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06 Listening to your system • If the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround encoded, the proper decoding format will automatically be selected and shows in the display.1 With two channel sources, you can select from: • 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE - Up to 7.1 channel (surround back) sound, especially suited to movie sources • 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC - Up to 7.1 channel (surround back) sound, especially suited to music sources2 • 2 Pro Logic IIx GAME - Up to 7.1 channel (surround back) sound, especially suited to video games • 2 Pro Logic - 4.1 channel surround sound (sound from the surround speakers is mono) • 2 Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT - Up to 7.1 channel (front height) sound3 • WIDE SURROUND MOVIE - Up to 7.1 channel (front wide) sound, especially suited to movie sources4 • WIDE SURROUND MUSIC - Up to 7.1 channel (front wide) sound, especially suited to music sources4 • Neo:6 CINEMA - Up to 7.1 channel (surround back) sound, especially suited to movie sources5 • Neo:6 MUSIC - Up to 7.1 channel (surround back) sound, especially suited to music sources5 • NEURAL SURR - Up to 7.1 channel (surround back) sound, especially suited to music sources6 With multichannel sources, if you have connected surround back, front height or front wide speakers, you can select (according to format): • 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE - See above • 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC - See above • Dolby Digital EX - Creates surround back channel sound for 5.1 channel sources and provides pure decoding for 6.1 channel sources (like Dolby Digital Surround EX) • DTS-ES - Allows you to hear 6.1 channel playback with DTS-ES encoded sources • DTS Neo:6 - Allows you to hear 6.1 channel playback with DTS encoded sources • 2 Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT - See above3 • WIDE SURROUND MOVIE - See above4 • WIDE SURROUND MUSIC - See above4 • Straight Decode - Plays back without the effects above. Note 1 If the surround back speakers are not connected or V.SB is switched OFF, 2 Pro Logic IIx becomes 2 Pro Logic II (5.1 channel sound). 2 When listening to 2-channel sources in Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music mode, there are three further parameters you can adjust: C.WIDTH, DIMENSION and PANORAMA. See Setting the Audio options on page 72 to adjust them. 3 • This mode can only be selected when Speaker System is set to Normal(SB/FH). • When listening in 2 Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT mode, you can also adjust the HEIGHT GAIN effect (see Setting the Audio options on page 72). 4 This mode can only be selected when Speaker System is set to Normal(SB/FW). 5 When listening to 2-channel sources in Neo:6 Cinema or Neo:6 Music mode, you can also adjust the center image effect (see Setting the Audio options on page 72). 6 NEURAL SURR can be selected for 2-channel signals for which the input signal is PCM (48 kHz or less), Dolby Digital, DTS or analog 2-channel sources. 62 En

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Listening to your system
06
62
En
If the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby
Surround encoded, the proper decoding
format will automatically be selected and
shows in the display.
1
With two channel sources
, you can select from:
2
Pro Logic IIx MOVIE
– Up to 7.1
channel (surround back) sound, especially
suited to movie sources
2
Pro Logic IIx MUSIC
– Up to 7.1
channel (surround back) sound, especially
suited to music sources
2
2
Pro Logic IIx GAME
– Up to 7.1 channel
(surround back) sound, especially suited to
video games
2
Pro Logic
– 4.1 channel surround
sound (sound from the surround speakers
is mono)
2
Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT
– Up to 7.1
channel (front height) sound
3
WIDE SURROUND MOVIE
– Up to 7.1
channel (front wide) sound, especially
suited to movie sources
4
WIDE SURROUND MUSIC
– Up to 7.1
channel (front wide) sound, especially
suited to music sources
4
Neo:6 CINEMA
– Up to 7.1 channel
(surround back) sound, especially suited to
movie sources
5
Neo:6 MUSIC
– Up to 7.1 channel
(surround back) sound, especially suited to
music sources
5
NEURAL SURR
– Up to 7.1 channel
(surround back) sound, especially suited to
music sources
6
With multichannel sources, if you have
connected surround back, front height or front
wide speakers
, you can select (according to
format):
2
Pro Logic IIx MOVIE
– See above
2
Pro Logic IIx MUSIC
– See above
Dolby Digital EX
– Creates surround back
channel sound for 5.1 channel sources and
provides pure decoding for 6.1 channel
sources (like Dolby Digital Surround EX)
DTS-ES
– Allows you to hear 6.1 channel
playback with DTS-ES encoded sources
DTS Neo:6
– Allows you to hear 6.1
channel playback with DTS encoded
sources
2
Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT
– See above
3
WIDE SURROUND MOVIE
– See above
4
WIDE SURROUND MUSIC
– See above
4
Straight Decode – Plays back without the
effects above.
Note
1 If the surround back speakers are not connected or
V.SB
is switched
OFF
,
2
Pro Logic IIx
becomes
2
Pro Logic II
(5.1 channel sound).
2 When listening to 2-channel sources in Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music mode, there are three further parameters you can
adjust:
C.WIDTH
,
DIMENSION
and
PANORAMA
. See
Setting the Audio options
on page 72 to adjust them.
3•
This mode can only be selected when
Speaker System
is set to
Normal(SB/FH)
.
• When listening in
2
Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT
mode, you can also adjust the
HEIGHT GAIN
effect (see
Setting the
Audio options
on page 72).
4
This mode can only be selected when
Speaker System
is set to
Normal(SB/FW)
.
5 When listening to 2-channel sources in Neo:6 Cinema or Neo:6 Music mode, you can also adjust the center image
effect (see
Setting the Audio options
on page 72).
6
NEURAL SURR
can be selected for 2-channel signals for which the input signal is PCM (48 kHz or less), Dolby Digital,
DTS or analog 2-channel sources.