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TUNER AM STEP CHANGE MODE
(US model only) 
Either the 9 kHz step or 10 kHz step can be selected for the AM 
channel step.
Procedure:
1.  Press the [

?/1

] button to turn on the main power.

2.  Turn the [INPUT SELECTOR] button to select the “AM 

TUNER”.

3.  Press the [

?/1

] button to turn off the main power.

4.  While pressing the [TUNING MODE] button, press the [

?/1

] 

button to turn on the main power.

5.  Either the message “AM 9k Step” or “AM10k Step” appears, 

select the desired step.

VACUUM FLUORESCENT DISPLAY TEST MODE
All fl uorescent segments are tested.
When this test is activated, all segments light on at the same time, 
then each segment lights on one after another.
Procedure:
While depressing the [TUNING +] and the [DIMMER] buttons 
simultaneously, press the [

?/1

] button to turn on the main power.

1.  ALL segments light on.

 

PLII

x z

ANALOG

D.L.L.

A.P.M D.RANGE SIRIUS ST AAC

D.C.A.C. EQ RDS CAT MEM

DTS – HD

'76±(6» LPCM SLEEP

MSTR HI RES LBR

S–AIR ZONE

SP

A B

 3

BI–AMP

HDMI OUT A B

HDMI COAX OPT MULTI ARC

D + EX

HD NEO: 611

True

LFE

2.  Press the [DISPLAY] control, confi rm display.

 

PLII

x 

z

ANALOG

D.L.L.

A.P.M

D.RANGE SIRIUS ST AAC

D.C.A.C. EQ RDS CAT MEM

DTS – HD

'76±(6» LPCM

SLEEP

MSTR HI RES LBR

S–AIR ZONE

SP

A

B

3

BI–AMP

HDMI OUT A B

HDMI COAX OPT MULTI

ARC

D + EX

HD

NEO: 611

True

LFE

3.  Press the [DISPLAY] control, confi rm display.

 

PLII

x

 z

ANALOG

D.L.L.

A.P.M

D.RANGE SIRIUS ST AAC

D.C.A.C. EQ RDS CAT MEM

DTS – HD

'76±(6» LPCM

SLEEP

MSTR HI RES LBR

S–AIR ZONE

SP

A

B

3

BI–AMP

HDMI OUT A B

HDMI COAX OPT MULTI

ARC

D + EX

HD

NEO: 611

True

LFE

4.  Press the [DISPLAY] control, all segments light off.

SOUND  FIELD  CLEAR  MODE
The preset sound fi eld is cleared when this mode is activated. Use 
this mode before returning the product to clients upon completion 
of repair.
Procedure:
1.  While pressing the [MUSIC] button, press the [

?/1

] button to 

turn on the main power.

2.  The message “S.F. CLEAR” appears and initialization is per-

formed.

INITIALIZE  MODE
All preset contents are cleared when this mode is activated. Use 
this mode before returning the product to clients upon completion 
of repair.
(a)  SHIPMENT MODE
Procedure:
1.  While pressing the [TUNING MODE] and [DIMMER] but-

tons, press the [

?/1

] button to turn on the main power.

2.  The message “CLEARING” appears and the memories are re-

set to the default values.

3.  When done, the message “CLEARED” appears, the set will    

power off.

(b)  ALL CLEAR INITIALIZE
Procedure:
1.  While pressing the [TUNING MODE] and [MUTING] but-

tons, press the [

?/1

] button to turn on the main power.

2.  The message “CLEARING” appears and the memories are     

re-set to the default values.

3.  When done, the message “CLEARED” appears.
(c)  USER INITIALIZE
Procedure:
1.  Hold the [

?/1

] for 5 seconds.

2.  The message “CLEARING” appears on the display.
3.  After a few seconds, “CLEARED” appears.

SWAP  MODE
The signal will be swap to all channel so that all speaker will have 
sound output.
Procedure:
1.  While pressing the [TUNING MODE] and [MOVIE] buttons, 

press the [

?/1

] button to turn on the main power.

2.  The message “SWAP MODE” appears (No change while dis-

played).

3.  Press [

,] button and then press [M]/[m] buttons on the re-

mote commander to select swap mode type.

COMMAND  MODE  CHANGE  MODE
The command mode of the remote-commander which this set re-
ceives can be changed.
Procedure:
1.  While pressing the [INPUT MODE] and [2CH/A.DIRECT] 

buttons, press the [

?/1

] button to turn on the main power.

2.  Either the message “C. MODE AV1” or “C. MODE AV2” ap-

pears. Select the desired mode.

PROTECTOR  OFF  MODE
This mode switching on/off the protector to investigate the cause 
of the protector.
Procedure:
1.  While pressing the [INPUT MODE] and [A.F.D.] buttons, 

press the [

?/1

] button to turn on the main power.

2.  “PROTECTOR” appears and switch off the set.

HISTORY  MODE
The state that the set is used is memorized.
Procedure:
1.  While pressing the [INPUT MODE] and [MUSIC] buttons, 

press the [

?/1

] button to turn on the power and “HISTORY” is 

displayed.

2.  Each time the [

M]/[m] buttons on the remote commander is 

pressed, the item is switched in order as follows.

 

Protector count

COUNT  xx

Total single power on time

SxxxxxHxxM

Sound fi eld

SOUNDFIELD

Input function

FUNCTION

Input mode

INPUT MODE

Digital select

DIG SELECT

Stream information

STREAMINFO

Signal confi guration

CONF xxxxx

Headphones

HEADPH xxx

Volume

VOL  xx

Bass

BASS  xxxdB

Treble

TREB  xxxdB

Level FL/FR

FL/R xxxxxx

Level SL/SR

SL/R xxxxxx

Level CT/SW

C/SW xxxxxx

Level BL/BR

BL/R xxxxxx

Total power on time

TxxxxxHxxM

Muting

MUTING xxx

Power on counter 
(Rebox test mode)

REBOX   xxxx

Protector status

PROT  xxxx

Temperature status

TEMP  xxxc

DIGITAL  MEDIA  PORT  TEST
Procedure:
1.  Connect the DMPORT check jig (Part No. J-2501-309-A) with 

the DMPORT jack (CN2005) on the DIGITAL board.

2.  While pressing the [TUNING MODE] and [MUSIC] buttons, 

press the [

?/1

] button to turn on the main power.

3.  The message “DMPORT T.” and “DMPORT OK” appears on 

the fl uorescent indicator tube and enter the digital media port 
test mode (Confi rmation of communication line).

 

When “NO DETECT”, “UART NG” and “UART TO” are dis-
played on the fl uorescent indicator tube, confi rm the connec-
tion of the DMPORT check jig, and enter the mode again.

 

Each time the [

>] button on the remote commander is 

pressed, the connect check and adaptor version check are 
switched.

 

Press the [

.] button on the remote commander, connected 

confi rmation of the DMPORT check jig is done again.

4.  To a pin-jack of the DMPORT check jig input information 

relevant to audio signal (sine-wave 1.0 Vrms) and composite 
video signal (white 100% 1.0 Vp-p, color bar, etc.).

5. Confi rm the output of speakers and monitor TV (Confi rmation 

of analog signal).

6.  To release from this mode, press the [

x] button on the remote 

commander.

 

SOFTWARE  VERSION  DISPLAY  MODE
The software version is displayed.
Procedure:
1.  While pressing the [TUNING MODE] and [DISPLAY] but-

tons, press the [

?/1

] button to turn on the main power.

2.  The message “H8 ** Mx.xx” appears. This is main micro-

processor version.

 

**: destination, x.xx: software version

3.  Press the [DISPLAY] button on the remote commander, HDMI 

micro-processor version or DSP fi rmware version is changed.

 

HDMI micro-processor version “H. Ver x.xx” appears.

 DSP 

fi rmware version “S. Ver x.xxH81” appears.

KEY  CHECK  MODE
Button check.
Procedure:
1.  While pressing the [TUNING +] and the [MUTING] buttons, 

press the [

?/1

] button to turn on the main power.

2.  The message “REST 14” appears.
 

Every pressing of any button other than the [

?/1

] counts down 

the buttons. The buttons which are already counted once are 
not counted again. When all buttons are pressed “REST 00” 
displayed.

SPDIF  UPDATE  MODE
User plays the CD that contains u-com/DSP data with CD/DVD 
player.
Update u-com/DSP etc. fi rmware from SPDIF input.
Connection:

Procedure:
Normal case
1.  While pressing [INPUT MODE] and [MUTING] buttons, 

press the [

?/1

] button to turn on the main power.

2.  The messages “UPDATE” and “PLAY DISC” are displayed 

alternately every one second.

 

After this step, all user operation is prohibited except power 
off. To cancel this mode, power off or AC power cord pull out 
is required.

3.  Connect CD player to TV OPTICAL IN jack (IC2004 on the 

DIGITAL board), and play update CD.

 

Update is started when DSP detect update signal. The message 
“UPDATING” is displayed blinks every one second.

 

From this step, all user operation is prohibited. Power off is 
also prohibited.

4.  While main u-com is being updated, fl uorescent indicator tube 

is blacked out.

5.  When update data error is detected or disc is not matched with 

target model, error messages “DISC ERROR” and “PLAY 
DISC” are displayed to restart playing valid CD.

 When 

fl ash writing error is happened, error messages “UP-

DATE ERR” and “PLAY DISC” are displayed to restart play-
ing CD.

6.  When all update is fi nished, set is reboot automatically. After 

reboot, complete message “COMPLETE” is displayed (dis-
played continuously until any user operation).

Procedure:
After update is abnormal exit, and set is power on again
1.  Enter update mode automatically after power on.
2.  The messages “UPDATE” and “PLAY DISC” are displayed 

alternately every one second.

 

From this step, all user operation is prohibited. Power off is 
also prohibited.

 

If main u-com was failed to update, nothing is displayed.

3.  Connect CD player to TV OPTICAL IN jack (IC2004 on the 

DIGITAL board), and play update CD.

 

Update is started when DSP detect update signal. From this, 
same as normal case.

SPDIF  UPDATE  VERSION  MODE
Function that displays the version number to check whether SPDIF 
update is necessary or not.
Procedure:
1.  While pressing [INPUT MODE] and [DISPLAY] buttons, 

press the [

?/1

] button to turn on the main power.

2.  The message “VER X.XXX” is displayed. “X.XXX” is calcu-

lated by adding all fi rmware version.

 Example:
 

(MAIN ver. + DSP ver. + HDMI ver. + 7)/10 =

 

Displayed version

 

MAIN = 1.02, DSP = 1.01, HDMI = 1.00

 

↓

 

(1.02 + 1.01 + 1.00 + 1.03 + 7)/10 = 1.006

 

1.006 = X.XXX

SPDIF  UPDATE  TEST  MODE
Function that checks hardware error for SPDIF update.
This test takes about 15 seconds.
Procedure:
1.  While pressing [INPUT MODE] and [DIMMER] buttons, 

press the [

?/1

] button to turn on the main power.

2.  The message “TESTING” is displayed.
3.  When abnormality is not found, the message disappears.
4.  Communication error between other devices microcontroller 

and DSP, the messages “UART” and “ERROR” are displayed.

 

Communication error between HDMI microcomputer and 
DSP, the messages “HDMI” and “ERROR” are displayed.

 

Communication error between MAIN MICOM and DSP, the 
messages “MCU” and “ERROR” are displayed.

 

Unknown error, the messages “UNKNOWN” and “ERROR” 
are displayed.

5.  To release from this mode, AC power cord pull out.

Note: SPDIF UPDATE MODE, VERSION CHECK and SPDIF UPDATE 

CHECK are supported with DSP version 1.02 or later.

DCAC  TEST  MODE
Procedure:
1.  While pressing the [INPUT MODE] and the [MOVIE] but-

tons, press the [

?/1

] button to turn on the main power.

2.  The message “SP OUT” appears.
3.  Press [

,] button and then press [M]/[m] buttons on the re-

mote commander to select “SOURCE” or “MIC”.

 

SOURCE: normal mode

 

MIC: mode that output audio from mic input

Procedure:
1.  Turn on the set.
2.  Input the following signal from signal generator to FM antenna 

input directly.

Carrier frequency : A = 87.5 MHz, B = 98 MHz, C = 108 MHz
Deviation 

: 75 kHz

Modulation 

: 1 kHz

ANT input 

: 35 dBu (EMF)

Note: Use 75 ohm coaxial cable to connect signal generator and the set. 

You cannot use video cable for checking.

 

  Use signal generator whose output impedance is 75 ohm.

3.  Set to FM tuner function and scan the input FM signal with 

automatic scanning.

4. Confi rm that input frequency of A, B and C are detected and 

automatic scanning stops.

When the station signal is received in good condition, automatic 
scanning stops.