Advanced sound configurations

Selecting decoders
■Selecting decoders for 2-channel
sources (surround decode mode)

Use this feature to play back sources with selected decoders. You can play back 2-channel sources on multi- channels.

Set the operation mode selector to FAMP and then press SSUR. DECODE repeatedly on the

remote control to select the surround decode mode.

You can select desired surround decoder modes depending on the type of source you are playing and your personal preference.

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You can change the decoder parameter settings in “Stereo/ Surround” (page 80).

■Decoder descriptions

Name of the decoder (Decoder Type)

PLIIx Music

PLII Music

Dolby Pro Logic IIx (or Dolby Pro Logic II) processing for music sources. The Pro Logic IIx decoder is not available when “Surround Back” (page 88) is set to “None” or using headphones.

Decoder description

Pro Logic

Dolby Pro Logic processing for any sources.

PLIIx Game

PLII Game

Dolby Pro Logic IIx (or Dolby Pro Logic II) processing for game sources. The Pro Logic IIx decoder is not available when “Surround Back” (page 88) is set to “None” or using headphones.

Neo:6 Cinema

DTS processing for movie sources.

Neo:6 Music

DTS processing for music sources.

CSII Cinema

(U.S.A. model only)

SRS Circle Surround II processing for movie sources.

CSII Music

(U.S.A. model only)

SRS Circle Surround II processing for music sources.

NRL-THX

(U.S.A. and Canada models only)

Neural-THX Surround processing for any sources. The Neural-THX Surround decoder is especially suitable for the XM HD Surround program of XM Satellite Radio.

NRL-THX Music

(U.S.A. and Canada models only)

Neural-THX Surround processing for music sources. The Neural-THX Surround decoder is especially suitable for the XM HD Surround music program of XM Satellite Radio.

PLIIx Movie

PLII Movie

Dolby Pro Logic IIx (or Dolby Pro Logic II) processing for movie sources. The Pro Logic IIx decoder is not available when “Surround Back” (page 88) is set to “None” or using headphones.

PLIIx Music

PLII Music

Dolby Pro Logic IIx (or Dolby Pro Logic II) processing for music sources. The Pro Logic IIx decoder is not available when “Surround Back” (page 88) is set to “None” or using headphones.

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When you select the surround decode mode for the multi- channel digital sources, this unit automatically selects the corresponding decoder for each source.

■Selecting decoders used with MOVIE
sound field programs

You can select one of the following decoder types for use with the MOVIE sound field programs (except “Mono Movie”). For details about the MOVIE sound field programs, see “For movie sources” (page 44). For details on how to select the decoder type, see “Sound field parameter descriptions” (page 81).

Choices: PLIIx Movie (PLII Movie), Neo:6 Cinema

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