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Chapter 6:

Listening to your system

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 for the simplest, most
direct listening option is the Auto Surround
feature. The receiver automatically detects what
kind of source you’re playing and selects
multichannel or stereo playback as necessary.
1
• While listening to a source, press
, then press
AUTO/ALC/DIRECT
(
AUTO SURR
/
ALC
/
STREAM DIRECT
)
2
for
auto playback of a source.
AUTO SURROUND shows briefly in the display
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.
• When listening to the FM radio, the Neural
THX feature is selected automatically (see
Using Neural THX on page 51 for more on
this).
In the Auto level control (ALC) mode, this
receiver equalizes playback sound levels.
Tip
•When an ALC is selected, the effect level
can be adjusted using the EFFECT
parameter in Setting the Audio options on
page 64.

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.
If you connected surround back speakers, see
also Using surround back channel processing
on page 56.

Standard surround sound

The following modes provide basic surround
sound for stereo and multichannel sources.3
• While listening to a source, press
, then press
STANDARD
(
STANDARD SURROUND
).
If necessary, press repeatedly to select a
listening 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.4
Note
1 • Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded accordingly using Neo:6 CINEMA or 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE (see
Listening in surround sound above for more on these decoding formats).
• The Auto Surround feature is canceled if you connect headphones.
2 For more options using this button, see Using Stream Direct on page 56.
RECEIVER
3 In modes that give 6.1 channel sound, the same signal is heard from both surround back speakers.
4 If surround back channel processing (page 56) is switched OFF, or the surround back speakers are set to NO (this
happens automatically if the Surround back speaker setting on page 94 is set to anything but Normal), 2 Pro Logic
IIx becomes 2 Pro Logic II (5.1 channel sound).
RECEIVER
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