Stereo Mode - Emotiva XMC-1 User Manual

• Bass management IS available and the subwoofer IS active.
• 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 available for both analog and digital inputs.
• Stereo digital signals are presented directly to the processor.
• Stereo analog input signals are converted to digital and passed to the processor.
• Surround sound digital signals are decoded, and passed to the processor.
• Multi-channel discrete digital signals (like multi-PCM) are passed directly to the processor.
• All signals receive bass management - but no other processing.
• If an LFE signal is present, and one or two subwoofers are also present, the LFE content
will be routed to the subs along with low-frequency content from the main channels
(as determined by the bass management settings).

Stereo Mode

Stereo Mode provides a full complement of processing and control options - with a stereo output.
In Stereo Mode:
• The output is always TWO CHANNEL STEREO.
• Bass management IS available and the subwoofer IS active.
• Loudness Control, the Tone Controls, and the Tone Trims are active.
• Dirac Live and the manual Parametric EQ Presets are active.
• Level Trims are active.
• Speaker Distance adjustments are available for both analog and digital inputs.
• Stereo digital signals are presented directly to the processor.
• Stereo analog input signals are converted to digital and passed to the processor.
• Surround sound digital signals are decoded, down-mixed to stereo, and passed to the
processor.
• Multi-channel discrete digital signals (like multi-PCM) are down-mixed to stereo and passed
to the processor.
• If an LFE signal is present, and one or two subwoofers are also present, the LFE content
will be routed to the subs along with low-frequency content from the main channels
(as determined by the bass management settings).
All Stereo Mode
All Stereo Mode provides a full complement of processing and control options - with a stereo
output. In addition, the left signal is routed to all left side speakers and the right signal is routed to
all right side speakers for a "room filling" experience. In All Stereo Mode:
• The output is always TWO CHANNEL STEREO - routed to all speakers.
• The left channel is routed to all left side speakers; the right channel to all right side speakers;
and the center channel speaker receives a mix of left and right.
Operating the XMC-1
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