Listening to your system
Chapter 2
Listening to your system
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About the listening modes
As explained in Home theater sound setup on page 6, there are two basic surround speaker setup options available with any of the listening modes:
•Standard surround
•Front surround
Auto listening mode
The Auto listening mode is the simplest way to listen to any source as it was mastered: the output from the speakers mirrors the channels in the source material.
CLEAR | SLEEP | DISPLAY |
SHIFT | SURROUND | FRONT |
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| SURROUND |
•Press SHIFT+SURROUND to select the AUTO listening mode.1
Listening in surround sound
You can listen to stereo or multichannel
sources in surround sound.2 Surround sound is generated from stereo sources using one of the Dolby Pro Logic decoding modes.
CLEAR | SLEEP | DISPLAY |
SHIFT | SURROUND | FRONT |
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| SURROUND |
•Press SHIFT+SURROUND repeatedly to
select a listening mode.1
The choices that appear in the display will vary according to the type of source that’s playing.
•AUTO – Auto listening mode (see above)
•DOLBY DIGITAL / DTS – Dolby Digital or DTS decoding (depending on the source).3 For a multichannel source, this will be the same as AUTO .
•PROLOGIC (Dolby Pro Logic) – 4.1 channel surround sound for use with any two- channel source
•MOVIE (Dolby Pro Logic II Movie) – Pro Logic II 5.1 channel surround sound, especially suited to movie sources (use with any
•MUSIC (Dolby Pro Logic II Music) – Pro Logic II 5.1 channel surround sound, especially suited to music sources, for use with any
•STEREO – See Listening in stereo below
Using Front Surround
The Front Surround mode is effective when you are using the Front surround
the input source.2
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Note
1If the source is Dolby Digital or DTS, the front panel 2 D or DTS indicator lights.
2• Note that the input source must be switched to DVD/CD for multichannel playback.
•If you’re planning on recording a multichannel source, refer to Recording mode on page 25.
3When listening in DOLBY DIGITAL / DTS mode,
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