Emotiva XMC-1 User Manual page 18

Audio Modes
Reference Stereo Mode
Reference Stereo Mode provides the purest listening experience, with the fewest options for
processing or modifying the signal.
In Reference Stereo Mode:
• The output is always TWO CHANNEL STEREO.
• There is NO bass management, and NOTHING is sent to the subwoofer.
• You CANNOT use the Loudness Control, or the Tone Presets, or the Tone Trims.
• You CANNOT use Dirac Live or the manual Parametric EQ Presets.
• Level Trims, which operate in the analog domain, are still available.
• Speaker Distance adjustments are active for digital inputs but not for analog inputs.
• Stereo analog input signals are passed straight to the Volume Control and the outputs.
• Stereo digital input signals are converted to analog then sent to the Volume Control.
• Surround sound digital signals are decoded, mixed down to stereo (the Center Channel and
LFE signals, if present, are mixed into the stereo output), and converted to analog.
Note: Because Reference stereo Mode does not include bass management, care should be
used when playing "small" speakers in this mode. Reference stereo Mode CANNoT be selected
using the "Mode Up/Down" buttons, but can be selected as the current mode in the Main Zone
Configuration Menu, and can be configured as the default mode for an input.
Note: Reference stereo Mode may also be accessed directly from the front panel controls by
pressing the Audio button while pressing and holDING the Enter button.
Note: When using the Analog 7.1 Channel Inputs, the oNly available mode is Analog Bypass,
which passes the incoming analog channels directly to the output with no processing or bass
management. In this mode, the lfE channel will be routed to both subs if you have two subs
configured.
Note: In Reference stereo Mode and Direct Mode, you cannot use plIIx or any other post
processing mode intended to "enhance" the audio signal. Decoding is limited to converting
digital surround signals to analog using the highest quality, purest decoding method possible.
Direct Mode
Direct Mode provides a relatively pure listening experience, and eliminates most processing, but
still retains bass management.
In Direct Mode:
• The output contains the same number of channels as the input signal.
• No extra channels are synthesized; if the output channel that corresponds to a given input
channel is not present, that channel signal is mixed into the appropriate available
channels.
Operating the XMC-1
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