Listening to your system
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Chapter 5:
Listening to your system
Choosing the listening mode
This receiver offers a variety of listening modes to
accommodate playback of various audio formats. Choose
one according to your speaker environment or the source.
While listening to a source, press the listening mode
button repeatedly to select a listening mode you want.
• The listening mode is shown on the display on the front
panel.
Important
• 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
The simplest, most direct listening option is the
AUTO SURR
feature. With this, the receiver automatically detects what
kind of source you’re playing and selects multichannel or
stereo playback as necessary.
• Press
AUTO/DIRECT
repeatedly until
AUTO SURR
shows
briefly in the display (it will then show the decoding or
playback format). Check the digital format indicators in
the display to see how the source is being processed.
Note
• Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded
accordingly using
NEO:6 CINEMA
or
2
PLIIx MOVIE
(see
Listening in surround sound
below for more on these
decoding formats).
• When listening to the
ADAPTER
input, the
S.R AIR
feature is selected automatically (see
Using the Advanced
surround
on page 32 for more on this).
Listening in surround sound
Using this receiver, you can listen to any source in surround
sound. However, the options available will depend on your
speaker setup and the type of source you’re listening to.
• 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 you select
STEREO ALC
(Auto Level Control stereo
mode), this unit equalizes playback sound levels if each
sound level varies with the music source recorded in a
portable audio player.
When you select
STEREO
, you will hear the source through
just the front left and right speakers (and possibly your
subwoofer depending on your speaker settings). Dolby
Digital and DTS multichannel sources are downmixed to
stereo.
The following modes provide basic surround sound for stereo
and multichannel sources.
Explanatory notes
No:
No connected
/ Yes:
Connected
/ Two:
Two speakers are
connected
/ –:
Whether connected or no
iPod USB NETWORK
AUTO /
DIRECT
ALC /
STANDARD
ADV
SURR
SOUND
WING
ADAPTER
TUNER
BD
DVD
CD
STB
GAME
TV
PORTABLE
RECEIVER
AUTO /
DIRECT
ALC /
STANDARD
Type of surround
modes
Suitable sources
S
urround back
sp
eaker(s)
F
ront height
sp
eakers
Two channel sources
STEREO ALC
See above.
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–
2
PRO LOGIC
Old movies
–
–
2
PLIIx MOVIE
Movie
Yes
a
No
2
PLII MOVIE
No
–
2
PLIIx MUSIC
b
Music
Yes
a
No
2
PLII MUSIC
b
No
–
2
PLIIx GAME
Video games
Yes
a
No
2
PLII GAME
No
–
2
PLIIz HEIGHT
c
Movie/Music
No
Yes
Straight Decode
d
No additional effects
No
–
NEO:6 CINEMA
e
Movie
–
–
NEO:6 MUSIC
e
Music
–
–
STEREO
f
See above.
–
–
Multichannel sources
STEREO ALC
See above.
–
–
2
PLIIx MOVIE
Movie
Two
a
No
2
PLII MOVIE
No
–
2
PLIIx MUSIC
b
Music
Two
a
No
2
PLII MUSIC
b
No
–
2
DIGITAL EX
Movie/Music
Yes
No
2
PLIIz HEIGHT
Movie/Music
No
Yes
Straight Decode
d
No additional effects
–
–
DTS-ES
Movie/Music
Yes
No
DTS NEO:6
Movie/Music
Yes
No
STEREO
f
See above.
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