Yamaha RX-797: PLAYING AND RECORDING

PLAYING AND RECORDING

PLAYING AND RECORDING

CAUTION

Extreme caution should be exercised when you play back CDs encoded in DTS.

If you play back a CD encoded in DTS on a DTS-incompatible CD player, you will only hear some unwanted noise that may damage

your speakers. Check whether your CD player supports CDs encoded in DTS. Also, check the sound output level of your CD player

before you play back a CD encoded in DTS.

Playing a source

2 Press SPEAKERS A and/or SPEAKERS B on

the front panel or on the remote control to

select speakers A and/or speakers B.

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ZONE 2 ON/OFF

FM/AM

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TUNING

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CD DIRECT AMPPURE DIRECT

ZONE CONTROL

EDIT

MEMORY

TUNING MODE

MAN'L/AUTO FM

AUTO/MAN'L

MASTER SPEAKERS

BA

A/B/C/D/E

12345678

VOLUME

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ON OFF

MAIN ZONE

INPUT

REC OUT

SOURCE

BASS

BALANCE

PHONES

MD/TAPE

CD

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TREBLE

LOUDNESS

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1

1

0

1

1

0

1

1

FLAT

VCR TUNER

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210

–

30dB

ON/OFF

DTV/CBL

PHONO

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DVD

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OPERATION

BASIC

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• Both SPEAKERS A and B can be selected.

• Make sure that the IMPEDANCE SELECTOR switch is

correctly set (see page 15).

3 Play the source.

4 Rotate VOLUME on the front panel (or press

VOLUME +/– on the remote control) to adjust

the sound output level.

1 Rotate the INPUT selector on the front panel

(or press one of the input selector buttons on

the remote control) to select the desired

input source.

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-dB

SPEAKERS

SPEAKERS

BA

A

or

B

Front panel

Remote control

Notes

POWER POWER

STANDBY

POWER

AVTV

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CD

MD/TAPE

TUNER

DTV/CBL

VCR

PHONODVD

1

REC

CODE SET

SPEAKERS

A

DISC SKIP

B

2

FREQ/TEXT

EON

SLEEP

MODE PTY SEEK

START

TV VOL

TV CH

VOLUME

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INPUT

POWER POWER

STANDBY

POWER

AVTV

or

CD

MD/TAPE

TUNER

DTV/CBL

VCR

PHONODVD

Front panel Remote control

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8

4

2

∞

60

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40

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-dB

VOLUME

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VOLUME

Front panel

Remote control

PLAYING AND RECORDING

5 Adjust the tonal quality by using the BASS,

TREBLE, BALANCE and LOUDNESS controls

or the CD DIRECT AMP and the PURE

DIRECT buttons on the front panel.

BASS

TREBLE

BALANCE

LOUDNESS

1

0

1

1

0

1

1

0

1

1

FLAT

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22

22

210

–

30dB

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PURE DIRECT

CD DIRECT AMP

6 Press MAIN ZONE ON/OFF on the front panel

again (or press STANDBY on the remote

control) to finish using this unit and set it to

the standby mode.

MAIN ZONE

STANDBY

ON/OFF

or

Front panel

Remote control

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PLAYING AND RECORDING

■ Adjusting the LOUDNESS control

Adjusting the tonal quality

Retains a full tonal range at any volume level, thus

compensating for the human ears’ loss of sensitivity to

■ Adjusting the BALANCE control

high and low-frequency ranges at a low volume level.

Adjusts the sound output balance of the left and right

speakers to compensate for sound imbalance caused by

CAUTION

speaker locations or listening room conditions.

If the CD DIRECT AMP or the PURE DIRECT button is turned

BALANCE

on with the LOUDNESS control set at a certain level, the input

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1

signals bypass the LOUDNESS control, resulting in a sudden

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increase in the sound output level. To prevent your ears or the

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speakers from being undesirably damaged, be sure to press the

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CD DIRECT AMP or the PURE DIRECT button after lowering

the sound output level or after checking that the LOUDNESS

■ Using the CD DIRECT AMP button

control is properly set.

Routes input signals from your CD player directly to the

specially built-in amplifier for the CD player. As a result,

1 Rotate the LOUDNESS control on the front

the input signals bypass the INPUT selector and the

panel to the FLAT position.

BASS, TREBLE, BALANCE and LOUDNESS controls

and then sent to the power amplifier, thus eliminating any

LOUDNESS

1

FLAT

alterations to the CD signals and creating the purest

–

30dB

210

possible sound. The CD DIRECT AMP indicator lights up

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and the front panel display turns off after a few seconds.

OPERATION

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BASIC

CD DIRECT AMP

2 Rotate VOLUME on the front panel (or press

VOLUME +/– on the remote control) to set the

sound output level to the loudest listening

■ Using the PURE DIRECT button

level that you would listen to.

Routes input signals from your audio sources so that the

input signals bypass the BASS, TREBLE, BALANCE and

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LOUDNESS controls, thus eliminating any alterations to

the audio signals and creating the purest possible sound.

PURE DIRECT

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Note

If both the CD DIRECT AMP and the PURE DIRECT buttons

3 Rotate the LOUDNESS control until the

are turned on, only the CD DIRECT AMP button will function.

desired volume is obtained.

■ Adjusting the BASS and TREBLE

controls

Adjust the high and low frequency response.

BASS

Increases or decreases the low frequency response.

TREBLE

Increases or decreases the high frequency response.

BASS

TREBLE

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0

1

1

0

1

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∞

60

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VOLUME

or

VOLUME

Front panel

Remote control

LOUDNESS

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FLAT

–

30dB

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PLAYING AND RECORDING

Recording a source

4 Rotate VOLUME on the front panel (or press

VOLUME +/– on the remote control) to adjust

the sound output level of the selected source

Notes

to record from.

• The VOLUME, BASS, TREBLE, BALANCE and

LOUDNESS controls and the CD DIRECT AMP and the PURE

DIRECT buttons have no effect on the source being recorded.

• Check the copyright laws in your country to record from

records, CDs, radio, etc. Recording copyright-protected

material may infringe on copyright laws.

ZONE 2 ON/OFF

FM/AM

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TUNING

h

CD DIRECT AMPPURE DIRECT

ZONE CONTROL

EDIT

MEMORY

TUNING MODE

MAN'L/AUTO FM

AUTO/MAN'L

MASTER SPEAKERS

BA

A/B/C/D/E

12345678

VOLUME

12

ON OFF

MAIN ZONE

INPUT

REC OUT

SOURCE

BASS

TREBLE

BALANCE

LOUDNESS

PHONES

MD/TAPE

CD

1

0

1

1

0

1

1

0

1

1

FLAT

VCR TUNER

22

22

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210

–

30dB

ON/OFF

DTV/CBL

PHONO

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5 Begin recording on the MD recorder, the tape

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deck or the VCR connected to this unit.

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If you set the REC OUT selector to a source other than the one

that you are watching or listening to, selecting another source

with the INPUT selector on the front panel (or the corresponding

1 Rotate the REC OUT selector on the front

input selector button on the remote control) while recording is in

panel to select the source you want to record

progress will not affect the recording.

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You can monitor the sound and/or picture being recorded by

rotating the INPUT selector on the front panel (or pressing MD/

TAPE or VCR on the remote control) to select the MD recorder,

the tape deck or the VCR used for recording.

To record the current input source that you are

watching or listening to, set the REC OUT selector to

SOURCE.

To record a source other than the one that you are

watching or listening to, set the REC OUT selector to

the source you want to record.

2 Play the selected source to record from.

3 Rotate the INPUT selector on the front panel

to confirm the selected source to record

from.

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20

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4

2

∞

60

26

40

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-dB

12

0

Note

REC OUT

SOURCE

MD/TAPE

CD

VCR TUNER

DTV/CBL

PHONO

DVD

INPUT

20

8

4

2

∞

60

26

40

16

-dB

VOLUME

or

VOLUME

Front panel

Remote control

PLAYING AND RECORDING

Using the sleep timer

4 Press SLEEP repeatedly so that SLEEP OFF

appears in the front panel display.

Use this feature to automatically set this unit to the

standby mode after a certain amount of time. The sleep

SLEEP

timer is useful when you are going to sleep while this unit

is playing or recording a source. The sleep timer also

automatically turns off any external components

connected to the AC OUTLET(S).

After a few seconds, SLEEP OFF disappears from the

front panel display, and the SLEEP indicator turns

POWER POWER

STANDBY

POWER

off.

AVTV

CD

MD/TAPE

TUNER

y

DTV/CBL

VCR

PHONODVD

The sleep timer setting can also be canceled by pressing

1

REC

CODE SET

SPEAKERS

A

DISC SKIP

STANDBY on the remote control (or MAIN ZONE ON/OFF or

B

FREQ/TEXT

EON

SLEEP

MASTER ON/OFF on the front panel) to set this unit to the

MODE PTY SEEK

START

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standby mode.

TV VOL

TV CH

VOLUME

Notes

• The sleep timer can only be set with the remote control.

• The sleep timer automatically turns off Zone 2. However, the

OPERATION

power of Zone 2 components are not turned off.

BASIC

1 Press one of the input selector buttons on

the remote control to select an input source.

POWER POWER

STANDBY

POWER

AVTV

CD

MD/TAPE

TUNER

DTV/CBL

VCR

PHONODVD

2 Start playback on the selected input source.

3 Press SLEEP repeatedly to set the amount of

time before this unit is set to the standby

mode.

Each time you press SLEEP, the front panel display

changes as shown below.

SLEEP

SLEEP 120 min SLEEP 90 min

SLEEP 60 minSLEEP 30 minSLEEP OFF

The SLEEP indicator flashes while switching the

amount of time for the sleep timer.

SLEEP

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PLAYING AND RECORDING

Muting the sound output

1 Press MUTE on the remote control to mute

the sound output.

The MUTE indicator flashes in the front panel

display and MUTE ON appears in the front panel

display.

MUTE

MUTE

After a few seconds, MUTE ON disappears from the

front panel display.

2 Press MUTE on the remote control again to

resume the sound output.

The MUTE indicator disappears from the front panel

display.

MUTE

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