Using Basic Functions, Using the Listening Modes

Using Basic Functions

Using the Listening Modes

Selecting Listening Modes

See “Listening Modes” for detailed information about the listening modes (➔ page 24).

■Listening Mode Buttons MOVIE/TV button

This button selects the listening modes intended for use with movies and TV.

MUSIC button

This button selects the listening modes intended for use with music.

GAME button

This button selects the listening modes intended for use with video games.

STEREO button

This button selects the Stereo listening mode and All Channel Stereo listening mode.

•The Dolby Digital and DTS listening modes can only be selected if your Blu-ray Disc/DVD player is connected to the AV receiver with a digital audio connection (coaxial, optical, or HDMI).

•The listening modes you can select depends on the format of the input signal. To check the format, see “Displaying Source Information” (➔ page 27).

•While a pair of headphones is connected, you can select the following listening modes: Mono, Direct, and Stereo.

•While Speakers A and B are on, you can select only the Direct, Stereo, Mono, or T-D (Theater-Dimensional) listening mode.

Press

RECEIVER first.

MUSIC GAME

MOVIE/TV STEREO

MOVIE/TV, MUSIC, GAME

About Listening Modes

The AV receiver’s listening modes can transform your listening room into a movie theater or concert hall, with high fidelity and stunning surround sound.

■Explanatory Notes

Input Source

The following audio formats are supported by the listening mode.

AThis is mono (monophonic) sound.

SThis is stereo (stereophonic) sound. Two independent audio signal channels are reproduced through two speakers.

DThis is 5.1-channel surround sound. This surround system has five main channels of sound and a sixth subwoofer channel (called the point-one channel).

F*1 This is 7.1-channel surround sound. This is a further sound enhancement to 5.1 channel sound with two additional speakers that provide greater sound envelopment and more accurate positioning of sounds.

*1 The AV receiver outputs this source in 5.1-channel surround sound.

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