Enjoying Favorite Sound Field Effect; Selecting Sound Programs And Sound Decoders; Enjoying Surround Sound With The Cinema Dsp Function - Yamaha RX-A2000 Owner's Manual

Enjoying favorite sound field effect

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
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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V-AUX Selecting sound programs and
AUDIO
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sound decoders
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DOCK TUNER SIRIUS [ A ]
This unit offers sound programs in many different
categories suitable for movies, music and other uses.
Choose a sound program that sounds best with the
f
PROGRAM
source you are playing back, rather than relying on the
name or explanation of the program.
Sound programs are stored for each input source.
When you change the input source, the sound
program previously selected for that input source is
applied again.
Selecting sound program
CLASSICAL category: Press
J1
repeatedly
LIVE
CLASSICAL ENTERTAIN
CLUB
LIVE/CLUB category: Press
s
MOVIE STEREO STRAIGHT
J1
repeatedly
PURE
DIRECT
ENTERTAIN category: Press
J1
repeatedly
MOVIE category: Press
Selecting stereo reproduction
sSTEREO
Press
Selecting surround decoder:
tSUR. DECODE
Press
t
SUR.
ENHANCER
DECODE
CATEGORY
Turning on Straight decoding mode
sSTRAIGHT
Press
TUN./CH
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1 : A sound program, stereo reproduction option or sound decoder
can also be selected by pressing
Turning on Pure Direct Mode
Press
Turning on Compressed Music Enhancer
(☞p.
Press
(☞p. 54):
sCLASSICAL
sLIVE/CLUB
sENTERTAIN
sMOVIE J1
repeatedly
(☞p. 53):
J1
repeatedly
J1
repeatedly
(☞p. 52):
J
f
PROGRAM k / n.
(☞p. 53):
sPURE DIRECT
53):
tENHANCER
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. 105).
2 : 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.
PLAYBACK
Enjoying surround sound with the
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
VOLUME
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
automatically when Surround is set to "None" in
J2
Configuration (☞p. 113).
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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
J3
CINEMA mode).
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3 : 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.
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