05Listening to your system
Chapter 5:
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.
See Listening modes with different input signal formats on page 82 for more on this.
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
STATUS | SIGNAL SEL | SBch | STEREO |
MULTI OPE | THX | STANDARD | ADV. SURR |
SHIFT PHASE MCACC S.DIRECT
•While listening to a source, press S.DIRECT (AUTO
SURR/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.
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 29.
Standard surround sound
The following modes provide basic surround sound for stereo and multichannel sources.3
•While listening to a source, 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
With two channel sources, you can select from:
•2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – Up to 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to movie sources
•2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – Up to 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to music sources5
•2 Pro Logic IIx GAME– Up to 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to video games
•2 PRO LOGIC – 4.1 channel surround sound (sound from the surround speakers is mono)
•Neo:6 CINEMA – 6.1 channel sound, especially suited to movie sources
•Neo:6 MUSIC – 6.1 channel sound, especially suited to music sources6
With multichannel sources, if you have connected surround back speaker(s) and have selected SBch ON, you can select (according to format):
•2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – See above (only available when you’re using two surround back speakers)
•2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – See above
•Dolby Digital EX – Creates surround back channel sound for 5.1 channel sources and provides pure decoding for 6.1 channel sources (like Dolby Digital Surround EX)
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•DTS Neo:6 – Allows you to hear 6.1 channel playback with DTS encoded sources
STATUS | SIGNAL SEL | SBch | STEREO |
MULTI OPE | THX | STANDARD | ADV. SURR |
SHIFT PHASE MCACC S.DIRECT
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 or select the multichannel analog inputs.
2For more options using this button, see Using Stream Direct on page 28.
3In modes that give 6.1 channel sound, the same signal is heard from both surround back speakers.
4If surround back channel processing (page 29) is switched OFF, or the surround back speakers are set to NO (this happens automatically if the Surround back speaker setting on page 35 is set to anything but Normal (SB)), 2 Pro Logic IIx becomes 2 Pro Logic II (5.1 channel sound).
5When listening to
6When listening to
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