04Listening to your system

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Using the Advanced surround ADV SURR

SURROUND

The Advanced surround feature creates a variety of surround effects. Try different modes with various soundtracks to see which you like.

ACTION

Designed for action movies with dynamic

 

soundtracks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DRAMA

Designed for movies with lots of dialog.

 

 

 

 

ENT.SHOW

Suitable for musical sources.

 

 

 

ADVANCED GAME Suitable for video games.

 

 

 

 

SPORTS

Suitable for sports programs.

 

 

 

 

CLASSICAL

Gives a large concert hall-type sound.

 

 

 

 

ROCK/POP

Creates a live concert sound for rock and/or

 

pop music.

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNPLUGGED

Suitable for acoustic music sources.

 

 

 

 

EXT.STEREO

Gives multichannel sound to a stereo

 

source, using all of your speakers.

 

 

 

 

F.S.S.ADVANCE

Allows you to create natural surround

(Front Stage

sound effects using just the front speakers

Surround

and the subwoofer.

 

 

ADVANCE)

Use to provide a rich surround sound effect

 

directed to the center of where the front left

 

and right speakers sound projection area

 

converges.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front left

Front right

 

 

 

speaker

speaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHONES SURR When listening through headphones, you can still get the effect of overall surround.

Using Stream Direct AUTO/ AUTO SURROUND/

DIRECT

STREAM DIRECT

Use the Stream Direct modes when you want to hear the truest possible reproduction of a source. All unnecessary signal processing is bypassed.

AUTO SURROUND See Auto playback on page 21.

DIRECT

Sources are heard according to the settings

 

made in the Speaker Setup (speaker

 

setting, channel level, speaker distance), as

 

well as with dual mono settings. You will

 

hear sources according to the number of

 

channels in the signal.

 

Phase Control, Sound Delay, Auto Delay,

 

LFE Attenuate and Center image functions

 

are available.

 

 

PURE DIRECT

Analog and PCM sources are heard without

 

any digital processing.

 

 

Using the Sound Retriever

When audio data is removed during the compression process, sound quality often suffers from an uneven sound image. The Sound Retriever feature employs new DSP technology that helps bring CD quality sound back to compressed 2-channel audio by restoring sound pressure and smoothing jagged artifacts left over after compression.

ADAPTER TUNER PORTABLE

PHASE S.RETRIEVER SIGNAL SEL VOL

Press S.RETRIEVER to switch the S.RTV (Sound Retriever) ON or OFF.

Note

The Sound Retriever is only applicable to 2-channel sources.

Better sound using Phase Control

This receiver’s Phase Control feature uses phase correction measures to make sure your sound source arrives at the listening position in phase, preventing unwanted distortion and/or coloring of the sound.

Phase Control technology provides coherent sound reproduction through the use of phase matching for an optimal sound image at your listening position. The default setting is on and we recommend leaving Phase Control switched on for all sound sources.

ADAPTER TUNER PORTABLE

PHASE S.RETRIEVER SIGNAL SEL VOL

Press PHASE to switch the P.CTL (Phase Control) ON or OFF.

Note

Phase matching is a very important factor in achieving proper sound reproduction. If two waveforms are ‘in phase’, they crest and trough together, resulting in increased amplitude, clarity and presence of the sound signal. If a crest of a wave meets a trough, then the sound will be ‘out of phase’ and an unreliable sound image will be produced.

If your subwoofer has a phase control switch, set it to the plus (+) sign (or 0°). However, the effect you can actually feel when Phase Control is set to ON on this receiver depends on the type of your subwoofer. Set your subwoofer to maximize the effect. It is also recommended you try changing the orientation or the place of your subwoofer.

Set the built-in lowpass filter switch of your subwoofer to OFF. If this cannot be done on your subwoofer, set the cutoff frequency to a higher value.

If the speaker distance is not properly set, you may not have a maximized Phase Control effect.

The Phase Control mode cannot be set to ON in the following cases:

-When the PURE DIRECT mode is switched on. -When the headphones are connected.

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