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04Listening to your system
Auto playback
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.1
AUTO/ | STEREO/ | STANDARD | BD MENU | ||
DIRECT | A.L.C. | ADV SURR | |||
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•While listening to a source, press AUTO/ DIRECT2 for auto playback of a source. Press 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.
Listening in surround sound
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.
The following modes provide basic surround sound for stereo and multichannel sources.
AUTO/ | STEREO/ | STANDARD | BD MENU | ||
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•While listening to a source, press
STANDARD.
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 the surround back and front height speaker are not connected.
With two channel sources, you can select from:
•DOLBY PLII MOVIE – Up to 5.1 channel sound, especially suited to movie sources
•DOLBY PLII MUSIC3 – Up to 5.1 channel sound, especially suited to music sources
•DOLBY PLII GAME – Up to 5.1 channel sound, especially suited for video games
•NEO:6 CINEMA – Up to 5.1 channel sound, especially suited to movie sources
•NEO:6 MUSIC – Up to 5.1 channel sound, especially suited to music sources4
•DOLBY PRO LOGIC – 4.1 channel surround sound
When the front height speaker is connected.
With two channel sources, you can select from:
•DOLBY PLII MOVIE – See above
•DOLBY PLII MUSIC – See above
•DOLBY PLII GAME – See above
•DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT – Up to 7.1 channel sound5
•NEO:6 CINEMA – See above
•NEO:6 MUSIC – See above
•DOLBY PRO LOGIC – See above
•Straight Decode – Plays back without the DOLBY PLII, DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT and NEO:6 effects.
Note
1Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded accordingly using NEO:6 CINEMA or DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE (see Listening in surround sound above for more on these decoding formats).
2For more options using this button, see Using Stream Direct on page 31.
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