Advanced Setup—Continued

Assigning Listening Modes to Input Sources

You can assign a default listening mode to each input source that will be selected automatically when you select each input source. For example, you can set the default listening mode to be used with Dolby Digital input signals. You can select other listening modes during playback, but the mode specified here will be resumed once the AV receiver has been set to Standby.

1 Press the [RECEIVER] button followed by the [SETUP] button.

The main menu appears onscreen.

If the main menu doesn’t appear, make sure the appropriate external input is selected on your TV.

2 Use the Up and Down [q]/[w] buttons to select “5. Listening Mode Preset”, and then press [ENTER].

The “Listening Mode Preset” menu appears.

 

5. Listening Mode Preset

1.

DVD/BD

2.

VCR/DVR

3.

CBL/SAT

4.

GAME

5.

AUX

3 Use the Up and Down [q]/[w] buttons to select the input source that you want to set, and then press [ENTER].

The signal format selection menu appears.

5–1. Listening Mode Preset

DVD/BD

Analog/PCM

Last Valid

DolbyDigital/DolbyDigitalPlus

Last Valid

DTS/DTS HighResolutionAudio

Last Valid

D.F. 2ch

Last Valid

D.F. Mono

Last Valid

For TUNER input source only “Analog” will be available.

4

Use the Up and Down [q]/[w] buttons to

 

select the signal format that you want to

 

set, and then use the Left and Right [e]/

 

[r] buttons to select a listening mode.

 

 

5

When you’ve finished, press the [SETUP]

 

button.

The setup menu closes.

Notes:

If you connect an input component (such as UP-A1 series Dock that seated iPod) to the UNIVERSAL PORT jack, you can assign only “Analog” to PORT input source.

This procedure can also be performed on the AV receiver by using its [SETUP] button, arrow buttons, and [ENTER] button.

Listening Mode Preset

Analog/PCM: With this setting, you can specify the listening mode to be used when an analog (CD, TV, LD, VHS, MD, turntable, radio, cassette, cable, satellite, etc.) or PCM digital (CD, DVD, etc.) audio signal is played.

DolbyDigital/DolbyDigitalPlus: With this setting, you can specify the listening mode to be used when a Dolby Digital or Dolby Digital Plus format digital audio signal is played (DVD, etc.).

DTS/DTS HighResolutionAudio: With this setting, you can specify the listening mode to be used when a DTS or DTS-HD High Resolution format digital audio signal is played (DVD, LD, CD, etc.).

D.F. 2ch: Specifies the default listening mode for 2-channel (2/0) stereo sources in a digital format, such as Dolby Digital or DTS.

D.F. Mono: With this setting, you can specify the listening mode to be used when a mono digital audio signal is played (DVD, etc.).

Multich PCM: Specifies the default listening mode for multichannel PCM sources input via a HDMI IN, such as DVD-Audio.

Dolby TrueHD: Specifies the default listening mode for Dolby TrueHD sources, such as Blu-ray or HD DVD (input via HDMI).

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TX-SR707 specifications

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