. In order to reach the analog track we have provided an analog override to force the receiver to
ignore the digital soundtrack. Note that your laserdisc player normally puts out converted digital soundtracks on its
analog output. You will also need to adjust your laserdisc player to get the analog track. Refer to your laserdisc
manual. The override is not limited to laserdisc. It can be used with any source anytime you wish to hear the
analog input rather than the digital.
Warning
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DTS and Dolby Digital are digital only formats. Your source may try to interpret these as normal
PCM tracks resulting in a loud noise on the source’s analog outputs. If you’re not sure, turn your
receiver’s volume down before engaging the analog override. This warning does not apply to DVD
players. All DVD players can properly interpret Dolby Digital tracks. Currently available DTS compatible
DVD players have no analog output when the DTS track is selected.
When DTS started to make CDs and Laserdiscs, they made the bitstream fully compatible with the PCM
standards. Unfortunately, this makes it difficult to tell the difference between PCM and DTS. The result is that you
will often hear a short extraneous sound at the beginning of DTS CDs and laserdiscs while your receiver
determines that the incoming bitstream is DTS rather than PCM. The alternative would have been to mute the
output of your receiver while making this decision, but this would have cut off the beginning of many PCM CDs.
This problem does not apply to DTS DVDs. We have provided an override to eliminate this extraneous sound at
the cost of automatic bitstream detection. If you find the extraneous sound unacceptable, engage the DTS
override before playing your DTS disc. Remember that if you subsequently try to play any non DTS material you
will need to manually switch back to auto (plug and play) operation.
Dolby Digital recordings may contain passages with very large dynamic range. This normally will enhance the
Home Theater experience. However, it may not be desirable at all times, for example, during late night listening.
Dolby Digital bitstreams allow for listening with a compressed dynamic range that reduces high level passages and
increases low level passages. This allows the listener to hear quiet passages even at low volume levels while at
the same time limiting the maximum volume of very loud passages. Note: this override is available only for Dolby
Digital recordings.
DVD Plug and Play ?
Press SEL to Engage Override
engage override
↵
(ENTER)
SEL or ENTER2
step to desired override mode or
plug and play (auto)
↵
(ENTER) then
∧
(
UP
)
or
∨
(
DOWN
)
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Note: your receiver remembers an override independently for each source. If, for some reason, you wanted to set
DTS or analog override for all sources you would need to select each source and override individually. Also note
that these settings are temporary and will be lost when you put your receiver to sleep or turn off the main power.
PRESETS
Presets allow you to save your favorite settings and recall them instantly. Your receiver can store two banks of 10
presets (0..9 & A0..A9) in each of 2 Zones. The saved information includes the selected source, the volume, the
surround mode, the tuner station and band, and all of the temporary settings and overrides described above. A
convenient set of presets come preprogrammed with your receiver.
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