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Enjoying the desired sound field effect
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Selecting sound program (
MOVIE category: Press
s
MOVIE
repeatedly
MUSIC category: Press
s
MUSIC
repeatedly
Selecting stereo reproduction:
Press
s
MUSIC
repeatedly
Selecting surround decoder:
Press
s
SUR. DECODE
repeatedly
Turning on Straight decoding mode:
Press
s
STRAIGHT
Turning on Pure Direct mode (
Press
s
PURE DIRECT
Turning on Compressed Music Enhancer
mode (
Press
s
ENHANCER
repeatedly
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Enjoying unprocessed playback
(Straight decoding mode)
Use straight decoding mode when you want to playback
sound without sound field processing. You can playback
as follows in straight decoding mode.
2-channel sources such as CD
Stereo sound plays through the front left and right
speakers.
Multi-channel playback sources such as BD/
DVD
Plays back audio from a playback source without
applying sound field effects, using an appropriate
decoder to split the signal into multiple channels.
Press
s
STRAIGHT
to enable the straight
decoding mode.
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Enjoying stereo playback
Select “2ch Stereo” from the sound programs when you
want to playback 2-channel stereo sound (from the front
speakers only), regardless of the playback source.
Selecting “2ch Stereo” will playback as follows for the
playback of CD and BD/DVD sources.
2-channel sources such as CD
Stereo sound plays back through the front speakers.
Multi-channel sources such as BD/DVD
Playback channels other than the front channels in the
playback source are mixed with the front channels and
played back through the front speakers.
Press
s
MUSIC
repeatedly to select “2ch
Stereo.”
s
Sound selection keys
s
MOVIE
s
MUSIC
s
ENHANCER
s
SUR. DECODE
s
STRAIGHT
s
PURE DIRECT
ENHANCER SUR. DECODE
STRAIGHT PURE DIRECT
MOVIE
MUSIC
SCENE
RETURN
VOLUME
SLEEP
PARTY
BD
DVD
TV
CD
RADIO
MUTE
ENTER
7
8
5
6
9
0
10
1
2
3
4
REC
ENT
TOP
MENU
POP-UP
MENU
DISPLAY
SOURCE
MAIN
ZONE 2
RECEIVER
CODE SET
INPUT
MUTE
HDMI
AV
AUDIO
1
2
3
4
1
2
5
V-AUX
DOCK
HDMI OUT
MULTI
OPTION
ON SCREEN
5
1
2
3
4
6
PHONO
FM
INFO
MEMORY
AM
PRESET
TUNER
TUNING
s
•
You can use the speaker indicators on the front panel
display to check what speakers are currently
outputting sound (
•
You can adjust sound field elements (sound field
parameters) for each of the programs (
SW
C
L
SL
SR
R
Sci-Fi
MOVIE
VOL.
SBL
SBR
Sound program categories
Program
To disable straight decoding mode, press
s
STRAIGHT
again.
SW
C
L
SL
SR
R
Straight
VOL.
SBL
SBR
SW
C
L
SL
SR
R
Sci-Fi
MOVIE
VOL.
SBL
SBR
Previously selected program
To disable stereo playback, press any of the
s
Sound selection keys
to select a sound program
other than “2ch Stereo.”
SW
L
R
2ch Stereo
MUSIC
VOL.