Sony DAV-HDX686W manual 41US, About speaker output, Getting Started, Press SYSTEM MENU

4 Press .

The setting is made.

5 Press SYSTEM MENU.

The system menu turns off.

About speaker output

The table below describes the options when you connect all the speakers to the unit and you set [SPEAKER FORMATION] to [STANDARD] (page 79).

The default setting is “A.F.D. MULTI” (when connecting the headphones to the unit or surround amplifier, the default setting is “HP 2CH”).

Sound from	Surround effect	Effect
Depending on the source.	“A.F.D. STD”	The system discriminates the sound format of the source and
	(AUTO FORMAT	presents sound as it was recorded/encoded.
	DIRECT STANDARD)
	“A.F.D. MULTI”	• 2 channel source: The system outputs 2 channel sound from
	(AUTO FORMAT	the front and surround speakers by assigning the 2 channel
	DIRECT MULTI)	sound to the surround left and right channels.
		• Multi-channel source: The system outputs sound from the
		speakers depending on the number of channels of the
		source.
	“PRO LOGIC”	• 2 channel source: The system simulates surround sound
	“PLII MOVIE”	from 2 channel sources and outputs sound from all the
	“PLII MUSIC”	speakers.
		– “PRO LOGIC” performs Dolby Pro Logic decoding.
		– “PLII MOVIE” performs Dolby Pro Logic II movie
		mode decoding.

	– “PLII MUSIC” performs Dolby Pro Logic II music mode
	decoding.
	• Multi-channel source: The system outputs sound from the
	speakers depending on the number of channels of the
	source.
“2CH STEREO”	The system outputs the sound from the front speakers and
	subwoofer regardless of sound format or number of channels.
	Multi-channel surround formats are downmixed to 2
	channels.
“HP 2CH”	The system outputs the sound from the headphones
(HEADPHONE 2	regardless of sound format or number of channels. Multi-
CHANNEL STEREO)	channel surround formats are downmixed to 2 channels.

Getting Started

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