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Bass

Treble

Delay

Level

0 dB

Test

Adjustment

Late Night

Power

Mute

Surround 

Mode

Input

Volume

Volume

Surround Mode

Input

Mute

STANDBY

ON

SUB

LVL

DLY

RS

RF

C

LF

LS

AUX

PCM

3 - St

Late Night

Phantom

Digital

ProLogic

Surround

DIG. OPT

DIG. COAX

TV

Front Panel

Remote Control

1. Power
This button, located only on
the remote control, allows the
user to manually turn on or off
the ESC 360. Please note that
the ESC 360 features Automatic
Turn-On/Off, and the power
switch is not normally used
unless it is necessary to over-
ride this automatic feature, or
in case the analog input to be
used is not the last one that
was used and so Automatic
Turn-On is not available for
that input. Please read the

details regarding Automatic
Turn-On/Off on page 3 of this
manual, and keep in mind that
the ESC 360 automatic turn-on
feature will be disabled for five
minutes if the ESC 360 is shut
down manually. The ESC 360
can also be powered on by
using the Input button (4) on
the front panel of the sub-
woofer or on the remote con-
trol. Please note that if input
selection is done by pressing
the Input button, the Automat-
ic Digital Input Selection of
the ESC 360 will 
be disabled until the ESC 360
shuts down. 

When the ESC 360 is plugged
into a working electrical outlet
and its master switch on the
back panel is set to On/-
Standby, the Standby (32) indi-
cator will illuminate. The ON
(31) indicator will light as soon
as the ESC 360 is turned on
either automatically or via the
pressing of the Power or Input
buttons.

2. Mute
From either the front panel or
the remote control, press
(Mute) to lower the volume
completely. The mute symbol
indicator (33) will illuminate.
When you press either of the
mute buttons again, the vol-
ume will return to its previous
setting.
Note: The mute function can
also be turned off by pressing
either of the volume buttons
on the front panel or the
remote control.

3. Late Night 
This feature is available for
Dolby Digital only. It com-
presses the inherently dynamic
digital sound so that the quiet
and loud passages are not
quite as different in sound lev-
els as they ordinarily are. This
feature allows the user to
watch movies and listen to dia-
logue at toned-down levels so
as not to disturb others by the
loud sound effects that may be
present. The Late Night indica-
tor (26) illuminates when this
feature is active.

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4. Input
This control is available on
both the front panel and the
remote control. It allows man-
ual selection when the user
repeatedly presses and releases
the button for any of the ESC
360’s four inputs. The ESC 360
features an Automatic Digital
Input Selection feature that
automatically switches the ESC
360 to the source connected
to one of its two digital inputs
as soon as that device is pow-
ered on. Please read the sec-
tion on page 3 to thoroughly
familiarize yourself with the
conveniences and conditions
of using the Automatic Digital
Input Selection feature. The
Input switch is also used when
the source connected to the
ESC 360’s analog input is not
the analog source that was lis-
tened to the last time the ESC
360 was on (and hence the
Automatic Turn-On feature is
not available). The Input
switch also turns on the ESC
360 when pressed (see item 1
earlier in this section). When-
ever a specific input is select-
ed either manually or automat-
ically, its indicator (14, 15, 16
or 17) on the 
ESC 360’s unit’s front panel
will be illuminated.

5. Surround Mode
Pressing and releasing this
button allows the selection of
different listening modes. Sur-
round (18), Phantom (19) and
3-Stereo (20) are available lis-
tening options for Dolby Pro
Logic. Stereo (21) bypasses
the surround processing and
outputs sound through the
right- and left-front speakers
only. 
In Surround mode, all five
satellites and the subwoofer
will play. In Phantom mode, all

speakers except the center
channel will play. In 3-Stereo,
all speakers except for the two
surround speakers will be
active.

6. Volume
Press (

∧) on the remote

control or the front panel to
raise the system’s volume.
Press (

∨) on the remote

control or the front panel to
lower the system’s volume. The
volume setting is indicated on
the status-bar indicator (27).

7. 0 dB
Press this button to reset the
Center, Surround, Balance, Tre-
ble and Bass controls to their
default positions.

8. Test
Press this button to activate
the Test Tone mode (see Test
Tone section).

9. Delay
The relative timing of sounds
coming from the center and/or
surround speakers compared to
the front-left and front-right
speakers can be adjusted. The
first press of this button
allows adjustment of the cen-
ter channel, all the way from
the default setting of 0 ms
(milliseconds), which means
no delay (all status bars off),
to a maximum of 5 ms (5 sta-
tus bars on). The indicators C
(28) and DLY (30) will be on.
The second press of the Delay
button allows adjustments of
the surround speakers; indica-
tors LS (28) and RS (28) and
DLY (30) will be on. The delay
can be adjusted from zero (all
status bars off) to 
15 ms (all status bars on) in 
DTS and Dolby Digital and from
15 ms (all status bars off) to
30 ms (all status bars on) in

Dolby Pro Logic (there is an
inherent and fixed 15 ms of
delay added in the “matrixed”
Dolby Pro Logic to re-create
the proper surround effect).
The center and surround
adjustments can be done in
either DTS, Dolby Digital or
Dolby Pro Logic “matrixed”
modes. There are no separate
delay adjustments for the indi-
vidual modes of operation.
During adjustments, the audio
mutes momentarily every time
the Adjustment +/– button
(11) is pressed. Please note
that the status-bar indicator
(27) will not display unless
Adjustment +/– buttons are
pressed. Also, while the
status-bar indicator (27) is on,
channel indicators (28) and
DLY (30) will not be displayed.
And, if adjustments are done
in a mode where a certain
channel is not available, the
adjustment step for that chan-
nel is skipped. For example, in
Phantom mode, the center-
channel delay cannot be
adjusted since Phantom does
not have a center channel. In
Stereo, neither the center nor
the surround delay can be
adjusted since Stereo does not
feature surround speakers or a
center speaker. A third press of
the Delay button will exit the
ESC 360 from its delay-adjust-
ment mode.

10. Level
The relative level of sounds
coming from each of the 
ESC 360’s speakers can be 
adjusted while listening to
program material on the ESC
360. Repeated pressing and
releasing of the Level button
allows access to each channel.
The display will indicate LVL
(29), and the channel indica-
tors (28) LF (Left Front), C

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(Center), RF (Right Front), LS
(Left Surround), RS (Right Sur-
round) and SUB (subwoofer)
will illuminate to indicate the
active speaker. The level for
the selected channel can then
be changed using the Adjust-
ment +/– buttons (11). Levels
set in one mode will stay valid
for all other modes and are not
independent. Please note that
the status-bar indicator (27)
will not display unless Adjust-
ment +/– buttons are pressed.
And, while the status-bar indi-
cator (27) is on, channel indi-
cators (28) and LVL (29) will
not be displayed. Also, if
adjustments are done in a
mode where a certain channel
is not available, the adjust-
ment step for that channel is
skipped. For example, in Phan-
tom mode the center-channel
level cannot be adjusted since
Phantom does not have a cen-
ter channel. In stereo, neither
the center nor the surround
levels can be adjusted since
Stereo does not feature sur-
round speakers or a center
speaker. 
A seventh press of the Level
button will exit the ESC 360
from its level-adjustment
mode.

11. Adjustment
These buttons are used in con-
junction with Test (8), Delay
(9), and Level (10) to increase
or decrease a setting.

12. Bass
Press (+) to increase the level
of low-frequency information.
Press (–) to decrease the level
of low-frequency information.

13. Treble
Press (+) to increase the level
of high-frequency information.
Press (–) to decrease the level
of high-frequency information.

14–17. Input
One of these four indicators
will illuminate, depending on
which input is selected.
18–21. Surround
One of these will illuminate,
depending on which surround
mode is chosen.

22. Dolby Digital
Indicates the presence of a
Dolby Digital-encoded AC-3
digital signal.

23. DTS
Indicates the presence of DTS
encoded digital signal.

24. Dolby Pro Logic
Illuminates when Dolby Pro
Logic decoding of a 2-channel
signal is taking place. This
indicator may be on by itself
(when analog inputs are used),
in conjunction with Dolby Dig-
ital (when using a digital
input where the AC-3 format
signal contains two channels
and needs to be decoded into
multichannel) or together with
PCM (when using a digital
input where 2-channel PCM-
format data is being decoded
into multichannel).

25. PCM
Illuminates when the signal
supplied through the selected
digital input is in PCM format.

26. Late Night
Illuminates when the Late
Night compression is selected.

27. Status-Bar Indicator
These LEDS show the relative
setting of volume, bass, treble,
speaker level and speaker
delay.

28. Speaker Indicator
Identifies the speaker that’s
being adjusted. LS is Left Sur-
round, LF is Left Front, C is
Center, RF is Right Front, RS is
Right Surround, and SUB is
Subwoofer.

29. Level
Illuminates when the ESC 360
is in speaker-level adjustment
mode.

30. Delay
Illuminates when the ESC 360
is in speaker-delay adjustment
mode.

31. On
Indicates that the ESC 360 is
fully powered up.

32. Standby
Indicates that the ESC 360 is
plugged into an active wall
outlet and the master switch
on the back panel is in
On/Standby position, but the
unit is not powered on.

33. Mute
Illuminates when the mute
function is activated (the 
ESC 360 will be on but will not
produce any sound).

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LED Bar Indicators illuminate
in response to adjustments in 
volume, delay, level, bass and
treble controls.