User manual SHARP CD-DD4500

[. . . ] Thank you for purchasing this SHARP product. To obtain the best performance from this product, please read this manual carefully. It will guide you in operating your SHARP product. Audio-visual material may consist of copyrighted works which must not be recorded without the authority of the owner of the copyright. [. . . ] The type of Dolby digital signal being input into this unit can be checked in the display. Normal PCM playback Centre only (monaural) Front (L, R) (When the surround mode is set to Normal or Phantom, sound will also be heard from the surround speakers. ) Front (L, R) + surround (monaural) Front (L, R) + surround (L, R) Front (L, R) + centre Front (L, R) + centre + surround (monaural) Front (L, R) + centre + surround (L, R) If a low frequency sound effect (Low Frequency Effect) contains a Dolby digital signal, "LFE" will light in the display. When this "LFE" is lit, low frequency signals will be output from the subwoofer. When you connect this unit to other equipment (DVD player, VCR, etc. ) which is playor trademarks, you can enjoy ing sound sources that have the Dolby surround sound. Connect the unit you want to play (see page 35). Press the DVD/VCR button to select the input (DVD or VCR) from the socket you connected in step 1. For a stereo 2 channel input or a Dolby digital 2/0 input, sound will be output from the front left, front right, centre and surround speakers. The same monaural channel will be output from the left and right surround speakers. 1 channel input, sound will be output from the front left, front right, centre, surround left and surround right speakers. If the surround signal only contains 1 channel, the same monaural channel will be output from the left and right surround speakers. For a Dolby digital 1/0 input, sound will only be output from the centre speaker. When you play a sound source that has the (5. 1 channels) or trademarks, you can enjoy surround sound using all 5 speakers. The difference between this mode and the normal mode is that no sound is output from the centre speaker. The centre speaker signal is split equally and added to the sound for the front left and front right speakers. When you play a sound source that has the or trademarks, you can enjoy surround sound using 4 speakers, but not the centre speaker. Sound will only be output from the front left and front right speakers. For a Dolby digital multichannel input, any centre or rear signals will be mixed and output from the front speakers. For a Dolby digital 1/0 input, monaural sound will be output from the front speakers. You cannot use the Normal/Phantom and Dolby Digital surround features with headphones. [. . . ] D Erase head E Recording/Playback head After long use, the deck's heads and capstans may become magnetised, causing poor sound. Demagnetise these parts once every 30 hours of playing/recording time by using a commercial tape head demagnetiser. Read the demagnetiser's instructions carefully before use. In order to ensure proper operation of the CD player, preventative maintenance (cleaning of the laser pickup lens) should be performed periodically. [. . . ]