Yamaha RX-V450 owner manual Selecting input modes, Downmixing to 2 channels, Virtual Cinema DSP

PLAYBACK

■Downmixing to 2 channels

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

Press PROGRAM l / h repeatedly (or press

STEREO on the remote control) to select 2ch Stereo.

MUTE

	STEREO	HALL	JAZZ	ROCK
	1	2	3	4
l PROGRAM h	MUSIC	ENTERTAIN TV THTR		MOVIE
or
	5	6	7	8
	q/DTS	NIGHT	EX/ES	STRAIGHT
	9	0	10	ENTER
Front panel	LEVEL			SET MENU

Remote control

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.

1Rotate INPUT to select the input source.

INPUT

2 Press INPUT MODE to select an input mode.

2ch Stereo

In most cases, use AUTO.

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

INPUT MODE

■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 to select STRAIGHT.

STRAIGHT	STRAIGHT
	ENTER
EFFECT	or
Front panel	Remote control

STRAIGHT

Press STRAIGHT 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 LR” is set to NONE (see page 50) in the following cases:

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

–When headphones are connected to the PHONES jack.

t	96		VCR V-AUX		DTV/CBL		DVD MD/CD-R TUNER CD
	24	SILENT CINEMA	SP NIGHT ZONE2						PTY HOLD AUTO TUNED STEREO MEMORY		MUTE VOLUME
MATRIX DISCRETE
q DIGITAL		VIRTUAL	A B		HiFi DSP
q EX	q PL			SLEEP					PS PTY RT CT EON		dB
		10DDVDD						AUTO00dB			96/24
PCM
q PL	q PL x									ft	L C R
										mS	LFE SL SB SR
		Input source				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.

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You can adjust the default input mode this unit selects when the power is turned on (see page 52).

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