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.
• 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
MOVIE
(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 33 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
ADV SURR
AUTO/
DIRECT
AUDIO
PARAMETER
TUNER EDIT
TOOLS
MASTER
VOLUME
BD MENU
ALC/
STANDARD
STEREO
iPod iPhone iPad
DIRECT CONTROL
SOUND
RETRIEVER AIR
ADVANCED
SURROUND
DISPLAY
BAND
TUNER EDIT
TUNE
ALC/
STANDARD SURR
AUTO SURROUND/
STREAM DIRECT
AUTO/
DIRECT
AUTO SURROUND/
STREAM DIRECT
ALC/
STANDARD
ALC/
STANDARD SURR
Type of surround
modes
Suitable sources
S
urround back
sp
eaker(s)
F
ront height
sp
eakers
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
a
No
DOLBY PLII MOVIE
No
–
DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC
b
Music
Two
a
No
DOLBY PLII MUSIC
b
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.
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