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ENGLISH
Standard playback
n
Surround playback of 2-channel sources
1
Playing the source (
v
page 21
–
25).
2
Press
STANDARD
to select the
surround decoder to play back
multichannel sound.
• Each time
STANDARD
is pressed, the surround mode is switched.
Which decoder can be selected depends on the settings of “Amp
Assign” (
v
page 55) or “Speaker Config.” (
v
page 55).
DOLBY PL
g
z
z
1
This mode is for 7.1-channel surround playback
using the front height speakers.
• “PL
g
z Height” is displayed.
DOLBY PL
g
x
z
2
This mode is for 7.1-channel or 6.1-channel
surround playback using the surround back
speakers.
• “PL
g
x Cinema”, “PL
g
x Music”or “PL
g
x Game”
is displayed.
DOLBY PL
g
This mode is for 5.1-channel surround playback.
Select this mode if no front height speaker nor
surround back speaker is to be used.
• “PL
g
Cinema”, “PL
g
Music”, “PL
g
Game” or
“Pro Logic” is displayed.
DTS NEO:6
This mode is for 7.1-channel, 6.1-channel or
5.1-channel surround playback using the surround
back speakers.
• “DTS NEO:6 cinema” or “DTS NEO:6 music” is
displayed.
z
1 This can be selected when “Amp Assign” is set to “Front
Height” or “Speaker Config.” – “F.Height” is not set to “None”.
z
2 This can be selected when “Amp Assign” is set to “Normal” or
“Speaker Config.” – “S.Back” is not set to “None”.
Selecting a listening mode (Surround mode)
This unit can play input audio signals in multi-channel surround mode or in stereo mode.
Select a listening mode suitable for the playback contents (cinema, music, etc.) or according to your liking.
Listening Mode
Input audio
signal
Playback
Listening mode
2-channel
Multi channel
Surround
Standard playback
(
v
page 26)
For 2-channel signal input:
• Surround-channel signals are created and played with surround playback.
For multichannel signal input:
• The surround signal recorded in source is played as surround playback.
(The sound is played according to the settings of the speaker size in
“Speaker Config.” (
v
page 55).)
• Surround-back-channel or front-height-channel signals that are not
recorded in source can be created.
2-channel
Multi channel
Surround
DENON original
surround playback
(
v
page 28)
The surround effects suitable for the source type or according to your
liking can be selected from the DENON original sound mode and is used
for playback.
2-channel
Multi channel
Stereo
Stereo playback
(
v
page 28)
• If multichannel signals are input, they are mixed down to 2-channel audio
and are played.
• Subwoofer signals are also output.
2-channel
Multi channel
Stereo
Surround
Direct playback
(
v
page 28)
Sound recorded in source is played as is.
• Surround back signals or front height signals are not created.
• In this mode, the following items cannot be adjusted.
• Tone (
v
page 51)
• MultEQ® (
v
page 52)
• Dynamic EQ® (
v
page 52)
• Dynamic Volume™ (
v
page 53)
• RESTORER (
v
page 54)
If a “Small” speaker is used, playback in “Standard playback” mode is
recommended.
2-channel
Multi channel
Stereo
Surround
Pure direct playback
(
v
page 28)
This mode is for playback in higher sound quality than in “Direct playback”
mode. The following circuits that affect sound quality are set to off.
• Main unit’s display circuit (The display is turned off.)
• Analog video input/output circuit
• Some listening modes cannot be selected, depending on the audio format or number of channels of the input
signal. For details, see “Types of input signals, and corresponding surround modes” (
v
page 75).
• Adjust the sound field effect with the menu “Surround Parameter” (
v
page 50) to enjoy your favorite sound
mode.
• You can select the listening mode by pressing
SURROUND MODE
0
or
SURROUND MODE
1
on the main unit.
Press
SURROUND MODE
0
or
SURROUND MODE
1
and the modes are switched as shown below.
z
Set the Pure direct mode using the
remote control unit.
DIRECT
STEREO
STANDARD
MULTI CH STEREO
ROCK ARENA
MONO MOVIE
JAZZ CLUB
VIDEO GAME
MATRIX
VIRTUAL
