Listening Modes
Listening mode buttons
Selecting a listening mode
•Refer to page 48 for more details of listening modes.
•Refer to page 54 for sources and listening modes.
•When playing Dolby Digital or DTS software, the listening mode will automatically change to Dolby Digital or DTS.
Tip:
You can set in advance a different listening mode for each input source. For more details, see page 55.
When using the remote controller, first press the RCVR Mode button before preceding to the step below.
Press one of the listening mode buttons to select the listening mode.
Remote controller
Pure Audio (Pure A)
Direct: Changes the listening mode for the signal type that is currently being input from the selected input source to the Direct listening mode. If pressed, the corresponding setting in the “Input Setup” menu for the selected input source is also changed (see page 54).
Stereo: Changes the listening mode for the signal type that is currently being input from the selected input source to the Stereo listening mode. If pressed, the corresponding settings in the “Input Setup” menu for the selected input source is also changed (see page 54).
Surround (SURR): Changes the listening mode for the signal type that is currently being input from the selected input source to the surround mode that matches the signal type (e.g., Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby Digital, DTS, or DTS Neo:6). If pressed, the corresponding settings in the “Input Setup” menu for the selected input source is also changed (see page 54).
RCVR
Mode
Listening mode buttons
CINE FLTR
If the Surround button is pressed
•While playing back DTS sources
Each time you press the button, the
Auto: When a DTS source with a
On: When a DTS source with a
Off: DTS sources are always played in the DTS mode. The
•While playing back Dolby Digital (Multichannel) sources Select whether or not to play back Dolby Digital sources using the matrix
Each time you press the button, the Dolby Digital EX setting switches from: Auto → On → Off.
Auto: Sources with an EX flag (ID signal for Dolby Digital) are automatically played back in Dolby Digital EX. If the source has no EX flag, the source is played back in Dolby Digital.
On: When a Dolby Digital source with an EX flag is input, the listening mode changes automatically to Dolby Digital EX. If the Dolby Digital source has no EX flag, the source is played in the Dolby Digital EX.
Off: Dolby Digital EX playback is not performed even if an EX flag exists. (Playback is the normal Dolby Digital playback.)
Be aware that if the surround channel is monaural or there is no surround channel, the source is played back in Dolby Digital regardless of this setting.
•While playing back Dolby Digital 2-channel sources
Each time you press the button, the Dolby Digital setting switches from: Pro Logic II Movie → Pro Logic II Music.
•While playing back Analog/PCM sources
Each time you press the button, the Dolby Digital setting switches from: Pro Logic II Movie → Pro Logic II Music → DTS Neo6:Cinema → DTS Neo6:Music.
If “None” is selected for the surround speaker setting in the “Speaker Config” menu, DTS Neo:6 Music will not appear.
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