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Auto Surround, ALC and Stream Direct with different input signal formats

The following charts show what you will hear with different input signal formats, depending on the Stream Direct mode (see Using Stream Direct on page 37 ) you have selected.

Stereo (2 channel) signal formats

Input signal format	Auto Surround / ALC /	PURE DIRECT
	DIRECT
Surround Back speaker(s): Connected
Dolby Digital Surround	2Pro Logic IIx MOVIE	2Pro Logic IIx MOVIE
DTS Surround	Neo:6 CINEMA	Neo:6 CINEMA
Other stereo sources	Stereo playback	Stereo playback
Analog sources	As above	ANALOG DIRECT (stereo)
PCM sources	As above	PCM DIRECT
DVD-A sources	As above	As above
SACD sources	As above	Stereo playback
Surround Back speaker(s): Not connected
Dolby Digital Surround	2Pro Logic II MOVIE	2Pro Logic II MOVIE
DTS Surround	Neo:6 CINEMA	Neo:6 CINEMA
Other stereo sources	Stereo playback	Stereo playback
Analog sources	As above	ANALOG DIRECT (stereo)
PCM sources	As above	PCM DIRECT
DVD-A sources	As above	As above
SACD sources	As above	Stereo playback

Multichannel signal formats

Input signal format	Auto Surround / ALC	PURE DIRECT / DIRECT
Surround Back speaker(s): Connected
Dolby Digital EX (6.1 channel flagged)	Dolby Digital EX	Dolby Digital EX
	2Pro Logic IIx MOVIE	2Pro Logic IIx MOVIE
Dolby TrueHD EX (6.1 channel flagged)
	<a>	<a>
DTS-HD Master Audio ES (6.1 channel	DTS-ES(Matrix)	DTS-ES(Matrix)
flagged)
DTS-ES (6.1 channel sources/6.1 channel	DTS-ES(Matrix/Discrete)	DTS-ES(Matrix/Discrete)
flagged)
DTS sources (5.1 channel encoding)	Straight decoding	Straight decoding
DTS-HD sources	As above	As above
Other 5.1/6.1/7.1 channel sources	As above	As above
Surround Back speaker(s): Not connected
DVD-A sources/Multi-ch PCM	Straight decoding	Straight decoding
SACD sources (5.1 channel encoding)	As above	As above
Other 5.1/6.1/7.1 channel sources	As above	As above

a Unavailable with only one surround back speaker connected.

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