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Night listening modes
The night listening modes are designed to improve
listenability at lower volumes or at night. Choose either
NIGHT:CINEMA or NIGHT:MUSIC depending on the
type of material you are playing.
Press NIGHT on the remote control repeatedly to
select cinema or music.
When night listening is selected, the NIGHT indicator in
the front panel display lights up.
• Select NIGHT:CINEMA when watching films to reduce the
dynamic range of film soundtracks and make dialog easier to
hear at lower volumes.
• Select NIGHT:MUSIC when listening to music sources to
preserve ease-of-listening for all sounds.
• Select OFF if you do not want to use this function.
Press / to adjust the effect level while
NIGHT:CINEMA or NIGHT:MUSIC is displayed.
This adjusts the level of compression.
Effect.Lvl:MID
• Select MIN for minimum compression.
• Select MID for standard compression.
• Select MAX for maximum compression.
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NIGHT:CINEMA and NIGHT:MUSIC adjustments are stored
independently.
• You cannot use the night listening modes with the Direct Stereo
program (even though the NIGHT indicator lights up when
Direct Stereo is selected).
• The night listening modes may vary in effectiveness depending
on the input source and surround sound settings you use.
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Downmixing to 2 channels
You can enjoy 2-channel stereo playback even from multi-
channel sources.
Press DSP, then rotate VOLUME/SELECT (or
press STEREO on the remote control) to select
2ch Stereo.
2ch Stereo
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• You can use a subwoofer with this program when SWFR or
BOTH is selected in “BASS OUT”.
• You can enjoy pure high fidelity sound from 2-channel sources
when “Direct Stereo” is selected (see page 34).
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Listening to unprocessed input signals
In STRAIGHT mode, two channel stereo sources are
output from only the front left and right speakers. Multi-
channel sources are decoded straight into the appropriate
channels without any additional effect processing.
Press STRAIGHT/EFFECT to select STRAIGHT.
STRAIGHT
Press STRAIGHT/EFFECT again so that “STRAIGHT”
disappears from the display when you want to turn the
sound effect back on.
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NIGHT
Remote control
ENTER
Remote control
VOLUME/SELECT
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STEREO
Front panel
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Remote control
DSP
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STRAIGHT
EFFECT
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