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Listening to your system

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Chapter 5 Listening to your system Choosing the listening mode This receiver offers a variety of listening modes to accommodate playback of various audio formats. Choose one according to your speaker environment or the source.  While listening to a source, press the listening mode button repeatedly to select a listening mode you want. Note • Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded accordingly using NEO:6 CINEMA or DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC (see Listening in surround sound below for more on these decoding formats). • When listening to the ADAPTER input, the S.R AIR feature is selected automatically (see Using the Advanced surround on page 35 for more on this). AUDIO PARAMETER TUNE TOOLS MENU • The listening mode is shown on the display on the front panel. Important • The listening modes and many features described in this section may not be available depending on the current source, settings and status of the receiver. Auto playback AUTO/ DIRECT AUTO SURROUND/ STREAM DIRECT The simplest, most direct listening option is the AUTO SURROUND feature. With this, the receiver automatically detects what kind of source you're playing and selects multichannel or stereo playback as necessary. • Press AUTO/DIRECT repeatedly until AUTO SURROUND shows briefly in the display (it will then show the decoding or playback format). Check the digital format indicators in the display to see how the source is being processed. Listening in surround sound ALC/ STANDARD ALC/ STANDARD SURR Using this receiver, you can listen to any source in surround sound. However, the options available will depend on your speaker setup and the type of source you're listening to. • If the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround encoded, the proper decoding format will automatically be selected and shows in the display. When you select STEREO ALC (Auto Level Control stereo mode), this unit equalizes playback sound levels if each sound level varies with the music source recorded in a portable audio player. When you select STEREO, you will hear the source through just the front left and right speakers (and possibly your subwoofer depending on your speaker settings). Dolby Digital and DTS multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo. The following modes provide basic surround sound for stereo and multichannel sources. Explanatory notes No: No connected / Yes: Connected / Two: Two speakers are connected / -: Whether connected or no Type of surround modes Suitable sources Two channel sources STEREO ALC DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE DOLBY PLII MOVIE DOLBY PLIIx MUSICb DOLBY PLII MUSICb DOLBY PLIIx GAME DOLBY PLII GAME DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHTc NEO:6 CINEMAd NEO:6 MUSICd DOLBY PRO LOGIC Straight Decodee STEREOf See above. Movie Music Video games Movie/Music Movie Music Old movies No additional effects See above. Multichannel sources STEREO ALC DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE DOLBY PLIIx MUSICb DOLBY DIGITAL EX DTS-ES DTS NEO:6 DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT Straight Decodee STEREOf See above. Movie Music Movie/Music Movie/Music Movie/Music Movie/Music No additional effects See above. Surround back speaker(s) Front height speakers - - Yesa No No - Yesa No No - Yesa No No - No Yes - - - - - - No - - - - - Two No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes - - - - 4 7 62 34

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Listening to your system
Choosing the listening mode
This receiver offers a variety of listening modes to
accommodate playback of various audio formats. Choose one
according to your speaker environment or the source.
While listening to a source, press the listening mode
button repeatedly to select a listening mode you want.
The listening mode is shown on the display on the front
panel.
Important
The listening modes and many features described in this
section may not be available depending on the current
source, settings and status of the receiver.
Auto playback
The simplest, most direct listening option is the
AUTO
SURROUND
feature. With this, the receiver automatically
detects what kind of source you’re playing and selects
multichannel or stereo playback as necessary.
Press
AUTO/DIRECT
repeatedly until
AUTO SURROUND
shows briefly in the display (it will then show the decoding
or playback format). Check the digital format indicators in
the display to see how the source is being processed.
Note
Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded accordingly
using
NEO:6 CINEMA
or
DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC
(see
Listening in surround sound
below
for more on these
decoding formats).
When listening to the
ADAPTER
input, the
S.R AIR
feature
is selected automatically (see
Using the Advanced surround
on page 35
for more on this).
Listening in surround sound
Using this receiver, you can listen to any source in surround
sound. However, the options available will depend on your
speaker setup and the type of source you’re listening to.
If the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround
encoded, the proper decoding format will automatically be
selected and shows in the display.
When you select
STEREO ALC
(Auto Level Control stereo
mode), this unit equalizes playback sound levels if each sound
level varies with the music source recorded in a portable
audio player.
When you select
STEREO
, you will hear the source through
just the front left and right speakers (and possibly your
subwoofer depending on your speaker settings). Dolby Digital
and DTS multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo.
The following modes provide basic surround sound for stereo
and multichannel sources.
Explanatory notes
No: No connected / Yes: Connected / Two: Two speakers are
connected / –: Whether connected or no
AUDIO
PARAMETER
MENU
TOOLS
T
U
N
E
AUTO/
DIRECT
AUTO SURROUND
/
STREAM DIRECT
ALC/
STANDARD
ALC/
STANDARD SURR
Type of surround
modes
Suitable sources
Surround back speaker(s)
Front height speakers
Two channel sources
STEREO ALC
See above.
DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE
Movie
Yes
a
No
DOLBY PLII MOVIE
No
DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC
b
Music
Yes
a
No
DOLBY PLII MUSIC
b
No
DOLBY PLIIx GAME
Video games
Yes
a
No
DOLBY PLII GAME
No
DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT
c
Movie/Music
No
Yes
NEO:6 CINEMA
d
Movie
NEO:6 MUSIC
d
Music
DOLBY PRO LOGIC
Old movies
Straight Decode
e
No additional effects
No
STEREO
f
See above.
Multichannel sources
STEREO ALC
See above.
DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE
Movie
Two
No
DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC
b
Music
Yes
No
DOLBY DIGITAL EX
Movie/Music
Yes
No
DTS-ES
Movie/Music
Yes
No
DTS NEO:6
Movie/Music
Yes
No
DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT
Movie/Music
No
Yes
Straight Decode
e
No additional effects
STEREO
f
See above.