Listening to your system
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Using surround back channel
processing
• Default setting:
SB ON
You can have the system automatically use 6.1
or 7.1 decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for
example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES), or you
can choose to always use 6.1 or 7.1 decoding
(for example, with 5.1 encoded material). With
5.1 encoded sources, a surround back channel
will be generated, but the material may sound
better in the 5.1 format for which it was originally
encoded (in which case, you can simply switch
surround back channel processing off).
• With a 7.1-channel surround system, audio
signals that have undergone matrix
decoding processing through surround
back channel processing to which the Up
Mix function is added are output from the
surround back speakers.
•
Press
, then press SB CH
repeatedly to cycle the surround back
channel options.
Each press cycles through the options as follows:
•
SB
ON
–
Matrix decoding processing for
generating the surround back component
from the surround component is turned on.
•
SB
AUTO
– Matrix decoding processing for
generating the surround back component
from the surround component is switched
automatically. Matrix decoding processing
is only performed when surround back
channel signals are detected in the input
signals.
•
SB
OFF
– Matrix decoding processing for
generating the surround back component
from the surround component is turned off.
Setting the Up Mix function
In a 7.1-channel surround system with
surround speakers placed directly at the sides
of the listening position, the surround sound of
5.1-channel sources is heard from the side.
The Up Mix function mixes the sound of the
surround speakers with the surround back
speakers so that the surround sound is heard
from diagonally to the rear as it should be.
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• Using the Up Mix function is effective when
the speakers in the 7.1-channel surround
system are set up as recommended in the
example below.
• Depending on the positions of the speakers
and the sound source, in some cases it
may not be possible to achieve good
results. In this case, set the setting to
OFF
.
1
Switch the system into standby.
2
While holding down the FUNCTION on
the front panel, and hold the
STANDBY/ON
for about two seconds.
UP MIX: OFF
appears and the Up Mix function
turns off. If you want to turn this function on,
perform steps 1 and 2 again.
• When set to
ON
, the
UP MIX
indicator on
the front panel lights.
SYSTEM
TV CONTROL
CH
INPUT
CH
CH
EQ
PHASE
SB CH
CH SELECT SLEEP
ENTER
MIDNGIHT
S.RETRIEVER
SHIFT
Note
1 • Set to
ON
regardless of this setting when playing DTS-HD signals.
• May automatically be set to
OFF
even when set to
ON
, depending on the input signal and listening mode.
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