User manual JBL ESC333

[. . . ] TM ® ESC333 simple setup guide thank you for choosing JBL. For more than 50 years, JBL has been involved in every aspect of music and film recording and reproduction, from live performances to the recordings you play in your home, car or office. We're confident that the JBL system you have chosen will provide every note of enjoyment that you expected ­ and that when you think about purchasing additional audio equipment for your home, car or office, you will once again choose JBL. Please take a moment to complete the enclosed profile card. [. . . ] Please read the details regarding Automatic Turn-On/Off on page 3 of this manual, and keep in mind that if the ESC333 is shut down using this power button, its automatic turn-on feature will remain disabled for five minutes after the source connected to the ESC333 is also shut down. This is to prevent the ESC333 from repeatedly turning itself back on against the user's wishes. The ESC333 can also be powered on by using the Input button (4) on the front panel of the subwoofer or on the remote control. Please note that if input selection is done by pressing the Input button, the Automatic Digital Input Selection of the ESC333 will be disabled until the ESC333 shuts down. When the ESC333 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 -9- soon as the ESC333 is turned on either automatically or via the pressing of the Power or Input buttons. 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. 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 different in sound levels as they ordinarily 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. Input This control is available on both the front panel and the remote control. It allows manual selection when the user repeatedly presses and releases the button for any of the ESC333's four inputs. The ESC333 features an Automatic Digital Input Selection feature that automatically switches the ESC333 to the source connected 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 conditions of using the Automatic Digital Input Selection feature. The Input switch is also used when the source connected to the ESC333's analog input is not the analog source that was listened to the last time the ESC333 was on (and hence the Automatic Turn-On feature is not available). The Input switch also turns on the ESC333 when pressed (see item 1 earlier in this section). Whenever a specific input is selected either manually or automatically, its indicator (14, 15, 16 or 17) on the ESC333's front panel will be illuminated. Surround Mode Pressing and releasing this button allows the selection of different listening modes. [. . . ] In stereo, neither the center nor the surround levels can be adjusted since Stereo does not feature surround speakers or a center speaker. Using the remote control, adjust each channel's levels until the volume of all the speakers is the same during the test. To make sure all channels are properly adjusted, do the test twice, once in Dolby Digital (Dolby Digital is automatically selected when the ESC333 is connected to a DVD player's digital output, that specific digital input is selected, and the DVD player is playing Dolby Digital-encoded material) and once again in Dolby Pro Logic. Note: The Test Tone is used to calibrate the system to reproduce all program materials at the correct relative levels, as was determined by the recording engineers. [. . . ]