Listening to your system

•2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – See above

•2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – See above

•Dolby Digital EX – Creates surround back channel sound for 5.1 channel sources and provides pure decoding for 6.1 channel sources (like Dolby Digital Surround EX)

•DTS-ES– Allows you to hear 6.1 channel playback with DTS encoded sources

Using the Advanced surround effects

The Advanced surround effects can be used for a variety of additional surround sound effects. Most Advanced Surround modes are designed to be used with film soundtracks, but some modes are also suited for music sources. Try different settings with various soundtracks to

see which you like.1

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STANDARD ADV.SURR STEREO AUTO SURR

•Press ‘ADV.SURR’ repeatedly to select a listening mode.

•ADV. MOVIE – Suitable for movie sources.

•ADV. MUSIC – Suitable for music sources.

•TV SURR. – Provides surround sound for both mono and stereo TV sources.

•SPORTS – Suitable for sports programs.

•ADV. GAME – Suitable for video games.

•EXPANDED – Simulates multichannel surround sound for two-channel sources.2

•7-STEREO– Gives multichannel sound to a stereo source, using all of your speakers.

•VIR. SURR – A virtual surround effect using just the subwoofer and front speakers.

•PHONESUR. – Creates the effect of overall surround with headphones.

Setting the effect options

When using surround effects, there are a number of settings you can adjust.

1Press EFFECT/CH SEL repeatedly to select the setting you want to adjust.

Depending on the current status / mode of the receiver, certain options may not appear. Check the table below for notes on this.

2Use the +/– buttons to set it as necessary. See the table below for the options available for each setting. The defaults, if not stated, are listed in bold.

3Press EFFECT/CH SEL again to adjust other settings.

Setting	What it does	Options
Center	Spreads the center channel	0 to 7
Widtha	between the front right and	Default: 3
(Applicable	left speakers, making it
only when	sound wider (higher settings)
using a cen-	or narrower (lower settings).
ter speaker)

Dimensiona	Adjusts the surround sound	–3 to +3
	balance from front to back,	Default: 0
	making the sound more
	distant (minus settings), or
	more forward (positive
	settings).

Panoramaa	Extends the front stereo	OFF
	image to include surround
	image to include surround	ON
	speakers for a ‘wraparound’	ON
	effect.

Center	Adjusts the center image to	0 to 10
Imageb	create a wider stereo effect	Default: 3
(Applicable	with vocals. Adjust the effect
only when	from 0 (all center channel
using a cen-	sent to front right and left
ter speaker)	speakers) to 10 (center
	channel sent to the center
	speaker only).

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Note

1• If you press ADVANCED SURROUND when the headphones are connected, the PHONES SURROUND mode will automat- ically be selected.

•Depending on the source and the sound mode you have selected, you may not get sound from the surround back speakers in your setup. For more on this, refer to Using surround back channel processing on page 31.

•When an Advanced Surround listening mode is selected, the effect level can be adjusted using the EFFECT parameter in Setting the effect options above.

2Use with Dolby Pro Logic for a stereo surround effect (stereo field is wider than Standard modes with Dolby Digital sources).