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October 22, 2001
AM252876_03_V.pdf
Operating Your Lifestyle
®
8 System
Listening to digital sound
Turning on the digital audio source
Turn on the DVD player, DTV, or other digital audio source. Load the DVD disc.
Turning on the system and choosing digital sound
Press AUX to turn your system on to play digital sound. If your Lifestyle
®
system does not
receive a valid PCM or Dolby Digital bitstream, it will automatically select the analog signal
connected to the music center AUX jacks.
Selecting listening material
To select material with compatible digital-audio bitstreams, look for the terms PCM or Dolby
Digital, or the symbol
1
on DVD-Video discs. Your Lifestyle
®
8 system cannot process
MPEG-2 or DTS digital bitstreams. Make sure a connection is made between your DVD
player or digital TV digital audio output and your system’s digital audio input.
To select surround-encoded analog or digital audio material, look for the terms Surround or
Dolby Surround, the symbol
3
on tapes and discs, or the word “surround” preced-
ing a TV broadcast. You can listen to any program material in SURROUND (5-speaker) mode,
though you may not hear sound from all five speakers all the time. Some monaural and stereo
materials will not cause sound to be directed to the surround speakers. Even with surround-
encoded material there are times when no sounds are directed to the surround speakers.
Listening to compact discs
Loading a CD into the music center
Press the latch on the CD cover, and place a CD onto the spindle, label-side up. Close the
CD cover.
Turning the system on and choosing the CD player
Press the CD key on the remote or the music center. If the music system is already on,
pressing one of these keys selects the CD player and the CD indicator lights. The system
turns on in SURROUND mode. Select another speaker mode, if desired.
If a CD has been loaded, it begins to play. If no CD is loaded, the No Disc
O
indicator lights.
Using the CD player
The following operations apply to keys on both the remote control and the music center,
except where noted:
• To play a stopped or paused CD, press
PLAY/PAUSE.
• To pause a CD, press
.
• To stop a CD, hold the
key on the music center for two seconds, press the
■
STOP
key on the remote, or open the CD cover.
• To skip tracks, press SKIP
(forward) to go to the next track or SKIP
(reverse) to go to
the beginning of the current or previous track.
• To move through a track, on the remote control press SEEK
(forward) to move forward
or SEEK
(reverse) to move back, on the music center press and hold
SKIP or
SKIP
.
• To play tracks in random order, (using the music center controls only) press the SKIP
and
keys simultaneously. To continue playing the tracks in their regular order, press
these keys again.
