Listening to your system

Using the Advanced surround effects

The Advanced surround feature creates a variety of surround effects. Try different modes

with various soundtracks to see which you like.1

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

•ACTION – Designed for action movies with dynamic soundtracks.

•DRAMA – Designed for movies with lots of dialog.

•MONOFILM – Creates surround sound from mono soundtracks.

•ENT. SHOW – Suitable for musical sources.

•EXPANDED – Creates an extra wide stereo field.2

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

•ADV. GAME – Suitable for video games.

•SPORTS – Suitable for sports programs.

•ROCK/POP – Creates a live concert sound for rock and/or pop music.

•UNPLUGED – Suitable for acoustic music sources.

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

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

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 LEVEL +/– 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
Width*	between the front right and left	Default: 3
(Applicable	speakers, making it sound
only when	wider (higher settings) or
using a cen-	wider (higher settings) or
using a cen-	narrower (lower settings).
ter speaker)

Dimension*	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).

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

Effect	Sets the effect level for the	10 to 90
	currently selected Advanced
	Surround mode (each mode
	can be set separately).

*Only available with 2ch sources in Dolby Pro Logic II Music mode.

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Setting the effect options

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

Note

1• If you press ADV.SURR with the headphones connected, PHONES SURROUND will automatically be selected.

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

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