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A: ALPHA NUMERIC DISPLAY
B: MENU NAVIGATION Buttons
C: FUNCTION & OPERATION Buttons
D: VOLUME CONTROL
A: ALPHA-NUMERIC DISPLAY
This is a dot matrix display that can display graph-
ics as well as 4 lines of alpha-numeric characters.
The brightness of the display can be set in 4 steps
from 25% to 100% using the DISPLAY button (see
section "C" below). A default brightness level can
also be set in the System Menu as can the auto-
matic time-out period (from 30 to 600 seconds).
When the timeout period expires the display will
extinguish automatically. To reawaken the display
press the currently illuminated Source Select but-
ton (section "G" below). Pressing any button or
turning the rotary encoder (Volume control knob)
will also wake up the display but will also effect a
change (e.g. rotating the volume control clockwise
will increase the volume, etc.). During normal
operation the display will show, the following sta-
tus information:
B: MENU NAVIGATION BUTTONS
This cluster of 4 buttons are used to
navigate the menus on the Alpha-
numeric display. After the unit has
powered up a status screen is displayed
like that at the right. Press the right arrow button
() to enter the main menu. Use the left arrow
button () to step back up through the menus.
The up () and down () buttons are used to
move up and down through the menu items. The
rotary encoder (volume control) can be used to
set most parameters, even on/off choices. The
two Surround Mode buttons can also be used to
choose from preset value options.
Up () and/or down () arrows may be dis-
played at the right hand side of the display to
indicate that more items are listed either above
and/or below the current screen. Use the up ()
and () down buttons to go to these items.
See also MENU MAP on page 8
FRONT PANEL
SP3 PREAMP / PROCESSOR
E: HEADPHONE JACK
F: OUTPUT SELECT Buttons
G: INPUT SELECT Buttons
H: STANDBY Button
C: FUNCTIONS & OPERATIONS BUTTONS
■ DISPLAY
Selects display brightness in four steps: 25%,
50%, 75% & 100%.
■ SURROUND MODE
T hese Left & right Surround Mode ( & ) but-
tons allow for selection of up to 8 different sur-
round modes including: PL
, Neo-6 Music, Neo-6 Cinema, PLIIx-Natural, Pro
Logic, Club , Party, Stereo-7. These modes derive
surround modes from stereo (2 channel) analog
DVD inputs. If a 5.1 surround signal is selected as
the input, some surround modes can derive the
7.1 format Back channels from the left and right
surround
channels.
These buttons can also
be used to select val-
ues in the menu system.
See Appendix for more information about the var-
ious surround modes.
■ DIGITAL
Sets the source select
button (G) to select
from 1 of the 4 SPDIF
inputs (RCA [phono] jacks, one of two AES
■ HDMI
Sets the source select buttons (G) to select one
of 8 HDMI inputs. The audio content will be
processed through the SP3's DSP but the video
content will simply be passed through to the two
(parallel) HDMI outputs.
■ 2 CHANNEL BYPASS
Selects Left and right (or the front left and right)
inputs from whatever analog source is currently
selected. If the DIGITAL mode is active (i.e. if the
LED above the DIGITAL button is ON) then this
becomes a digital down-mix into a stereo Left and
Right output.
x-Music, PL
x-Movie
II
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