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Listening to your system
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06 Listening to your system Chapter 6: Listening to your system Important • Certain features explained in this section will not be possible depending on the source (for example, PCM 88.2 / 96kHz, DTS 96kHz (24 bit) or WMA 9 Pro sources). Auto playback There are many ways to listen back to sources using this receiver, but for 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.1 CH CH RECEIVER CONTROL STANDARD ADV.SURR STEREO SLEEP MIDNIGHT/ ACOUSTIC LOUDNESS DIALOGE EQ INPUTATT SHIFT EFFECT /CH SEL LEVEL • While listening to a source, press STEREO for auto playback of a source. Press repeatedly until AUTO SURR. 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 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 you connected surround back speakers, see also Using the surround back channel (Extended mode) on page 39.2 The following modes provide basic surround sound for stereo and multichannel sources. CH CH RECEIVER CONTROL STANDARD ADV.SURR STEREO SLEEP MIDNIGHT/ ACOUSTIC LOUDNESS DIALOGE EQ INPUTATT SHIFT EFFECT /CH SEL LEVEL • While listening to a source, press STANDARD. If necessary, press repeatedly to select a listening mode. • If the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround encoded, the proper decoding format will automatically be selected and shows in the display.3 With two channel sources, you can select from: • 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE - Up to 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to movie sources Note 1 • Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded accordingly using Neo:6 CINEMA or 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE (see Listening in surround sound above for more on these decoding formats). • The Auto Surround feature is canceled if you connect headphones or select the multichannel analog inputs. 2 If the Extended mode (page 39) is switched to OFF, or the surround back speakers are set to NO (this happens automatically if the Surround back speaker setting on page 43 is set to anything but SB NORM.), 2 Pro Logic IIx becomes 2 Pro Logic II (5.1 channel sound). 3 If the Extended mode (page 39) is switched to OFF, or the surround back speakers are set to NO (page 42), 2 Pro Logic IIx becomes 2 Pro Logic II (5.1 channel sound). 34 En