Listening to your system
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Chapter 6:
Listening to your system
Important
• The procedure for setting the receiver operation
mode differs for the remote controls included with
the SC-27 and SC-25. For the SC-27’s remote control,
set the remote control operation selector switch to
RECEIVER
. For the SC-25’s remote control, press the
button. When “set the remote control to
the receiver operation mode” is indicated in these
instructions, use the respective procedure described
above.
• 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
There are many ways to listen back to sources using this
receiver, but for the simplest, most direct listening option
is the Auto Surround feature. The receiver automatically
detects what kind of source you’re playing and selects
multichannel or stereo playback as necessary.
1
SC-27:
SC-25:
1
Set the remote control to the receiver operation
mode.
2
While listening to a source, press AUTO/ALC/
DIRECT (AUTO SURR/ALC/STREAM DIRECT)
2
for auto
playback of a source.
AUTO SURROUND
shows briefly in the display before
showing the decoding or playback format. Check the
digital format indicators in the front panel display to see
how the source is being processed.
3
• 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 listening to XM Radio, the XM HD Surround
feature is selected automatically (see
Using XM HD
Surround
on page 58 for more on this), and also when
listening to the FM Radio, the Neural THX feature is
selected automatically (see
Using Neural THX
on
page 56 for more on this).
ALC
– In the Auto level control (ALC) mode, this receiver
equalizes playback sound levels.
OPTIMUM SURR
– In the Optimum Surround mode, this
receiver automatically optimizes sound balance in each
scene based on actually set volume. The sound balancer
controls three major theater sound elements dialogue,
bass and surround with original algorithm.
Tip
• When an
ALC
is selected, the effect level can be
adjusted using the
EFFECT
parameter in
Setting the
Audio options
on page 88.
Note
1 • Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded accordingly using
Neo:6 CINEMA
or
2
Pro Logic IIx MOVIE
(see
Listening in surround
sound
above for more on these decoding formats).
• The Auto Surround feature is canceled if you connect headphones.
RECEIVER
SOURCE
TV
RECEIVER
VOL
VOL
TVCONTROL
CH
RECEIVER
iPod CTRL
STATUS
THX
PQLS
MPX
MEMORY
PHASE CTRL
CH LEVEL
TUNE
PGM
MENU
STEREO
SIGNAL SEL SLEEP
AUDIO
INFO
DIMMER
A.ATT
SBch
MCACC
D SP
AUTO/ALC/
DIRECT
STANDARD ADV SURR
PGM
AUTO/ALC/
DIRECT
AUTO/ALC/
DIRECT
PHASE CTRL
STATUS
REMOTE
SETUP
HDD
PGM
DVD
STANDARD
STEREO
MENU
ADV SURR
ANT
THX
AUDIO
MULTI OPE
INFO
DISP
MPX
PQLS
MEMORY
CH
RECEIVER
TV CTRL
AUTO/ALC/
DIRECT
HDD
RECEIVER
2 • For more options using this button, see
Using Stream Direct
on page 65.
• The AUTO SURROUND mode cannot be selected in the following cases:
– When headphones are plugged in (except
ALC
).
– When
MULTI CH IN
input is selected.
– When the
HDMI
audio output parameter is set to
THROUGH
in
Setting the Audio options
on page 88.
3 Neural THX is selected when Neural Radio is accessed with the HOME MEDIA GALLERY input. However, Stereo is selected when a category
other than Neural Radio is accessed.
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