Onkyo HT-R397, Operating Instructions Manual

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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.
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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.
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.
The following modes provide basic surround sound for stereo
and multichannel sources.
a. You can also adjust the C.WIDTH , DIMEN. , and PNRM. effect
(see Setting the Audio options on page 23 ).
b. You can also adjust the C.IMG effect (see Setting the Audio
options on page 23 ).
Playing back in the STEREO mode
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.
When the headphones are connected,
STEREO can only be
selected.
Using the DSP
The DSP feature creates a variety of surround effects. Try
different modes with various soundtracks to see which you
like.
Using Direct
Use the Direct modes when you want to hear the truest
possible reproduction of a source. All unnecessary signal
processing is bypassed.
SURR SURR
TREBLE TREBLE
DSP DSP
C D TUN T V B D/DVD STRM BOX CBL /SAT GAME
SURROUND STEREO BLUETOOTH
LISTENING MODE
HOME DSP
Type of surround modes Suitable sources
Two channel sources
DOLBY PLII MOVIE Movie
DOLBY PLII MUSIC
a
Music
DOLBY PLII GAME Video games
NEO:6 CINEMA
b Movie
NEO:6 MUSIC
b Music
Multichannel sources
Straight Decode No additional effects
SURROUND
SURR
All Ch Stereo Gives multichannel sound to a stereo
source, using all of your speakers.
TV Logic Designed for movies with lots of dialog.
Game-Action Designed for action movies with dynamic
soundtracks.
Game-RPG Suitable for video games.
Game-Sports Suitable for sports programs.
Game-Rock Creates a live concert sound for rock and/
or pop music.
Orchestra Gives a large concert hall-type sound.
DIRECT Sources are heard according to the
settings made in the Manual SP Setup
(speaker setting, X.Over, channel level,
speaker distance), as well as with dual
mono settings. You will hear sources
according to the number of channels in the
signal.
A/V SYNC, Fixed PCM, HDMI Audio and
Auto Delay functions are available.
STEREO
STEREO
DSP DSP
DSP