Yamaha RX-797: Adjusting the tonal quality

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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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

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FLAT

alterations to the CD signals and creating the purest

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30dB

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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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+

English

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∞

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-dB

VOLUME

or

VOLUME

Front panel

Remote control

LOUDNESS

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FLAT

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30dB

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