05Listening to your system

Tip

When an Advanced Surround listening mode is selected (except ADV. VIR. SURR.), the effect level can be adjusted using the EFFECT parameter in Setting the AV options on page 61.

Listening in stereo

When you select STEREO, you will hear the source through just the front left and right speakers (and possibly your subwoofer depending on your speaker settings). Dolby Digital, DTS and WMA9 Pro multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo.

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SHIFT PHASE MCACC S.DIRECT

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While listening to a source, press STEREO for stereo playback.

Using Stream Direct

Use the Stream Direct modes when you want to hear the truest possible reproduction of a source. All unnecessary signal processing is bypassed, and you’re left with the pure analog or digital sound source (see Stream direct with different input signal formats on page 81).

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1 While listening to a source, press S.DIRECT

(AUTO SURR/STREAM DIRECT) to select the mode you want.

Check the digital format indicators in the front panel display to see how the source is being processed.

AUTO SURROUND – See Auto playback on page 26.

DIRECT – Sources are heard according to the settings made in the Surround Setup (speaker setting, channel level, speaker distance, acoustic calibration EQ, and X-curve), as well as with dual mono, the input attenuator, and any sound delay and hi-bit/hi-sampling settings. You will hear sources according to the number of channels in the signal.

PURE DIRECT – Analog sources are heard without any digital processing. No sound is output from the Second Zone in this mode.

Selecting MCACC presets

• Default setting: MEMORY 1

If you have calibrated your system for different listening

positions1, you can switch between settings to suit the kind of source you’re listening to and where you’re sitting (for example, watching movies from a sofa, or playing a video game close to the TV).

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STEREO

MULTI OPE

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STANDARD

ADV.SURR

SHIFT PHASE MCACC S.DIRECT

RECEIVER

While listening to a source, press MCACC.

Press repeatedly to select one of the six MCACC presets2 or to switch calibration off. See Data Management on page 41 to check and manage your current settings.

Note

1Different presets might also have separate calibration settings for the same listening position, depending on how you’re using your system. These pre- sets can be set in Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on page 8 or Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 33, either of which you should have already completed.

2You can’t use these settings when MULTI CH IN is selected, and they have no effect when headphones are connected.

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Classe Audio VSX-81TXV-S manual Listening in stereo, Using Stream Direct, Selecting Mcacc presets

VSX-81TXV-S, VSX-81TXV specifications

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