Yamaha RX-SL80 owner manual Straight, Night listening modes, Downmixing to 2 channels

■Night listening modes

The night listening modes are designed to improve listenability at lower volumes or at night. Choose either NIGHT:CINEMA or NIGHT:MUSIC depending on the type of material you are playing.

Press NIGHT on the remote control repeatedly to select cinema or music.

When night listening is selected, the NIGHT indicator in the front panel display lights up.

NIGHT

0

Remote control

•Select NIGHT:CINEMA when watching films to reduce the dynamic range of film soundtracks and make dialog easier to hear at lower volumes.

•Select NIGHT:MUSIC when listening to music sources to preserve ease-of-listening for all sounds.

•Select OFF if you do not want to use this function.

Press / to adjust the effect level while NIGHT:CINEMA or NIGHT:MUSIC is displayed.

This adjusts the level of compression.

ENTER

Remote control

Effect.Lvl:MID

•Select MIN for minimum compression.

•Select MID for standard compression.

•Select MAX for maximum compression.

y

NIGHT:CINEMA and NIGHT:MUSIC adjustments are stored independently.

PLAYBACK

■Downmixing to 2 channels

You can enjoy 2-channel stereo playback even from multi- channel sources.

Press DSP, then rotate VOLUME/SELECT (or press STEREO on the remote control) to select 2ch Stereo.

DSP

	or	STEREO
		1
VOLUME/SELECT		Remote control
Front panel

2ch Stereo

y

•You can use a subwoofer with this program when SWFR or BOTH is selected in “BASS OUT”.

•You can enjoy pure high fidelity sound from 2-channel sources when “Direct Stereo” is selected (see page 34).

■Listening to unprocessed input signals

In STRAIGHT mode, two channel stereo sources are output from only the front left and right speakers. Multi- channel sources are decoded straight into the appropriate channels without any additional effect processing.

Press STRAIGHT/EFFECT to select STRAIGHT.

STRAIGHT

ENT

EFFECT

Remote control

OPERATION BASIC

Notes

•You cannot use the night listening modes with the Direct Stereo program (even though the NIGHT indicator lights up when Direct Stereo is selected).

•The night listening modes may vary in effectiveness depending on the input source and surround sound settings you use.

STRAIGHT

Press STRAIGHT/EFFECT again so that “STRAIGHT” disappears from the display when you want to turn the sound effect back on.

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