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If you do not need to change the 2.0’s initial turn-on volume
level, the power up state, the brightness of the front panel
display, the timing for the on-screen messages, the menu
background or the system video format, turn to page 29 to
find the 2.0’s operating instructions. If you do wish to
change any of these items, look for the instructions in this
section.

To change these settings, press 

j

to display the

Setup Menu

(Figure OSD-4), and press 

¤

i

until 

Advanced Setup    >

is

highlighted. Press 

› 

i

to display the

Advanced Settings Menu

(Figure OSD-10).

Figure OSD-10

To prevent damage to speakers or complaints from
neighbors, the 2.0 always turns on at a preset level of 10.

The first item in this menu is 

Turn On Vol

. To change

that setting, press 

‹

and 

›

i

until the

desired volume level is heard.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not use the regular volume
controls for this setting, as those controls do not alter the
memorized settings.

This option selects the state of the Signature 2.0 (Standby or
on) after powering the unit up by the 

1

: 

When 

Current

is selected (default mode), the  unit turns

on to the same state as it was when being turned off. If

Standby

is selected it always will turn on to the Standby

mode, if you select 

ON

it will always turn on completely.

When 

Mute

is selected the unit always will turn on

completely but will mute the output until any button is
pressed.

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      T u r n   O n   V o l :   1 0

      P w r   U p   S t a t e :   C u r r e n t

      D i s p l a y   O p t i o n s         >

      S Y S T E M   R E S E T               >

The Signature 2.0 uses both the front panel 

)

and the On-Screen Menu System to help you

operate the unit. To reach this menu while you are in the

Advanced Settings

menu press the 

¤

i

untill 

Display Options

is highlighted

and press 

›

i

again. The 

Display

Options

menu will appear on the screen 

(Figure OSD-11).

Figure OSD-11

On Scrn Sts

, enables you to not have confirmation

messages of input, mode or tuner status appear on the
screen. Press 

›

i

so that the word 

Off

appears on the right side of the line. When “Off” is selected
you may still access the setup menu system by pressing

, but direct access functions such as 

k

, 

m

, 

n

, 

l

, 

o

and 

p

may then be confirmed only through

the front panel 

. When on-screen

messages are turned off, RDS information will also be seen
only on the front panel 

.

In the 

Timeout

position status messages will

automatically turn off after a short period to prevent image
burn on your display device. All menu control screens
remain visible until you exit the menu, regardless of the

Timeout

setting.

To turn off the front panel display, move the highlighted
area on the 

Display Options

menu  to 

Frnt Pnl

Sts

and select 

Off

with the 

›

i

button. In the 

On

position, the front panel display will

remain lit whenever the 2.0 is on. To turn the front panel
display off, except when commands are being sent to the
2.0 from the remote control, use 

›

i

until

Timeout

appears on the right side of the 

Frnt Pnl

Sts

line. Now, the 

will illuminate

whenever a remote command is sent to the 2.0 but it will
go blank after the time set in the 

OSD Time Out

line.

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      O n   S c r n   S t s :   T i m e o u t

      F r n t   P n l   S t s : O n

      O S D   T i m e   O u t : 5   S e c

      P n l   B r t n e s s :   H i g h

      M e n u   B k g r n d :   B l u e

      V i d e o   F m t :       P A L

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After setting the front panel display option, press 

¤

i

until 

OSD Time Out

is

highlighted. At this line you may vary the length of time
that the status menus and 

remain

on the screen if 

Timeout

has been selected at the 

On

Scrn Sts

line.

To change the time-out length, use 

‹

or 

›

i

until the desired time appears on the right side of the

line inside the highlighted video. When you have entered
the desired time, press 

¤

i

to move to

the next setting.

The 

Pnl Brightness

line enables you to change the

intensity of the 

)

. Press 

‹

or 

›

i

until the front panel display is at the

desired brightness. After completing the adjustment, press

¤

i

to move to the next adjustment.

Pnl Brightness

only controls the

brightness of the display. To turn the display off
completely, use 

i

buttons until the

Frnt Pnl Sts

line is highlighted and select 

Off

.

Menu Bkgrnd

selects the background when the on-

screen menus are in use. Use 

‹

or 

›

i

to select 

Blue

for a blue video screen. Select 

Video

to

have the selected video source as the background for the
menus.

NOTE: Even when 

Video

is selected, the blue

background will appear when no active video source is
selected.

The 

Video Fmt

option allows you to choose between

the NTSC standard, which is used in North America, parts
of South America and many Asian countries, and the PAL
system which is used in most other parts of the world.
The 2.0 comes preset from the factory for the video
standard used in your country. However, in special
circumstances it may be appropriate to change the video
standard.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Changing this option will NOT
convert video signals from one format to the other, it only
changes the format for the on-screen menu overlays. Do
not change the video format unless your monitor or
display device, along with any video processing
equipment between the output of the 2.0 and the video
display is compatible with the newly selected format.
Changing to a video format not compatible with your
monitor and other equipment will cause the video
monitor to loose sync and show unstable and 
non-viewable images.

To change the video format, press 

⁄

or

¤

i

until the 

Video Fmt

line is highlighted.

Press 

‹

or 

›

i

to select a format.

NOTE: If this option is changed in error, the on-screen
menus may not be viewable. In that case, press 

‹

or 

›

i

until the correct format name

appears in the 

(Figure FPD-7).

Figure FPD-7

After completing the Display Options menu, make certain
that all options are adjusted to your satisfaction. For
additional changes, press 

⁄

or

¤

i

to

move the highlighted video to the item needing
adjustment and follow the instructions shown above.

When all Display Options are complete, press 

j

three times to exit the menu system.

The last setup in the Advanced Settings menu, the
SYSTEM RESET, is described in detail on page 46.

  Display Options

Video Fmt:       PAL

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For normal operation, 

1

should be ON.

As soon as 

is engaged, the 

will come on briefly and display the software

revision (Figure FPD-1) followed by a power off message
(Figure FPD-2), see page 18. The display will then go
blank, but the 

5

will turn amber as a

reminder that the unit is in Standby.

The 2.0 may be turned on from Standby in one of three
ways. Pressing either front panel 

2

, or 

a

on the remote. In either case the 2.0 will

turn on as shown by the 

5

going dark

while the 

6

shows a soft blue light

behind the word “Signature.” If the 2.0 is connected to a
Signature Series power amplifier or another compatible
amplifier via the remote 

ª

it will receive

a turn-on signal.

When the unit is turned on the front panel display will
briefly show a welcome message (Figure FPD-3) followed
by the display that is appropriate to the input that was
selected when the 2.0 was last turned off. If the 2.0 is
connected to a video display there will also be a brief
display of the status information for the input source that
is in use.

The 2.0 may also be turned on by pressing a 

button 

g

on the remote.

To return the 2.0 to the standby mode, press front panel

2

or 

a

on the remote.

Power

Off Standby

will briefly appear in both the front

panel 

(Figure FPD-2) and the On-

Screen Display System (Figure OSD-12). The 

6

will go dark and be replaced by the 

5

illuminating in amber. The power-on trigger will

also turn off automatically, causing any amplifiers
connected to the 2.0 to also return to Standby.

Figure OSD-12

When the 2.0 will not be used for an extended period of
time it is a good idea to turn the 2.0 completely off using

1

. To turn that switch off, press the switch

in and the release it so that it pops out to the extended
position. When the 2.0 is totally off, the 

5

will go dark.

When the 2.0 is turned on, it will always be at the volume
level set in the 

Advanced Settings

menu (Figure

OSD-10). Once the unit is turned on the volume may be
raised or lowered at any time with either the front panel

9

or the 

r

on the remote.

NOTE: The 

q

on the remote

may be used to change the volume level directly on your
television set when the proper infrared codes have been
entered. These buttons raise and lower the volume for the
TV itself, and have no bearing on the volume level from
the 2.0. When shipped from the factory, these buttons
have the volume controls for the popular “RC-5” remote
control system used by many manufacturers. 
If the 2.0 remote does not immediately control the
volume on your TV, follow the instructions on page 13 
to transfer the codes from your TV’s remote to the 2.0
remote. Remember that in the factory default con-
figuration, the 

buttons 

q

operate only when

the 

button 

g

has been pressed. To program

the codes for use when other inputs are active, follow the
instruction on page 13.

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Electronic volume controls require more than one rotation
to go from complete silence to maximum volume level,
and there is no fixed start or stop point. As volume is
changed a visual indicator will appear on screen (Figure
OSD-13) to provide a visual reference of the volume level.
Volume changes will also be shown on the front panel
display (Figure FPD-8).

Figure OSD-13

Figure FPD-8

The relative volume setting may be viewed whenever the
front panel display is turned on by looking at the right
side of the front panel 

)

(Figure

FPD-4). It may also be viewed as part of the status
message (Figure OSD-14) that appears when the 

button 

x

is pressed. To delete this display the 

button must be pressed again.

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Figure OSD-14

During a listening session it may occasionally be
necessary to quickly lower the volume to answer the
phone or for some other reason. This is easily done by
pressing 

8 s

on either the front panel or remote.

When either Mute button is pressed the output to all
speakers will be interrupted, although the signal to the
record outputs will remain active.

When the Mute function is engaged a message will appear
in both the On-Screen Display (Figure OSD-15) and in the
front panel 

(Figure FPD-9).

Figure OSD-15

Figure FPD-9

To return to normal listening press 

8 s

on either

the front panel or remote, or raise or lower the volume
using the front panel or remote 

controls 

9 r

.

Video 1         Mute

Dolby ProLogic

                    M u t e

V i d e o   1                             V o l

D o l b y   P r o L o g i c                 1 0

N o   A C - 3   I n f o