Selecting A Listening Mode (Surround Mode); Standard Playback - Denon AVR-991 Owner's Manual

Selecting a listening mode (Surround mode)

This unit can play input audio signals in multi-channel surround mode or in stereo mode.
Select a listening mode suitable for the playback contents (cinema, music, etc.) or according to your liking.
Listening mode
Input audio
Playback
signal
2-channel
Surround
Multi channel
2-channel
Surround
Multi channel
2-channel
Stereo
Multi channel
2-channel Stereo
Multi channel Surround
2-channel Stereo
Surround
Multi channel
• Some listening modes cannot be selected, depending on the audio format or number of channels of the
input signal. For details, see "Types of input signals, and corresponding surround modes" (vpage 101).
• Adjust the sound field effect with the menu "Surround Parameter" (vpage 71) to enjoy your favorite sound
mode.
• You can select the listening mode by pressing
unit.
SURROUND MODE 0 SURROUND MODE 1
Press or
DIRECT STEREO STANDARD
VIRTUAL MATRIX VIDEO GAME
Listening mode
For 2-channel signal input:
• Surround-channel signals are created and played with surround playback.
For multichannel signal input:

Standard playback

• The surround signal recorded in source is played as surround playback.
(vpage 43) (The sound is played according to the settings of the speaker size in
"Speaker Config." (vpage 77).)
• Surround-back-channel or front-height-channel signals that are not
recorded in source can be created.
DENON original The surround effects suitable for the source type or according to your
surround playback liking can be selected from the DENON original sound mode and is used
(vpage 45) for playback.
• If multichannel signals are input, they are mixed down to 2-channel audio
Stereo playback
and are played.
(vpage 45)
• Subwoofer signals are also output.
Sound recorded in source is played as is.
• Surround back signals or front height signals are not created.
• In this mode, the following items cannot be adjusted.
Direct playback
• Tone (vpage 73)
(vpage 45)
• Dynamic EQ ® (vpage 74)
• RESTORER (vpage 76)
This mode is for playback in higher sound quality than in "Direct playback"
mode. The following circuits that affect sound quality are set to off.
Pure direct playback
(vpage 45) • Main unit's display circuit (The display is turned off.)
• Analog video input/output circuit
SURROUND MODE 0 SURROUND MODE 1
or
and the modes are switched as shown below.
MULTI CH STEREO ROCK ARENA
MONO MOVIE JAZZ CLUB
• MultEQ ® XT (vpage 73)
• Dynamic Volume ® (vpage 74)
on the main
z Set the Pure direct mode using the
remote control unit.
Standard playback
n Surround playback of 2-channel sources
1
Playing the source (vpage 24 –
42).
2
Press STANDARD to select the
surround decoder to play back
multichannel sound.
STANDARD
• Each time is pressed, the surround mode is switched.
Which decoder can be selected depends on the settings of "Amp
Assign" (vpage 77) or "Speaker Config." (vpage 77).
DOLBY PLgz z1 This mode is for 7.1-channel surround playback
using the front height speakers.
• "PLgz Height" is displayed.
DOLBY PLgx This mode is for 7.1-channel or 6.1-channel
z2
surround playback using the surround back
speakers.
• "PLgx Cinema", "PLgx Music"or "PLgx Game"
is displayed.
DOLBY PLg This mode is for 5.1-channel surround playback.
Select this mode if no front height speaker nor
surround back speaker is to be used.
• "PLg Cinema", "PLg Music", "PLg Game" or
"Pro Logic" is displayed.
DTS NEO:6
This mode is for 7.1-channel, 6.1-channel or
5.1-channel surround playback using the surround
back speakers.
• "DTS NEO:6 cinema" or "DTS NEO:6 music" is
displayed.
z1 This can be selected when "Amp Assign" is set to "Normal" or
"Speaker Config." – "F.Height" is not set to "None".
z2 This can be selected when "Amp Assign" is set to "Normal" or
"Speaker Config." – "S.Back" is not set to "None".
ENGLISH
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