12Additional information

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 55) 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

2 Pro Logic llx MOVIE

2 Pro Logic llx 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

Stereo playback

DVD-A sources

As above

As above

SACD sources

As above

As above

Surround Back speaker(s): Not connected

 

 

Dolby Digital Surround

2 Pro Logic ll MOVIE

2 Pro Logic ll 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

Stereo playback

DVD-A sources

As above

As above

SACD sources

As above

As above

 

 

 

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

 

2 Pro Logic llx MOVIEa

2 Pro Logic llx MOVIEa

DTS-ES (6.1 channel sources/6.1 channel flagged)

DTS-ES(Matrix/Discrete)

DTS-ES(Matrix/Discrete)

DTS sources (5.1 channel encoding)

DTS+Neo:6

Straight decoding

DTS-HD sources

Straight decoding

As above

Other 6.1/7.1 channel sources

As above

As above

Other 5.1 channel sources

Dolby Digital EX

As above

 

2 Pro Logic llx MOVIEa

 

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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VSX-919AH-S specifications

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