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Push “Stereo/Mono” on The
Source. This will play the
selected station without 
any stereo separation, 
but there will be much 
less background noise.

the remote control will 
tune up or down one 
frequency at a time.

When in the “Mono” mode,
the “<<” or “>>” on The
Source or

Push “Auto Tune” on 
The Source.

the remote control, the
tuner will automatically
advance to the next 
station with a strong 
signal.

Then, when you push “<<”
or “>>” on The Source or

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The Source has a unique 
feature that will automati-
cally place up to 32 
stations in memory. To 
activate this feature, push
and hold the “Auto” button
for one second. The tuner
will search the dial and
place the stations with a
strong signal into memory.

Note: Activating this feature
will delete all stations that
were previously stored in 
memory. To prevent this from
accidentally occurring, the
Auto button will only activate
if held for a full second.

1. Tune to the station 
that you want to add 
into memory.
2. Push “Add” on The 
Source. That station is now
added to your selection of 
stations in memory.

3. To delete a preset:
Push “Delete” on The Source.
That station is now removed
from your selection of 
stations in memory.

4. To skip between preset 
stations: Push “

<” or “>

”

on The Source or 

the remote control.

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1. Dolby Pro Logic – 
In this mode all five
speakers are used.

2. Dolby Pro Logic Phantom –
In this mode the center
channel does not operate.
This may be preferred
when listening to a music
source that was not
recorded with surround-
channel information.

3. 2-channel – In this
mode the program is
played back in a tra-
ditional stereo form.

Dolby

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Pro Logic

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is an

encode/decode process by
which four channels of
sound-track information
are encoded into two 
channels for playback on
VCRs, laser disc players,
and some TV broadcasts,
and then decoded back

into four channels for 
playback through five 
loudspeakers. Remember
that a Dolby Pro Logic 
system consists of three
channels of information 
for front left, center, and
right speakers and one
channel of mono surround

information. The surround
channel is played back
through two speakers.
Dolby Pro Logic helps to
re-create all of the impact
and excitement of a movie
theater in your home.

This system contains three surround modes.

To switch between the
three surround modes: 
Push “Surround Mode” on
The Source or 

If you are listening to a
program in the Dolby Pro
Logic Normal or Phantom
mode and you wish to turn
off the surround speakers:
Push “Rear Speakers” on 
The Source.

the remote control.

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For proper Dolby Pro Logic
operation, a test tone 
is used to calibrate the 
volume settings of the
speakers. A noise will be

heard cycling, in order,
from the front left, center,
right, and both surround
speakers.

Using the remote control,
push “Tone.” Then adjust
the Center and Surround
levels until the volume 
of all the speakers is the 
same during the test.
Note: The test tone is 

used to calibrate the 
performance of the system.
When listening to an actual
recording, the volume level
of the surround channels is
generally much lower than
that of the front channels.

In fact, when listening to a
movie, virtually all of the
dialogue and a substantial
number of the effects are
reproduced through the
center channel.

Push “Calibrate” on the
remote control until
“Balance” appears in the
display.

Push “–” on the remote 
control to adjust the 
balance toward the left
speaker.

Push “+” on the remote 
control to adjust the balance
toward the right speaker.

Push “Calibrate” on the
remote control until “Center”
appears in the display and
the corresponding LED on
top of the display is lit.

Push “–” on the remote 
control to decrease the 
volume of the center channel.

Push “+” on the remote 
control to increase the
volume of the center
channel.

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Push “Calibrate” on the
remote control until “Rear”
appears in the display and
the corresponding LED on 
top of the display is lit.

Push “–” on the remote 
control to decrease the 
volume of the rear channels.

Push “+” on the remote
control to increase 
the volume of the rear
channels.

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