Enjoying Surround Sound

Using only the front speakers

In this mode, the receiver outputs the sound from the front left/right 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 ST.” 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 left/right speakers and a sub woofer, set A.F.D. mode to “A.F.D. AUTO”.

Listening to analog audio(ANALOG DIRECT)

You can switch the audio of the selected input to the two channel analog input. This function enables you to enjoy high quality analog sources. Also see “D.PWR XXX” on page 41. When using this function, only the volume and front speaker balance can be adjusted.

1 Turn INPUT SELECTOR to select the input you want to listen to in analog audio.

2 Press DIRECT.

“A. DIRECT” appears in the display and the analog audio is output.

Press again to cancel the ANALOG DIRECT function.

Notes

•This function is cancelled when you switch the sound field (pages 30-34).

•When this function is used, test tone function cannot be used.

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