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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
escXcite. Please note that the
escXcite features Automatic
Turn-On/Off, and the power
switch is not normally used
unless it is necessary to override
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 Auto-

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

When the escXcite is plugged
into a working electrical outlet
and its master switch on the
back panel is set to On/Standby,
the Standby (32) indicator will
illuminate. The ON (31) indicator
will light as soon as the escXcite
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 volume 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 compresses
the inherently dynamic digital
sound so that the quiet and loud
passages are not quite as differ-
ent in sound levels as they ordi-
narily are. This feature allows
the user to watch movies and
listen to dialogue at toned-down
levels so as not to disturb others
by the loud sound effects that
may be present. The Late Night
indicator (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 manual selec-
tion when the user repeatedly
presses and releases the button
for any of the 
escXcite’s four inputs. The 
escXcite features an Automatic
Digital Input Selection feature
that automatically switches the
escXcite to the source con-
nected to one of its two 
digital inputs as soon as that
device is powered on. Please
read the section on page 3 to
thoroughly familiarize yourself
with the conveniences and con-
ditions of using the Automatic
Digital Input Selection feature.
The Input switch is also used
when the source connected to
the escXcite’s analog input is
not the analog source that was
listened to the last time the
escXcite was on (and hence the
Automatic Turn-On feature is
not available). The Input switch
also turns on the escXcite when
pressed (see item 1 earlier in
this section). Whenever a spe-
cific input is selected either
manually or automatically, its
indicator (14, 15, 16 or 17) on
the escXcite unit’s front panel
will be illuminated.

5. Surround Mode
Pressing and releasing this but-
ton allows the selection of dif-
ferent listening modes. Sur-
round (18), Phantom (19), 
3-Stereo (20) and stereo are
available listening options for
Dolby Pro Logic. Stereo (21)
bypasses the surround process-
ing and outputs sound through
the right-front and left-front
speakers only. 
In Surround mode, all five satel-
lites 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 vol-
ume. 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 the Delay button
allows adjustments of the sur-
round speakers; indicators 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 Digi-
tal 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 second press of this button
allows adjustment of the center
channel, all the way from the
default setting of 0 ms (milli-
seconds), which means no delay
(all status bars off), to a maxi-

mum of 5 ms (5 status bars on).
The indicators 
C (28) and DLY (30) will be on.
The center and surround adjust-
ments can be done in either
DTS, Dolby Digital or Dolby Pro
Logic “matrixed” modes. There
are no separate delay adjust-
ments for the individual modes
of operation. During adjust-
ments, the audio mutes momen-
tarily 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 channel 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
escXcite from its delay-adjust-
ment mode.

10. Level
The relative level of sounds
coming from each of the 
escXcite’s speakers can be 
adjusted while listening to pro-
gram material on the escXcite.
Repeated pressing and releasing
of the Level button allows
access to each channel. The dis-
play will indicate LVL (29), and
the channel indicators (28) LF
(Left Front), 
C (Center), RF (Right Front), 
RS (Right Surround), LS (Left
Surround) and SUB (subwoofer)
will illuminate to indicate the

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active speaker. The level for the
selected channel can then be
changed using the Adjustment
+/– buttons (11). Levels set in
one mode will stay valid for all
other modes and are not inde-
pendent. Please note that the
status-bar indicator (27) will
not display unless Adjustment
+/– buttons are pressed. And,
while the status-bar indicator
(27) is on, channel indicators
(28) and LVL (29) will not be
displayed. Also, if adjustments
are done in a mode where a cer-
tain channel is not available,
the adjustment step for that
channel is skipped. For examp-
le, in Phantom mode the center-
channel level cannot be ad-
justed since Phantom does not
have a center channel. In
stereo, neither the center nor
the surround levels can be
adjusted since Stereo does not
feature surround speakers or a
center speaker. 
A seventh press of the Level
button will exit the escXcite
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 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 indi-
cator may be on by itself (when
analog inputs are used), in con-
junction with Dolby Digital
(when using a digital input
where the Dolby Digital 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 mul-
tichannel).

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 Cen-
ter, RF is Right Front, RS is
Right Surround, and SUB is Sub-
woofer.

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

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

31. On
Indicates that the escXcite is
fully powered up.

32. Standby
Indicates that the escXcite is
plugged into an active wall out-
let 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 
escXcite 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.