06Listening to your system

Listening to your system

Standard surround sound

The following modes provide basic surround sound for stereo and multichannel sources.

! Neural Surround – Up to 7.1 channel sound

(surround back), especially suited to music

sources

! STEREO – The audio is heard with your

Enjoying various types of playback using the listening modes

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.

To play with surround sound, check “Standard surround sound”, “Using the Home THX modes” or “Using the Advanced surround effects” below and select the desired mode.

To play with the optimum mode for the input signal, see “Auto playback” or “Using Stream Direct”. (The sound is played in stereo when

2-channel signals are input, in surround when multi-channel signals are input.)

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

There are many ways to listen back to sources using this receiver, but the simplest, most direct listening option is the Auto Surround feature. The receiver automatically detects what kind of source you’re playing and selects multi- channel or stereo playback as necessary.

1Press to the receiver operation mode.

2While listening to a source, press AUTO/ALC/DIRECT

(AUTO SURR/ALC/STREAM DIRECT) for auto playback of a source.

AUTO SURROUND shows briefly in the dis- play before showing the decoding or playback format. Check the digital format indicators in the front panel display to see how the source is being processed.

!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 listening to the FM radio, the Neural Surround feature is selected automatically (see Using Neural Surround on page 32 for more on this).

!When listening to the ADAPTER PORT input, the SOUND RETRIEVER AIR feature is

selected automatically.

ALC – In the Auto level control (ALC) mode, this receiver equalizes playback sound levels.

Also, the low and high frequency sounds, dia- logs, surround effects, etc., that are difficult to hear when the volume is low are adjusted to be optimal for the volume level. This mode is particularly optimum when listening at night.

OPTIMUM SURR – In the Optimum Surround mode, this receiver automatically optimizes sound balance in each scene based on actually set volume. The sound balancer controls three major theater sound elements dialogue, bass and surround with original algorithm.

Note

1Press to the receiver operation mode.

2While listening to a source, press

STANDARD (STANDARD SURROUND).

If necessary, press repeatedly to select a listen- ing mode.

!If the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround encoded, the proper decoding format will automatically be selected and shows in the display.

!If the surround back speakers are not connected, 2Pro Logic IIx becomes

2Pro Logic II (5.1 channel sound).

With two channel sources, you can select from:

! 2Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – Up to 7.1 channel

sound (surround back), especially suited to

movie sources

! 2Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – Up to 7.1 channel

sound (surround back), especially suited to

music sources

! 2Pro Logic IIx GAME – Up to 7.1 channel

sound (surround back), especially suited to

video games

! 2PRO LOGIC – 4.1 channel surround

sound (sound from the surround speakers is

mono)

! 2Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT – Up to 7.1 channel

sound (front height)

! WIDE SURROUND MOVIE – Up to 7.1

channel sound (front wide), especially suited

to movie sources

! WIDE SURROUND MUSIC – Up to 7.1

channel sound (front wide), especially suited

to music sources

! Neo:6 CINEMA – 7.1 channel sound

sound settings and you can still use the

audio options.

With multichannel sources, if you have connected surround back, front height or front wide speakers, you can select (according to format):

!2Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – See above

!2Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – See above

!Dolby Digital EX – Creates surround back channel sound for 5.1 channel sources and provides pure decoding for 6.1 channel sources (like Dolby Digital Surround EX)

!DTS-ES Matrix or DTS-ES Discrete – Allows you to hear 6.1 channel playback with DTS- ES encoded sources

!DTS Neo:6 – Allows you to hear 6.1 channel playback with DTS encoded sources

!Neo:6 – Allows you to hear 6.1 channel playback

!2Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT – See above

!WIDE SURROUND MOVIE – See above

!WIDE SURROUND MUSIC – See above

!STEREO – See above

!Straight Decode – Plays back without the effects above.

Note

! When listening sources in

2Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT mode, you can also

adjust the H.GAIN effect (see Setting the Audio

options on page 48 ).

! When listening to 2-channel sources in

Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music mode, there are

three further parameters you can adjust:

C.WIDTH,DIMENSION and PANORAMA. See

Setting the Audio options on page 48 to adjust

!When ALC is selected, the effect level can be adjusted using the EFFECT parameter in Setting the Audio options on page 48 .

(surround back), especially suited to movie

sources

! Neo:6 MUSIC – 7.1 channel sound (surround

back), especially suited to music sources

them.

! When listening to 2-channel sources in Neo:6

Cinema or Neo:6 Music mode, you can also

adjust the center image effect (see Setting the

Audio options on page 48 ).

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