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Listening to your system
Chapter 4:
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.
While listening to a source, press the listening mode
button repeatedly to select a listening mode you want.
BD MENU
AUTO/
ALC/
DIRECT
STEREO
STANDARD
ADV SURR
AUDIO
TUNER EDIT
MASTER
PARAMETER
TOOLS
VOLUME
DISPLAY
BAND
TUNER EDIT
TUNE
AUTO SURROUND/
ALC/
ADVANCED
STREAM DIRECT
STANDARD SURR
SURROUND
STEREO
• 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.
Auto playback
AUTO SURROUND/
AUTO/
STREAM DIRECT
DIRECT
The simplest, most direct listening option is the AUTO
SURROUND feature. With this, the receiver automatically
detects what kind of source you're playing and selects
multichannel or stereo playback as necessary.
• Press AUTO/DIRECT repeatedly until AUTO SURROUND
shows briefly in the display (it will then show the decoding
or playback format). Check the digital format indicators in
the display to see how the source is being processed.
Note
• Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded
accordingly using NEO:6 CINEMA or DOLBY PLIIx
MOVIE (see Listening in surround sound below for more
on these decoding formats).
Listening in surround sound
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.
When you select STEREO ALC (Auto Level Control stereo
mode), this unit equalizes playback sound levels if each
sound level varies with the music source recorded in a
portable audio player.
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
SOUND
RETRIEVER
Digital and DTS multichannel sources are downmixed to
stereo.
The following modes provide basic surround sound for stereo
and multichannel sources.
Explanatory notes
No: No connected / Yes: Connected / Two: Two speakers are
connected / –: Whether connected or no
Type of surround
modes
Two channel sources
STEREO ALC
DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE
DOLBY PLII MOVIE
b
DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC
b
DOLBY PLII MUSIC
DOLBY PLIIx GAME
DOLBY PLII GAME
ALC/
ALC/
STANDARD SURR
STANDARD
Surround
Suitable sources
back
speaker(s)
See above.
–
Movie
a
Yes
No
Music
a
Yes
No
Video games
a
Yes
No
Type of surround
Suitable sources
modes
Movie
c
NEO:6 CINEMA
Music
c
NEO:6 MUSIC
Old movies
DOLBY PRO LOGIC
No additional effects
d
Straight Decode
See above.
e
STEREO
Multichannel sources
See above.
STEREO ALC
Movie
DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE
DOLBY PLII MOVIE
Music
b
DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC
b
DOLBY PLII MUSIC
Movie/Music
DOLBY DIGITAL EX
Movie/Music
DTS-ES
Movie/Music
DTS NEO:6
No additional effects
Straight Decode
d
See above.
e
STEREO
a. If surround back channel processing (page 23) is switched off,
or the surround back speakers are set to NO, DOLBY PLIIx
becomes DOLBY PLII (5.1 channel sound).
b. You can also adjust the C.WIDTH, DIMEN., and PNRM. effect
(see Setting the Audio options on page 23).
c. You can also adjust the C.IMG effect (see Setting the Audio
options on page 23).
d. This mode can only be selected when surround back channel
processing (page 23) is switched off.
e. • You can choose the STEREO mode by using STEREO button.
• The audio is heard with your surround settings and you can
still use the Midnight, Loudness, Phase Control, Sound
Retriever and Tone functions.
Note
• In modes that give 6.1 channel sound, the same signal is
heard from both surround back speakers.
04
04
Surround
back
speaker(s)
–
–
–
–
–
–
a
Two
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
–
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