Selecting The Sound Mode - Yamaha RX-A720 Owner's Manual

SOURCE SOURCE RECEIVER RECEIVER
HDMI HDMI
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The unit is equipped with a variety of sound programs and
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surround decoders that allow you to enjoy playback sources with
AV AV
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AUDIO AUDIO
playback).
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TUNER TUNER USB USB NET NET
Selecting a sound program suitable for movies (p.42)
MAIN MAIN ZONE 2 ZONE 2
Press MOVIE repeatedly.
SCENE SCENE
BD BD
TV TV NET NET RADIO RADIO
Selecting a sound program suitable for music or stereo
DVD DVD
playback (p.43)
Press MUSIC repeatedly.
PROGRAM
PROGRAM MUTE MUTE MUTE V VOLUME OLUME
Selecting a surround decoder (p.45)
ON SCREEN
TOP MENU TOP MENU POP-UP/MENU POP-UP/MENU
Press SUR.DECODE repeatedly.
ON
OPTION OPTION
SCREEN
Switching to the straight decode mode (p.44)
Cursor keys
ENTER
Press STRAIGHT.
ENTER
RETURN RETURN DISPLAY DISPLAY
Switching to the Pure Direct mode (p.45)
BAND BAND
MODE MODE
Press PURE DIRECT.
TUNING TUNING PRESET PRESET
MOVIE
SUR. DECODE STRAIGHT MUSIC
Enable Compressed Music Enhancer (p.46)
MOVIE MUSIC
SUR.DECODE
ENHANCER PURE DIRECT
Press ENHANCER.
INFO INFO SLEEP SLEEP
STRAIGHT
ENHANCER
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PURE DIRECT
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MEMORY MEMORY
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TV TV
INPUT INPUT
TV VO TV VOL L T TV CH V CH
MUTE MUTE CODE SET CODE SET

Selecting the sound mode

On-screen sound program/surround decoder selection
a Press ON SCREEN.
b Use the cursor keys to select "Sound Program" and press
ENTER.
c Use the cursor keys to select a sound program/surround
decoder and press ENTER.
• You can also switch the sound programs and surround decoder by pressing
PROGRAM.
• You can change the settings of the surround programs and surround decoders in
the "Sound Program" menu (p.76).
• The sound mode can be applied separately to each input source.
• When you play back audio signals with a sampling rate of higher than 96 kHz, the
straight decode mode (p.44) is automatically selected.
• You can check which speakers are currently outputting sound by looking at the
speaker indicators on the unit's front panel (p.9) or at the "Audio Signal" screen in
the "Information" menu (p.94).
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