Onkyo DR-815 Enjoying Listening Modes, Selecting Listening Mode, Play back the selected device

Enjoying Listening Modes—Continued

Selecting Listening Mode

1 Play back the selected device.

2	DVD receiver	Remote
		controller

Select a listening mode.

Press LISTENING MODE on the DVD receiver or on the remote controller to select a listening mode.

Every time you press LISTENING MODE, the mode switches over. The selectable listening mode may vary depending on the playback signal. See the following list for the “Playback Sources and Corresponding Listening Modes”.

For front speakers only (2ch):

Press LISTENING MODE on the DVD receiver or on the remote controller to switch over Direct, Stereo, Mono and Theater-Dimensional.

For center/surround speakers added on (5.1ch):

Press LISTENING MODE on the DVD receiver or on the remote controller to switch over a listening mode.

Tips:

•You can also switch over Stereo and Theater-Dimensional by pressing STEREO/T- D on the remote controller.

•If center/surround speakers are added on, you can switch to All Ch St by pressing ALL CH STEREO on the remote controller.

Playback Sources and Corresponding Listening Modes

Minimum				Dolby D		DTS	Multich
required	Signal format	Analog, PCM
number of			Monaural	Stereo	Others
speakers
	Source	Cassette,				DVD, LD,	DVD-Audio,
		CD, video,		DVD
						CD	SACD
	Listening mode	tuner
	Direct	●	●	●	●	●	●
	Stereo	●	●	●	●	●
2 ch	Mono	●	●	●	●	●
	Theater-Dimensional*1	●	●	●	●	●
	Multich						●

If you add on a center speaker and the surround speakers, you can enjoy the following surround mode:

	Dolby D				●
	DTS					●
	PLII Movie/Music/Game	●		●
	Mono Movie	●	●	●	●	●
5 ch	Orchestra	●	●	●	●	●
	Unplugged	●	●	●	●	●
	Studio-Mix	●	●	●	●	●
	TV Logic	●	●	●	●	●
	All Ch St	●	●	●	●	●
	Full Mono	●	●	●	●	●

*1 You can not select it when using the headphones.

■Tips for Listening to SACD and DVD Audio in 2ch

When enjoying SACD or DVD-Audio source with any of the 2ch modes is selected for the speaker setting, headphones used, or recording intended, you may improve the sound quality in the following ways:

•For SACD, select “2ch Area” (default setting) from the “Options” settings in the “Initial Setting” menu. (See page 70.)

•For DVD-Audio, select 2ch source whenever it is available.

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