Chapter
5 Listening to your system
Choosing the listening mode
This receiver offers a variety of listening modes to accommodate playback of various audio formats. Choose one according to your speaker environment or the source.
While listening to a source, press the listening mode button repeatedly to select a listening mode you want.
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DISPLAY | BAND | TUNER EDIT | TUNE |
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AUTO SURROUND/ | ALC/ |
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STREAM DIRECT | STANDARD SURR | SURROUND | RETRIEVER AIR | DIRECT CONTROL | ||
•The listening mode is shown on the display on the front panel.
Important
•The listening modes and many features described in this section may not be available depending on the current source, settings and status of the receiver.
Auto playback | AUTO/ STREAM DIRECT |
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Note
•Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded accordingly using NEO:6 CINEMA or DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE (see Listening in surround sound below for more on these decoding formats).
•When listening to the ADAPTER input, the S.R AIR feature is selected automatically (see Using the Advanced surround on page 34 for more on this).
Listening in surround sound STANDARDALC/ | ALC/ |
STANDARD SURR |
Using this receiver, you can listen to any source in surround sound. However, the options available will depend on your speaker setup and the type of source you’re listening to.
•If the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround encoded, the proper decoding format will automatically be selected and shows in the display.
When you select STEREO ALC (Auto Level Control stereo mode), this unit equalizes playback sound levels if each sound level varies with the music source recorded in a portable audio player.
When you select STEREO, you will hear the source through just the front left and right speakers (and possibly your subwoofer depending on your speaker settings). Dolby Digital and DTS multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo.
The following modes provide basic surround sound for stereo and multichannel sources.
Explanatory notes
No: No connected / Yes: Connected / Two: Two speakers are
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STEREO ALC |
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DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE |
| Movie | Yesa | No |
DOLBY PLII MOVIE |
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DOLBY PLIIx MUSICb |
| Music | Yesa | No |
DOLBY PLII MUSICb |
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DOLBY PLIIx GAME |
| Video games | Yesa | No |
DOLBY PLII GAME |
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DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHTc |
| Movie/Music | No | Yes |
NEO:6 CINEMAd |
| Movie | – | – |
NEO:6 MUSICd |
| Music | – | – |
DOLBY PRO LOGIC |
| Old movies | – | – |
Straight Decodee |
| No additional effects | No | – |
STEREOf |
| See above. | – | – |
Multichannel sources |
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STEREO ALC |
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DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE |
| Movie | Two | No |
DOLBY PLIIx MUSICb |
| Music | Yes | No |
DOLBY DIGITAL EX | Movie/Music | Yes | No | |
The simplest, most direct listening option is the AUTO SURROUND feature. With this, the receiver automatically detects what kind of source you’re playing and selects multichannel or stereo playback as necessary.
•Press AUTO/DIRECT repeatedly until AUTO SURROUND shows briefly in the display (it will then show the decoding or playback format). Check the digital format indicators in the display to see how the source is being processed.
Movie/Music | Yes | No | |
DTS NEO:6 | Movie/Music | Yes | No |
DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT | Movie/Music | No | Yes |
Straight Decodee | No additional effects | – | – |
STEREOf | See above. | – | – |
a.If surround back channel processing (page 35) is switched off, or the surround back speakers are set to NO, DOLBY PLIIx becomes DOLBY PLII (5.1 channel sound).
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