Adjusting The Volume; Selecting The Front Speakers - JVC RX-888VBK Instructions Manual

When playing a digital source through a digital
terminal
• The DIGITAL SOURCE FORMAT lamps on the front panel
indicate what type of the digital signal comes into the receiver.
DTS:
Lights up when DTS Digital Surround
signals (see page 21) come in.
DIGITAL SOURCE FORMAT
DOLBY DIGITAL:
DOLBY LINEAR
DTS DIGITAL PCM
Lights up when Dolby Digital signals (see
page 21) come in.
LINEAR PCM:
Lights up when Linear PCM signals come
in.
• The signal indicators also light up on the display to indicate the
incoming channel signals. (Only the indicators for the incoming
signals light up.)
L:
R:
C C:
L R
LFE LS:
RS:
LS S RS
S:
LFE: Subwoofer channel
Selecting different sources for picture and
sound
You can watch picture from a video component while listening to
sound from another component.
On the front panel:
1. Press SOUND SELECT (INPUT
ATT) briefly while viewing the
picture from a video component
such as the VCR or DVD player,
etc.
"SOUND SELECT" appears on the display.
2. Turn SOURCE SELECTOR to
select the sound (except the TV
sound), while the indication of the
above step is still on the display.
From the remote control:
Press one of the audio source selecting buttons (CD, TAPE/MD,
PHONO, FM/AM), while viewing the picture from a video
component such as the VCR or DVD player, etc.
Notes:
• Once you have selected a video source, pictures of the selected
source are sent to the TV until you select another video source.
• When you select "TV SOUND" as the source, this function does not
work.
Left front channel
Right front channel
Center channel
Left rear channel
Right rear channel
Rear channel (monaural)
SOUND SELECT
INPUT ATT.
SOURCE SELECTOR

Adjusting the Volume

On the front panel:
To increase the volume, turn MASTER
VOLUME clockwise.
To decrease the volume, turn it
counterclockwise.
• When you turn MASTER VOLUME rapidly,
the volume level also changes rapidly.
• When you turn MASTER VOLUME slowly,
the volume level also changes slowly.
From the remote control:
To increase the volume, press VOLUME +.
To decrease the volume, press VOLUME –.
CAUTION:
Always set the volume to the minimum before starting any source. If
the volume is set at its high level, the sudden blast of sound energy
can permanently damage your hearing and/or ruin your speakers.
Note:
The volume level can be adjusted within the range of "0" (minimum) to
"90" (maximum).

Selecting the Front Speakers

On the front panel ONLY:
When you have connected two pairs of the front speakers, you can
select which to use.
Press SPEAKERS 1 or SPEAKERS 2 to select
the speaker to use.
• Each time you press the button, the lamp on
the respective button turns on and off. When
the lamp on either button lights up, the
respective speakers are activated.
IMPORTANT:
You can activate two pairs of the front speakers at the same time only
when the SPEAKER LOAD SELECTOR on the rear panel is set to
"HIGH" and when no signals are sent to the center and rear speakers.
Otherwise, activating one pair of the speakers deactivates the other.
Note:
If you use any of the DSP modes other than the 3D-PHONIC modes
with both front speakers activated, the speakers connected to the
FRONT SPEAKERS 2 terminals are deactivated.
MASTER VOLUME
–
+
VOLUME
SPEAKERS
1 2