Input Signal Formats & Listening Modes - Onkyo TX-L55 Instruction Manual

Using the Listening Modes —Continued
Input Signal Formats & Listening Modes
The following table lists all of the listening modes and indicates which ones can be used with each signal format.
About the "Speakers necessary" Column
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2 or more: can be selected with any speaker setup.
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3 or more: can be selected only if you're using a center speaker or surround speaker.
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4 or more: can be selected only if you're using surround speakers.
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With surr bk: can be selected only if you're using a surround back speaker.
❍❍ : can be selected if the Dolby Digital/DTS setting is set to "On" (see page 43).
❍ : can be selected if the Dolby Digital/DTS setting is set to either "On" or "Auto" (see page 43).
Input signal format
Mode
Listening mode
button
[DIRECT] Direct
Stereo
Main+Sub
Main
Sub
3
PLII movie
3
PLII music
3
PLII game
PLIIx movie
PLIIx music
PLIIx game
Neo:6 Cinema
Neo:6 Music
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital EX
DTS
DTS 96/24
DTS-ES Discrete
DTS-ES Matrix
DTS+Neo:6
DTS+Dolby EX
Mono
Orchestra
Unplugged
Studio-Mix
TV Logic
All Ch St
1. For DTS 96 kHz/24-bit material, if the listening mode is Stereo or DTS 96/24, audio is processed at 96 kHz. For all other listening
modes, it's processed at 48 kHz.
2. "DTS96Stereo" will appear on the display.
3. If you're using surround back speakers, the Dolby Pro Logic IIx modes will be used instead.
Tip: To check the format of the input signal, see "Displaying Source Information" on page 46.
What to Do If You Can't Select a Listening Mode
• Is the source component connected digitally? The
Dolby Digital and DTS listening modes can be
selected only if your DVD player is connected to the
TX-L55 with a digital audio (coaxial or optical) con-
nection (see page 23).
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PCM
PCM/analog
96 kHz
Input source Cassette, CD,
DVD 96k/
video, radio,
Speakers
24bit, etc
TV, LD, etc
necessary
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2 or more
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3 or more
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With surr bk
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3 or more
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4 or more
3 or more
With surr bk
3 or more
3 or more
With surr bk
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2 or more
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4 or more
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4 or more
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4 or more
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4 or more
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4 or more
Dolby Digital
3/2.1, 2/0 1/0 3/2.1,
etc (stereo) (mono) etc
DVD-Video, etc DVD-Video, LD, CD, etc
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❍❍ ● ❍❍
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❍
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❍❍
❍❍
• The Dolby Digital or DTS listening modes can be
selected only when the input signal is Dolby Digital or
DTS, respectively.
• Check the digital output settings on the source compo-
nent. If the digital output is set to PCM, change it so
that other signal formats can be output as well.
DTS
2/0
1
DTS-ES
96/24
(stereo)
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❍
(Discrete)
❍
(Matrix)
❍❍
❍❍