Listening to your system
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Chapter 6:
Listening to your system
Auto playback
The
r
e a
r
e many ways to listen back to sou
r
ces using this
r
eceive
r
, but fo
r
the sim
p
lest, most di
r
ect listening o
p
tion
is the Auto Su
rr
ound featu
r
e. The
r
eceive
r
automatically
detects what kind of sou
r
ce you’
r
e
p
laying and selects
multichannel o
r
ste
r
eo
p
layback as necessa
r
y.
1
•
While listening to a source, Press
, then
press AUTO/ALC/DIRECT (AUTO SURR/ALC/STREAM
DIRECT)
2
for auto playback of a source.
AUTO SURROUND
shows b
r
iefly in the dis
p
lay befo
r
e
showing the decoding o
r
p
layback fo
r
mat. Check the
digital fo
r
mat indicato
r
s in the f
r
ont
p
anel dis
p
lay to see
how the sou
r
ce is being
pr
ocessed.
3
• If the sou
r
ce is Dolby Digital, DTS, o
r
Dolby Su
rr
ound
encoded, the
pr
o
p
e
r
decoding fo
r
mat will
automatically be selected and shows in the dis
p
lay.
• When listening to XM Radio, the XM HD Su
rr
ound
featu
r
e is selected automatically (see
Using XM HD
Surround
on
p
age 54 fo
r
mo
r
e on this), and also when
listening to the FM Radio, the Neu
r
al THX featu
r
e is
selected automatically (see
Using Neural THX
on
p
age 52 fo
r
mo
r
e on this).
ALC
– In the Auto level cont
r
ol (ALC) mode, this
r
eceive
r
equalizes
p
layback sound levels.
OPTIMUM SURR
– In the O
p
timum Su
rr
ound mode, this
r
eceive
r
automatically o
p
timizes sound balance in each
scene based on actually set volume. The sound balance
r
cont
r
ols th
r
ee majo
r
theate
r
sound elements dialogue,
bass and su
rr
ound with o
r
iginal algo
r
ithm.
Tip
• When an
ALC
is selected, the effect level can be
adjusted using the
EFFECT
p
a
r
amete
r
in
Setting the
Audio options
on
p
age 82.
Listening in surround sound
Using this
r
eceive
r
, you can listen to any sou
r
ce in
su
rr
ound sound. Howeve
r
, the o
p
tions available will
de
p
end on you
r
s
p
eake
r
setu
p
and the ty
p
e of sou
r
ce
you’
r
e listening to.
If you connected su
rr
ound back s
p
eake
r
s, see also
Using
surround back channel processing
on
p
age 61.
Standard surround sound
The following modes
pr
ovide basic su
rr
ound sound fo
r
ste
r
eo and multichannel sou
r
ces.
4
•
While listening to a source, Press
, then
press STANDARD (STANDARD SURROUND).
5
If necessa
r
y,
pr
ess
r
e
p
eatedly to select a listening mode.
Note
1 • Ste
r
eo su
rr
ound (mat
r
ix) fo
r
mats a
r
e decoded acco
r
dingly using
Neo:6 CINEMA
o
r
2
Pro Logic IIx MOVIE
(see
Listening in surround
sound
above fo
r
mo
r
e on these decoding fo
r
mats).
• The Auto Su
rr
ound featu
r
e is canceled if you connect head
p
hones.
2 • Fo
r
mo
r
e o
p
tions using this button, see
Using Stream Direct
on
p
age 60.
• The AUTO SURROUND mode cannot be selected in the following cases:
– When head
p
hones a
r
e
p
lugged in (exce
p
t
ALC
).
– When
MULTI CH IN
in
p
ut is selected.
– When the
HDMI
audio out
p
ut
p
a
r
amete
r
is set to
THROUGH
in
Setting the Audio options
on
p
age 82.
3 Neu
r
al THX is selected when Neu
r
al Radio is accessed with the HOME MEDIA GALLERY in
p
ut. Howeve
r
, Ste
r
eo is selected when a catego
r
y
othe
r
than Neu
r
al Radio is accessed.
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
RECEIVER
4 In modes that give 6.1 channel sound, the same signal is hea
r
d f
r
om both su
rr
ound back s
p
eake
r
s.
5 The STANDARD listening mode cannot be selected in the following cases:
– When head
p
hones a
r
e
p
lugged in.
– When
MULTI CH IN
in
p
ut is selected.
– When the
HDMI
audio out
p
ut
p
a
r
amete
r
is set to
THROUGH
in
Setting the Audio options
on
p
age 82.
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
STANDARD
RECEIVER
RECEIVER
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