Selecting The Listening Mode - Onkyo TX-NR801 Instruction Manual

Using the Listening Modes—Continued
Listening mode buttons
DIRECT / PURE AUDIO STEREO
Input source buttons
RCVR
Listening mode
buttons

Selecting the Listening Mode

The TX-NR801/TX-NR801E provides various listening
modes.
1
Select the input source.
On the TX-NR801/TX-NR801E, use the
TX-NR801/
input source buttons.
TX-NR801E
DVD VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2
On the remote controller, after pressing
VIDEO 3 VIDEO 4 VIDEO 5
the RCVR button, use the INPUT
TAPE TUNER PHONO C D NET AUDIO
SELECTOR button.
Remote
controller
2
Start playback on the device you
selected for input.
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SETUP
TUNING
ENTER
RE TURN
PRESET
SURROUND THX DSP MEMORY FM MODE A-FO RM LISTENING MODE MEMORY
INPUT
SELECTOR
buttons
3
Choose the listening mode.
Use the listening mode buttons on the
TX-NR801/
TX-NR801/TX-NR801E or the remote
TX-NR801E
controller.
Note:
DIRECT / PURE AUDIO STEREO SURROUND
DSP
THX The available listening modes depend on
the input signal you selected (For details,
see "Relationship between input source
Remote
and listening mode" on page 45).
controller
DIRECT/PURE AUDIO (DIRECT/PURE A button):
Changes the listening mode for the signal type that is
currently being input from the selected input source to
the Direct listening mode or Pure Audio listening mode.
When you use the buttons on the TX-NR801/
TX-NR801E for this operation, with each press of this
button, you can switch between Direct and Pure Audio.
When you select "PURE AUDIO," the video signal is
interrupted (resulting in a blacked-out screen), and the
PURE AUDIO indicator lights up.
Note:
When you are using the remote zone (Zone 2), the Pure
Audio will not work.
STEREO button: Changes the listening mode for the
signal type that is currently being input from the selected
input source to the Stereo listening mode.
SURROUND (SURR) button: Changes the listening
mode for the signal type that is currently being input
from the selected input source to the surround mode that
matches the signal type (e.g., Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby
Digital, or DTS).
If the SURROUND (SURR) button is pressed
• While playing back DTS sources
Switches the DTS-ES setting from: Auto → On →
Off. For details, see "d. DTS-ES" on page 60.
• While playing back Analog/PCM sources
Switches from: Pro Logic II Movie → Pro Logic II
Music → DTS Neo6:Cinema → DTS Neo6:Music.
For details, see "a. Surr Mode (Analog/PCM)" on
page 59.
• While playing back D.F. 2-channel sources
Switches from: Pro Logic II Movie → Pro Logic II
Music. For details, see "b. Surr Mode (D.F.2ch)" on
page 59.
• While playing back Dolby Digital sources
Switches the Dolby Digital EX setting from: Auto →
On → Off. For details, see "c. Dolby Digital EX
(Dolby D)" on page 60.