Onkyo HT-R420 appendix Enjoying the listening modes, Selecting the listening mode

Enjoying the listening modes

SURROUND STEREO

DIRECT DSP

Selecting the listening mode

Before operating the remote controller, press RCVR/TAPE.

DSP

DIRECT STEREO

SURROUND A.STEREO

Before operating the remote controller

Press RCVR/TAPE. This button may be in a slightly different position on your remote controller.

Lights up when “Direct” mode is selected.

Lights up when “Dolby Pro

Logic II” is selected.

Press one of the listening mode buttons.

DIRECT button: Set the listening mode to ÒDirectÓ.

STEREO button: Set the listening mode to ÒStereoÓ.

SURROUND button: Set the listening mode to ÒPLIIÓ (when the sound is analog, PCM or Dolby Digital stereo source), ÒDolby DÓ (when the sound is Dolby Digital) or ÒDTSÓ (when the sound is DTS).

A.STEREO button: Set the listening mode to ÒAll Ch StÓ.

DSP button on the front panel: Recall the Onkyo-original DSP mode. Each time this button is pressed, the listening mode cycles; ÒOrchestraÓ → ÒUnpluggedÓ → ÒStudio MixÓ → ÒTV LogicÓ → ÒAll Ch StÓ → ÒOrchestraÓ (back to the beginning).

DSP button on the remote controller: All of the listening modes that can be selected for the current source can be selected in sequence. This button is valid also when the remote control mode is other than RCVR/TAPE (see pages 35 Ð 37).

The input source and available listening mode

Lights up when “Stereo” mode is selected.

Lights up when Onkyo-original DSP mode (“Orchestra”, “Unplugged”, “Studio-Mix”, “TV Logic” or “All Ch St”) is selected.

Input source	Analog	PCM*1	Dolby Digital		DTS
signal format
Source software	Tape,	CD, Video CD,	DVD video, LD*2		CD
	FM/AM	DVD Video,			DVD Video,
Listening mode	Video cassette tape	DVD Audio	Except 2/0	2/0	LD*2
Direct	●	●
Stereo	●	●	●	●	●
PL II Movie	●	●		●
PL II Music	●	●		●
Dolby D			●
DTS					●
Orchestra	●	●
Unplugged	●	●
Studio-Mix	●	●
TV Logic	●	●
All Ch St	●	●

Notes

¥Only ÒStereoÓ (ÒStereoÓ or ÒDirectÓ for PCM/Analog source) can be selected when the speaker configuration is set to ÒSpeaker 2chÓ, when headphones are used, or when speakers B is selected.

¥The listening mode cannot be selected when ÒMultichÓ is selected.

¥You can select ÒOrchestraÓ,

ÒUnpluggedÓ, ÒStudio-MixÓ, ÒTV LogicÓ and ÒAll Ch StÓ, only when the speaker configuration is set to ÒSpeaker 4chÓ or ÒSpeaker 5chÓ.

¥If you select ÒOrchestraÓ, no sound is reproduced from the center speaker even when the speaker configuration is set to ÒSpeaker 5chÓ.

*1	Only Stereo or Direct can be selected when the PCM source has been recorded with a sampling rate
	96 kHz.
*2	If you have an LD player with AC-3RF output, connect it via an AC-3RF demodulator to one of the
	HT-R420Õs DIGITAL INPUT terminals.

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