Listening To Your System; Choosing The Listening Mode; Listening In Surround Sound; Playing Back In The Stereo Mode - Onkyo TX-SR353 Operating Instructions Manual

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Listening to your system

Choosing the listening mode

This receiver offers a variety of listening modes to
accommodate playback of various audio formats. Choose
one according to your speaker environment or the source.
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While listening to a source, press the listening mode
button repeatedly to select a listening mode you want.
SURR SURR DSP DSP
TREBLE TREBLE
LISTENING MODE
BLUETOOTH STEREO SURROUND DSP
B D/DVD CBL /SAT STRM BOX GAME
• The listening mode is shown on the display on the front
panel.
Important
• The listening modes and many features described in this
section may not be available depending on the current
source, settings and status of the receiver.

Listening in surround sound

SURR
Using this receiver, you can listen to any source in surround
sound. However, the options available will depend on your
speaker setup and the type of source you're listening to.
• If the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround
encoded, the proper decoding format will automatically be
selected and shows in the display.
The following modes provide basic surround sound for stereo
and multichannel sources.
Type of surround modes
Two channel sources
DOLBY PLII MOVIE
DOLBY PLII MUSIC
DOLBY PLII GAME
NEO:6 CINEMA
b
NEO:6 MUSIC
Multichannel sources
Straight Decode
a. You can also adjust the C.WIDTH, DIMEN., and PNRM. effect
(see Setting the Audio options on page
b. You can also adjust the C.IMG effect (see
options on page
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Playing back in the STEREO mode

C D T V TUN
When you select STEREO, you will hear the source through
just the front left and right speakers (and possibly your
subwoofer depending on your speaker settings). Dolby
Digital and DTS multichannel sources are downmixed to
stereo.
When the headphones are connected, STEREO can only be
selected.

Using the DSP

The DSP feature creates a variety of surround effects. Try
SURROUND
different modes with various soundtracks to see which you
like.
All Ch Stereo
TV Logic
Game-Action
Game-RPG
Game-Sports
Game-Rock
Orchestra
Suitable sources
Movie
a Music
Video games
b Movie
Music
No additional effects
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Setting the Audio
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STEREO
STEREO
DSP
DSP DSP
Gives multichannel sound to a stereo
source, using all of your speakers.
Designed for movies with lots of dialog.
Designed for action movies with dynamic
soundtracks.
Suitable for video games.
Suitable for sports programs.
Creates a live concert sound for rock and/
or pop music.
Gives a large concert hall-type sound.
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Using Direct

Use the Direct modes when you want to hear the truest
possible reproduction of a source. All unnecessary signal
processing is bypassed.
DIRECT Sources are heard according to the
settings made in the Manual SP Setup
(speaker setting, X.Over, channel level,
speaker distance), as well as with dual
mono settings. You will hear sources
according to the number of channels in the
signal.
A/V SYNC, Fixed PCM, HDMI Audio and
Auto Delay functions are available.

Using the Music Optimizer

M.OPT M.OPT
When audio data is removed during the compression
process, sound quality often suffers from an uneven sound
image. The Music Optimizer feature employs new DSP
technology that helps bring CD quality sound back to
compressed 2-channel audio by restoring sound pressure
and smoothing jagged artifacts left over after compression.
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M.OPT
Press to switch the M.OPT (Music Optimizer)
ON or OFF.
Note
• The Music Optimizer mode cannot be set to
DIRECT mode is switched on.
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