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When imperfections in a recording, or a temporary 
change in the seating position in your room makes it
appropriate to change the balance setting, you may make
a temporary change to the room’s sonic center by pressing

n

. This will bring up the Balance Adjust screen

on-screen in the form of the X/Y graph (Figure OSD-9)
described on page 26. Use 

‹ ›

⁄¤

i

to change the apparent center of the room. You will hear
the impact of the change, and the relative position of the
room’s center is shown on-screen (Figure OSD-9) and in
the front panel 

(Figures FPD-6 and

FPD-13).

Figure FPD-13

When  you have completed the adjustment, press

n

to enter the setting and return to normal

operation.

Once the center channel configuration for a system is
established there is rarely any need for a change.
However, it may occasionally be necessary to alter the
center channel settings to compensate for the differences
in recordings or room conditions. This feature allows you
to change the center channel mode on a one-time basis
(only if a Center was installed).

To change center channel mode, press 

o

on the

remote and note that the current default condition will
appear on the screen (OSD-22).

Figure OSD-22

          C e n t e r :   N o r m a l

      Balance

R/L 0   F/B 0

Press 

‹

or 

›

i

to change the setting to

any of the available modes, which are described on page
25. You will immediately hear the result of any change,
and the new center channel mode will be shown on-
screen and in the front panel 

.

When the adjustment is completed, press 

o

to

enter the setting and return to normal operation.

In normal operation, there is rarely any reason to change
the speaker setup on a temporary basis. Once the speakers
are installed in a particular location you will want to take
advantage of them to create an enveloping soundfield. On
certain occasions, however, you may wish to silence the
surround speakers ONLY. That task is accomplished
through the use of the Surround button. Permanent
changes to the speaker setup may be made through the

Spkr Setup Menu

, as described on page 19 of this

Manual.

To temporarily silence the surround speakers, press 

p

. This will bring a status report on-screen (Figure OSD-

23) and in the front panel 

. Press 

‹

or 

›

i

to change the setting, the feed to

the rear speakers will be turned off, the audio information
from the channels that have been turned off will be
redirected to the front left and right speakers, and the
center channel speaker will continue to operate. Using the
three front speakers only, while reproducing surround
channel information is similar to the Dolby 3 Stereo mode
available on traditional audio products.

Figure OSD-23

        S u r r o u n d :   N o r m a l

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When you have finished this adjustment, press 

p

again to enter the setting and return to normal operation.
Remember, the setting is temporary and will be canceled
as soon as you switch to another mode or when the 2.0 is
turned off.

The Display function allows you to view a report on the
current system status at any time.

When the 

button 

x

is pressed a status report

will appear on your video monitor (Figure OSD-16) that
shows the current input source, surround mode and
volume level. If no Dolby Digital (AC-3) information is
being received at the selected input, a “

No AC-3

Info

” message will be displayed, (Figure OSD-14), even

when an analog surround mode is selected.

A “

No Video Present

” message will appear when

there is no active video signal at the selected video input
that accompanies this input source profile.

When the tuner is in use, pressing 

x

will show

the current station’s frequency and preset number, if any,
in addition to the surround mode, volume level and input
name (Figure OSD-24).

Figure OSD-24

If RDS is in use and the station is transmitting data, it will
also be shown when 

x

is pressed (Figure OSD-

25). See page 40 for complete information on the RDS
system.

T u n e r                       P S e t :   Ð Ð

S t e r e o                     9 0 . 3 5   F M

V o l   1 0

        N O   V I D E O   P R E S E N T

Figure OSD-25

Pressing 

x

when the tuner is in use will also

change the front panel 

so that the

input name (e.g., “

Tuner

”) and the current surround

mode are shown (Figure FPD-10) instead of the standard
tuner display of preset number and station frequency
(Figure FPD-11).

IMPORTANT NOTE: Status screens that appear when 

x

is pressed will not “time-out” and disappear

after the time length entered during the setup procedure
(see page 28). To remove this display from the screen you
must press 

x

again to return to normal

operation.

When a Dolby Digital source is playing, additional
information under the “

AC-3 Info

” banner will 

be displayed  (Figure OSD-26).

Figure OSD-26

V i d e o   1                             V o l

D o l b y   D i g i t a l                   1 0

              A C - 3   I n f o

P G M   C o n t e n t                 3 / 2 . 1
M a t r i x   E n c o d e d           N o

S a m p l e   R a t e                 4 8 k H z

D a t a   R a t e             3 8 4 k b / s e c

T u n e r                       P S e t :   0 4

M u s i c   1                   9 1 . 5 0   F M
V o l   1 0                     S W F   3   F M

                                C L A S S I C S

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•

PGM Content

describes the number of surround

channels encoded in the disc or broadcast being
received.

3/2.1

indicates that the source is a full 5.1 channel

signal, with three channels of front (left/center/right)
information, two channels of discrete surround
information and one channel of dedicated low-
frequency effects (LFE) information. 

3/1

indicates conventional matrix surround

programming that is delivered digitally. The “3” refers
to the front three channels (left/center/right), while
the “1” is the single monaural surround channel. This
is the same process used for conventional analog
Dolby Pro Logic decoding.

2/0

indicates a standard two-channel stereo

program with no encoded surround information.

1+1

indicates a program that is encoded to play

back in the “dual mono” mode. The same monaural
signal will be heard from both the front left and front
right speakers when 

1+1

is shown as the 

PGM

Content

.

•

Matrix Encoded

shows a “

Yes

” when paired

with a 

3/1

on the 

PGM Content

line to indicate

that the program sources have surround information
encoded in the left and right channels. When you see a
“

Yes

” on this line the best surround field will be

reproduced by selecting Dolby Pro Logic as the
surround mode.

•

Sample Rate

displays the actual sample 

rate used to create the digital audio. 

48kHz

is the

normal sampling rate for Dolby Digital audio signals on
DVD discs and HDTV broadcasts.

•

Data Rate

displays the speed with which digital

data is transferred from the source player to the 2.0’s
digital decoder. A 

384kb/second

is the typical

data rate for 5.1 DVD discs, but some discs may have a
higher or lower data rate depending on the number of
channels encoded, the running time of the disc and the
quality of the audio.

When there is a mismatch between the selected 
surround mode and the incoming signals that prevents the
2.0 from processing the signal as requested, it will
automatically select the best possible mode and display it
on the 

AC-3 Info

screen (Figure OSD-27).

Figure OSD-27

The Signature 2.0 features an FM Stereo/AM tuner with
the RDS data system to make it easier to identify the type
of programming broadcast by FM stations. Stations may
be tuned manually, directly, assigned to one of thirty
preset locations and recalled in a number of different
ways.

To select the tuner as an input source, press 

g

on

the remote. The tuner may also be selected by pressing

3

on the front panel until 

Tuner

appears in the front panel 

. When

the tuner is selected the on-screen display will briefly
display the frequency and band of the last station tuned,
the preset number of the station, if any, and the current
surround mode (Figure OSD-17). The front panel

will first show the surround mode

and the 

Tuner

source indication for a few seconds

(Figure FPD-10) and then switch to a display of the
station’s frequency and band, and the preset memory, if
any.

D V D                                     V O L

D o l b y   D i g i t a l                   1 0

N o   A C - 3   I n f o

A l t   M o d e :   D o l b y   P r o L o g i c

              A C - 3   I n f o

P G M   C o n t e n t                 Ð Ð Ð

M a t r i x   E n c o d e d           Ð Ð Ð

S a m p l e   R a t e                 Ð Ð Ð

D a t a   R a t e                     Ð Ð Ð

                                      Ð Ð Ð

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When the tuner is selected it will play the last station
selected when the tuner was in use. To change from the
FM to the  AM, press 

g

until the desired band

appears.

To manually tune to a new station, first select the tuner as
the 2.0’s input source as described above, and select the
FM or AM band, as described.

Stations may be manually tuned by pressing

‚

or 

—

t

. A light tap

on the buttons will move the frequency up or down one
increment. To rapidly tune to another station, press and
hold either button until you have reached the desired
station.

Stations may also be tuned in the “seek” mode, which
automatically scans the frequency band to find the 
next station with a signal strong enough for acceptable
reception. Seek tuning is initiated by pressing either 

‡

or 

·

t

briefly and releasing

it. The tuner will search for a station and stop. To
manually stop the seek, press any button on the remote.

If the FM station tuned is transmitting RDS data infor-
mation, the station’s program type code (PTY) and any
identification information (e.g., call letters) will be
displayed in the front panel 

(Figure FPD-14) after a brief delay. To view the RDS data
on the video monitor, press 

x

. Complete

information on using the RDS system may be found on
pages 40-44.

Figure FPD-14

When an FM station is selected, the tuner will auto-
matically detect if the station is broadcasting in mono 
or stereo. A dot will appear in the front panel 

between the FM indicator and the volume

indication when a stereo station is tuned.

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Stereo Indicator

However, it may occasionally be necessary to change the
tuner to mono reception even when stereo broadcasts are
being received. This is advisable when you are tuning a
weak station or are in an area where there is severe
multipath distortion due to reflections of the FM signal off
neighboring tall buildings. In those cases, switching the
tuner to mono will improve the audio quality.

To switch the tuner to mono, press 

y

. The

tuner will remain in mono even when another station is
tuned, but it will return to automatic mono/stereo
detection after the 2.0 is turned off and then on again. If
you wish to return to stereo reception, press 

again to return to both the previously selected surround
mode as well as stereo broadcast reception.

NOTE: When the tuner has been placed in the mono
mode by pressing 

, sound will be heard from all

five speakers, as the Mono + mode creates enveloping
multichannel surround sound from a single channel signal.
To have “true mono” sound at any time (e.g., identical
audio from the front left and right speakers only), press

y

until the 

Mono

mode name appears in the

front panel 

and on-screen.

Stations may be tuned directly by entering their frequency
using the remote control.

To tune directly to a station, first make certain that the
desired frequency band (AM or FM) has been selected.
Then, enter the station’s frequency using the 

w

. Note that the new station’s frequency will

appear on the bottom line of the front panel 

(Figure FPD-15). If the video monitor is turned

on, a brief display will appear with the new station’s
frequency at the top right (OSD-28).

Figure FPD-15

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