Surround Modes Applicable to the Various Software
Available Surround modes vary depending on the speaker settings and the incoming signals.
The table below shows the relation of the Surround modes and the incoming signals (with the surround back speakers and EX/ES setting).
•The numbers inside the parentheses following the incoming signal type indicate the number of the front channels and that of the surround channels. For example, (3/2) indicates that the signals are encoded with three front signals (left/right/center) and two (stereo) surround signals.
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| Dolby Digital EX | 2SPK/1SPK |
| AUTO/ON | DOLBY D EX*1 | |
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| OFF | DOLBY D |
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| AUTO/ON | DOLBY D (VIRTUAL SB)*1*2 | |||
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| Dolby Digital (3/2, 2/2) | 2SPK/1SPK |
| ON | DOLBY D EX | |
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| AUTO/OFF | DOLBY D |
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| ON | DOLBY D (VIRTUAL SB)*2 |
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| AUTO/OFF | DOLBY D |
| Dolby Digital (3/1, 2/1, 3/0, 1/0) | 2SPK/1SPK/NONE |
| AUTO/ON/OFF | DOLBY D | |
| Dolby Digital (Dual Mono) | 2SPK/1SPK/NONE |
| AUTO/ON/OFF | DUAL MONO | |
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| AUTO/ON | ES DSCRT | ||
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| AUTO/ON | DTS (VIRTUAL SB)*2 |
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| AUTO/ON | ES MATRIX*3 | ||
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| AUTO/ON | DTS (VIRTUAL SB)*2 *3 |
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| OFF | DTS |
| DTS, DTS 96/24 (3/2, 2/2) | 2SPK/1SPK |
| ON | DTS NEO:6*3 | |
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| DTS (3/1, 2/1, 3/0, 1/0) | 2SPK/1SPK/NONE |
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| DTS (Dual Mono) | 2SPK/1SPK/NONE |
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Incoming Signal Type | Available Surround Mode |
Analog/PCM/Dolby Surround/Dolby Digital (2/0)/DTS (2/0) | PLII MOVIE/PLII MUSIC/PRO LOGIC/NEO:6 CINMA/NEO:6 MUSIC |
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3D Headphone mode—3D H PHONE
If you press SURROUND when the front speakers 1 and 2 are both deactivated, 3D Headphone mode (3D H PHONE) is activated without respect to the type of software played back.
“3D H PHONE” appears on the display and the DSP and HEADPHONE indicators also light up.
*2 Virtual 6.1-channel surround
If you have connected (and activated) the surround speakers, you can use Virtual
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