Onkyo TX-SR502E, TX-SR8250 instruction manual Using the Listening Modes

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Using the Listening Modes

With its built-in surround-sound decoders and DSP pro- grams, the AV Receiver can transform your home listen- ing room into a movie theater or concert hall.

To get the most from surround sound, it’s important that you install and configure your speakers correctly. See “Connecting Your Speakers” on page 17 and “Speaker Configuration” on page 32.

Listening mode availability depends on the format of the current input signal. For example, the Dolby Digital lis- tening modes are available only while a Dolby Digital format signal is being input.

The following table lists all the possible listening modes and indicates which modes can be selected for each input signal format.

			PCM		Dolby Digital				DTS
Input Signal Format		PCM, analog	96 kHz	3/2.1 or	2/0	Other	3/2.1	2/0	96/24 *5	DTS-ES
				3/3.1	(stereo)			(stereo)
	Source	CD, TV, LD,
		VHS, MD, vinyl,
			96 kHz/24 bit
Listening		radio, cassette,		DVD, digital cable/satellite, etc.				DVD, LD, CD, etc.
			DVD, etc.
		cable, satellite,
mode
		etc.
Pure Audio		❍	❍
(not American model)
Direct		❍	❍
Stereo		❍	❍	❍	❍	❍	❍	❍	❍	❍
PLII Movie/Music/Game *1		❍			❍			❍
PLIIx Movie/Game *2		❍			❍			❍
PLIIx Music *2		❍		❍ *3	❍		❍ *3	❍	❍ *3
Neo:6 Cinema/Music		❍
Dolby Digital				❍		❍
Dolby Digital EX *4				❍
DTS							❍			❍
DTS 96/24									❍
DTS-ES Discrete *4										Discrete
DTS-ES Matrix *4										Matrix
DTS+Neo:6 *3							❍		❍
DTS+Dolby EX *3							❍		❍
	Orchestra	❍
Onkyo	Unplugged	❍
		❍
original	Studio-Mix
DSP	TV Logic	❍
	All Ch Stereo	❍

*1: Available when the Surr Back setting in the Speaker Configuration is set to None (see page 32).

*2: Available when the Surr Back setting in the Speaker Configuration is NOT set to None (see page 32).

*3: Available when the Surr Back setting in the Speaker Configuration is NOT set to None (page 32) and the Dolby Digital/DTS setting (page 44) is set to On.

*4: Available when the Surr Back setting in the Speaker Configuration is NOT set to None (page 32) and the Dolby Digital/DTS setting (page 44) is set to either On or Auto.

*5: For DTS 96 kHz/24-bit material, if the listening mode is Stereo or DTS 96/24, audio is processed at 96 kHz. For all other listening modes, it’s processed at 48 kHz.

Tip: You can check the format of a digital input signal on page 35, “Displaying Source Information.”

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