Yamaha RX-V1700 Owner's Manual page 54

Use the Pure Direct mode to enjoy the pure fidelity sound
of the selected source. When the Pure Direct mode is
activated, this unit plays back the selected source with the
least circuitry.
Press PURE DIRECT on the front panel (or on the
remote control) to turn on or off the Pure Direct
mode.
The PUP,E DIRECT button on the front panel lights up
while this unit is in the Pure Direct mode. The front panel
display automatically dims.
or
Front panel Remote control
Notes
• When you play back the multi-channel PCM sources (less than
192 kHz), this unit dowmnixes the muhi-channel signals
according to the "SPEAKER SET" in "BASlC MENU" (see
page 87).
• When the component connected to the HDMI IN jacks is
selected as the input source and Audio input jack select is set to
"AUTO" or "HDMI', this unit does not turn off the video
circuitry in the Pure Direct mode.
• When you set Audio input jack select to "AUTO", "HDMI" or
"COAX/OPT" (see page 40) and play back the Dolby Digital,
DTS or multi channel PCM sources, this unit activates the
corresponding decoder.
• The lollowing operations are not possible when this unit is in
the Pure Direct mode:
switching the sound field program
- displaying the OSD
adjusting the "SET MENU" parameters (except for speaker
level settings)
-operating video functions (video conversion, etc.)
• The Pure Direct mode is automatically canceled whenever this
unit is tin'ned off.
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The
front panel disphty turns on momentarily when an operation
is perlormed.
Use this feature to adjust the bahmce of bass and treble for
the front L/R, center, presence L/R speaker cbannels and
tbe subwoofer cbannel.
Press TONE CONTROL on the front panel
repeatedly to select the high-frequency
response (TREBLE) or the low-frequency
response (BASS)
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2 Rotate the PROGRAM selector to adjust the
high-frequency response (TREBLE) or the
low-frequency response (BASS).
• Bypassing the tone control circuitry
Press TONE CONTROL repeatedly to select
BYPASS and cancel the tone control.
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• If you increase or decrease the high-frequency or the
low-frequency sound to an extreme level, the tonal quality of
the sm'round speakers may not match that of the front L/R,
center, presence L/R speakers and the subwoolbl:
• TONE CONTROL is not effective when PURE DIRECT is
selected, or when MULTI CH INPUT is selected as the input
sottrce.
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