Enjoying Surround Sound

Using only the front speakers

In this mode, the receiver outputs the sound from the front L/R speakers only. There is no sound from the sub woofer.

Listening to 2 channel stereo sources (2CH STEREO)

Standard 2 channel stereo sources completely bypass the sound field processing and multi channel surround formats are downmixed to 2 channel.

Press 2CH.

“2CH STEREO” appears in the display and the receiver switches to the 2CH STEREO mode.

Note

No sound is output from the sub woofer in the 2CH STEREO mode. To listen to the 2 channel stereo sources using the front L/R speakers and a sub woofer, select “A.F.D. AUTO” and set “A.F.D. 2CH SW” in the SURR SET UP menu to “CREATE”.

Enjoying higher fidelity sound

— AUTO FORMAT DIRECT

The Auto Format Direct (A.F.D.) mode allows you to select the decoding mode you want for

your audio sound.

 

Enjoying

 

 

 

 

 

A.F.D. mode

Decoding mode

 

 

 

 

AUTO

As encoded

 

 

 

Surround

PRO LOGIC

Dolby Pro Logic

 

 

 

 

PRO LOGIC II MOVIE

Dolby Pro Logic II

 

 

 

PRO LOGIC II MUSIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neo:6 Cinema

DTS Neo:6

Sound

 

Neo:6 Music

 

 

 

 

 

 

MULTI STEREO

 

 

 

 

 

Decoding the input audio signal automatically

In this mode, the receiver automatically detects the type of audio signal being input (Dolby Digital, DTS, standard 2 channel stereo, etc.) and performs the proper decoding if necessary. This mode presents the sound as it was recorded/ encoded, without adding any surround effects. However, when “A.F.D. 2CH SW” in the SURR SET UP menu is set to “CREATE” and if there are no low frequency signals (Dolby Digital LFE, etc.) it will generate a low frequency signal for output to the sub woofer.

Press A.F.D. repeatedly to select “A.F.D.
AUTO”.

The receiver automatically detects the type of audio signal being input and performs the proper decoding if necessary.

Tip

In most cases, “A.F.D. AUTO” provides the most appropriate decoding. You may want to use SURR BACK DECODING (page 36) to match the input stream to the mode you prefer.

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