PLAYBACK

■Downmixing to 2 channels

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

Rotate PROGRAM (or press STEREO on the remote control) to select 2ch Stereo.

PROGRAM

 

 

 

 

 

10KEY

DSP

STEREO

HALL

CHURCH

JAZZ

or

 

1

2

3

4

 

5

6

7

8

 

 

ROCK

ENTERTAIN

MUSIC

TV THTR

EX/ES

MOVIE

THX

/DTS

NIGHT

 

 

9

10

+10

+100

CHP/INDEX

 

 

 

 

Front panel

Remote control

2ch Stereo

y

You can use a subwoofer with this program when SWFR or BOTH is selected in LFE/BASS OUT.

■Listening to unprocessed input signals

Press STRAIGHT/EFFECT to select STRAIGHT.

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.

STRAIGHT

STRAIGHT

or

EFFECT

EFFECT

 

Front panel

Remote control

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

■Virtual CINEMA DSP

Virtual CINEMA DSP allows you to enjoy the CINEMA DSP programs without surround speakers. It creates virtual speakers to reproduce the natural sound field.

If you do not connect surround speakers, Virtual CINEMA DSP activates automatically whenever you select a CINEMA DSP sound field program.

Note

Virtual CINEMA DSP will not activate, even when SURR L/R SP is set to “NONE” (see page 49) in the following cases:

–When MULTI CH INPUT is selected as the input source.

–When headphones are connected.

Selecting input modes

This unit comes with a variety of input jacks. Do the following to select the type of input signals you want to use.

1Select the input source.

INPUT

 

TUNER

MD/TAPE

CD-R

CD

 

or

 

DVR/VCR2

DVD

 

DTV CBL/SAT

VCR 1

Front panel

Remote control

2Press INPUT MODE to select an input mode. In most cases, use AUTO.

 

DTV

CBL/SAT

VCR 1

DVR/VCR2 DVD

INPUT MODE

 

 

 

 

 

or

 

 

INPUT MODE

 

 

 

TITLE

 

 

 

 

 

ENTER

 

SOURCE

 

 

Front panel

Remote control

V–AUX DVR/VCR2

VCR 1 CBL/SAT DTV DVD MD/TAPE

CD–R

CD

TUNER PHONO

 

DVD AUTO

 

 

VOLUME

A

 

 

L R

SP

 

 

 

 

 

Input mode

 

 

AUTO

Automatically selects input signals in

 

the following order:

 

 

 

 

1)

Digital signals*

 

2)

Analog signals

DTS

Selects only digital signals encoded in

 

DTS. If no DTS signals are input, no

 

sound is output.

ANALOG

Selects only analog signals. If no

 

analog signals are input, no sound is

 

output.

*If this unit detects a Dolby Digital or DTS signal, the decoder automatically switches to the appropriate sound field program.

y

You can adjust the default input mode this unit selects when the power is turned on (see page 54).

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