PLAYBACK

■Virtual CINEMA DSP

With Virtual CINEMA DSP, you can enjoy all DSP programs without rear speakers. It creates virtual speakers to reproduce a natural sound field.

You can listen to virtual CINEMA DSP by setting “1C REAR LR” in the set menu to NON. Sound field processing changes to VIRTUAL CINEMA DSP automatically.

Note

•This unit is not set in the virtual CINEMA DSP mode even if “1C REAR LR” is set to NON in the following cases:

–when the 6ch Stereo, DOLBY DIGITAL, Pro Logic, Pro Logic II, or DTS program is selected;

–when the sound effect is turned off;

–when 6CH INPUT is selected as the input source;

–when a digital signal with a sampling frequency greater than 48 kHz is input to this unit;

–when using the test tone; or

–when connecting the headphones.

■SILENT CINEMA DSP

You can enjoy a powerful sound field similar to what you could expect from actual speakers through headphones, with SILENT CINEMA DSP. You can listen to SILENT CINEMA DSP by connecting your headphones to the PHONES jack while the digital sound field processor is on. The “SILENT” indicator lights up on the front panel display. (When sound effects are off, the unit reproduces the source in normal stereo.)

Notes

•This feature is not available when 6CH INPUT is selected or the unit is receiving a digital signal with a sampling frequency greater than 48 kHz.

•The sound from the LFE channel will be mixed and output from the headphones.

■Normal stereo reproduction

Press STEREO/EFFECT to turn off the sound effect for normal stereo reproduction.

Press STEREO/EFFECT again to turn the sound effect back on.

STEREO

STEREO

 

or

EFFECT

EFFECT

Front panel

Remote control

Notes

•If you turn off the sound effects, no sound is output from the center speaker, rear speakers, or rear center speaker.

•If you turn off the sound effects while the unit is reproducing sound from a Dolby Digital or DTS signal, the dynamic range of the signal is automatically compressed and the unit will output mix the sounds of the center and rear speaker channels and output them from the main speakers.

•The volume may be greatly reduced when you turn off the sound effects or if you set “SOUND 4 D. RANGE (dynamic range” on the set menu to MIN. In this case turn on the sound effect.

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•During stereo reproduction, you can display information such as the type, format and sampling frequency of the signal input from the components connected to this unit.

(While playing a source)

1 Press AMP to set the remote control in AMP mode.

2 Press d to display the information about the input signal.

+

TV VOL

CH

TV MUTE

CH

–

+

SELECT

PRESET

 

PRESET

 

TV VOL

 

 

–

 

(Format): The display shows the signal format. When the unit cannot detect a digital signal it automatically switches to analog input.

in: The display shows the number of input signal source channels, as follows: For multi-channel soundtrack such as front 3 channels, rear 2 channels and LFE, the display shows “3/2/ LFE”.

For bilingual broadcasts where the signal is split into 2 channels, the display shows “1+1”. For signals with more than 3 channels the display shows “MLT”.

fs: The display shows the sampling frequency. When the unit is unable to detect the sampling frequency “Unknown” shows in the front panel display.

rate: The display shows the bit rate. When the unit is unable to detect the bit rate “Unknown” shows in the front panel display.

flg: The display shows the flag - data encoded in a DTS or Dolby Digital signal that causes this unit to automatically switch to the appropriate decoder for playback.

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