Enjoying Favorite Sound Field Effect; Selecting Sound Programs And Sound Decoders; Enjoying Spatial Sound With The Cinema Dsp Function - Yamaha RX-A1000 Owner's Manual

Enjoying favorite sound field effect

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SOURCE RECEIVER
This unit is also equipped with a Yamaha digital sound field processing (DSP) chip. Multi-channel playback from almost any audio source can be enjoyed using a variety
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of sound decoders and various sound field effect programs stored on the chip. Sound field effect programs built into this unit are called "sound programs."
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AUDIO
Selecting sound programs and
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sound decoders
USB NET MULTI DOCK
HDMI OUT
TUNER PHONO
This unit offers sound programs in many different
FM AM
PRESET TUNING
categories suitable for movies, music and other uses.
INFO MEMORY
Choose a sound program that sounds best with the
ENHANCER SUR. DECODE
MOVIE MUSIC
source you are playing back, rather than relying on the
s
SLEEP PARTY STRAIGHT PURE DIRECT
name or explanation of the program.
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• Sound programs are stored for each input source.
BD/DVD BD/DVD TV TV CD CD RADIO RADIO
When you change the input source, the sound program
ON SCREEN OPTION
previously selected for that input source is applied
ENTER VOLUME
again.
RETURN DISPLAY
• When you playback DTS Express sources or audio
signals with sampling frequency of higher than
TOP
POP-UP
MUTE
MENU MENU
96 kHz, the straight decoding mode
REC
automatically selected.
• When you playback DTS-HD sources with CINEMA
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DSP, the DTS decoder is automatically selected.
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Selecting sound program
INPUT MOVIE, ENTERTAINMENT category: Press
repeatedly
MUTE
CLASSICAL, LIVE/CLUB, STEREO category: Press
sMUSIC
repeatedly
Selecting stereo reproduction
s
MOVIE
sMUSIC
Press
s
MUSIC
s
Selecting surround decoder:
ENHANCER
s sSUR. DECODE
Press
SUR. DECODE
s
STRAIGHT
s
PURE DIRECT
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1 : However, Virtual CINEMA DSP mode is not available under the
following conditions:
• When headphones are connected to this unit.
• When a "7ch Stereo" or "2ch Stereo" sound program is
selected.
• When Pure Direct Mode or straight decoding mode is selected.
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(☞p. 50):
sMOVIE
(☞p. 49):
repeatedly
repeatedly
Turning on Straight decoding mode
sSTRAIGHT
Press
Turning on Pure Direct Mode (☞p. 49):
sPURE DIRECT
Press
Turning on Compressed Music Enhancer
(☞p. 49):
sENHANCER
Press repeatedly
Sound program categories
Movie M O V I E
S c i - F i
Program
• You can use the speaker indicators on the front panel
display to check what speakers are currently
outputting sound (☞p. 11).
• You can adjust sound field elements (sound field
parameters) for each of the programs (☞p.
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2 : However, SILENT CINEMA mode is not available under the
following conditions:
• When a "2ch Stereo" sound program is selected.
• When Pure Direct Mode or straight decoding mode is selected.
PLAYBACK
Enjoying spatial sound with the
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CINEMA DSP function
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Enjoying sound programs without
surround speakers
This unit allows you to use virtual surround speakers to
enjoy sound field surround effects, even without any
surround speakers (Virtual CINEMA DSP mode). You
can even enjoy surround sound presence with just a
minimal configuration of the front speakers only.
This unit will switch to Virtual CINEMA DSP mode
VOLUME
automatically when Surround is set to "None" in
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Configuration (☞p. 91).
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Enjoying sound programs with
headphones
Even when headphones are connected, you can enjoy the
reproduction sound field presence with ease (SILENT
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CINEMA mode).
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