05Listening to your system
Using 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, and you’re left with the pure analog or digital sound source (see Stream direct with different input signal formats on page 94).
AUTO/ | STEREO/ | STANDARD | BD MENU |
DIRECT | A.L.C. | ADV SURR | |
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DTV/TV | EON | MPX | SIGNAL SEL |
AUDIO | DISPLAY | CH | |
TV CTRL |
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Selecting MCACC presets
• Default setting: MEMORY 1
If you have calibrated your system for different listening
positions2, you can switch between settings to suit the kind of source you’re listening to and where you’re sitting (for example, watching movies from a sofa, or playing a video game close to the TV).
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GENRE | MCACC | SLEEP | TV CTRL |
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1While listening to a source, press RECEIVER, then press AUTO/DIRECT (AUTO SURR/STREAM DIRECT) to select the mode you want.
Check the digital format indicators in the front panel display to see how the source is being processed.
•AUTO SURROUND – See Auto playback on page 29.
•DIRECT – Sources are heard according to the settings made in the Surround Setup (speaker setting, channel level, speaker distance, acoustic calibration EQ, and
•PURE DIRECT – Analog and PCM sources are heard
•While listening to a source, press RECEIVER, then press MCACC.
Press repeatedly to select one of the six MCACC presets3 or to switch calibration off. See Data Management on page 46 to check and manage your current settings.
Choosing the input signal
You need to hook up a component to both analog and digital inputs on the receiver to select between input
signals.4
THX | STATUS | PHASE | |
DTV/TV | EON | MPX | SIGNAL SEL |
without any digital processing.1 No sound is output from the Second Zone in this mode.
AUDIO DISPLAY | CH |
TV CTRL | RECEIVER |
•Press RECEIVER, then press SIGNAL SEL to select the input signal corresponding to the source component.
Each press cycles through the options as follows:
•AUTO – This is the default setting. The receiver selects the first available signal in the following order:
HDMI; DIGITAL; ANALOG.
•ANALOG – Selects an analog signal.
•DIGITAL – Selects an optical or coaxial digital signal.
Note
1There are cases where a brief noise is heard before playback of sources other than PCM. Please select AUTO SURROUND or DIRECT if this is a problem.
2Different presets might also have separate calibration settings for the same listening position, depending on how you’re using your system. These presets can be set in Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC) on page 9 or Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 38, either of which you should have already completed.
3• These settings have no effect when headphones are connected.
•You can also press / to select the MCACC preset.
4• This receiver can only play back Dolby Digital, PCM (32 kHz to 192 kHz), DTS (including DTS 96 kHz/24 bit) and WMA9 Pro digital signal formats. The compatible signals via the HDMI terminals are: Dolby Digital, DTS, WMA 9 Pro, PCM (32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz sampling frequencies), Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus,
•You may get digital noise when a LD or CD player compatible with DTS is playing an analog signal. To prevent noise, make the proper digital connections (page 18) and set the signal input to DIGITAL.
•Some DVD players don’t output DTS signals. For more details, refer to the instruction manual supplied with your DVD player.
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