Playback features

SURROUND

TARGET

STEREO

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Setting the surround decoder

When this unit plays back 2-channel or 5.1-channel sources in the surround mode, surround decoder enables them playback for

7.1-channel.1)You can enjoy a variety of surround sound effects by switching the decoder.2)

To enable a surround decoder, press the SURROUND key to select “DSP Off”.

Select the desired decoder from the setup menu  “SOUND”  “MATRIX DECODER”.

See “Setting the setup menu” under “Setup menu” (p. 58) for instructions on accessing the setup menu.

Available decoders and recommended sources 2ch  5ch

Decoder

 

Recommended

 

source

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLII

 

Movie

Movies

(Dolby Pro Logic II)

 

Music

Music

 

 

Game

Games

 

 

 

 

Neo:6 (DTS Neo:6)

 

Cinema

Movies

 

 

Music

Music

 

 

 

 

2ch  7ch

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decoder

 

Recommended

 

source

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLIIx

 

Movie

Movies

(Dolby Pro Logic IIx)

 

Music3)

Music

 

 

Game

Games

 

 

 

 

Neo:6 (DTS Neo:6)

 

Cinema

Movies

 

 

Music

Music

 

 

 

 

1) y

2) y

About the surround decoder for playback of 5.1-channel sources

When “Ch Out” (channel output) is set to “7.1ch”, this unit decodes 5.1-channel sources and then playback them in up to 7.1-channel surround (p. 36). One of the following decoders is automatically selected depending on the input signals.

5.1ch input source

Decoder

 

 

PCM, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Surround

Dolby Pro Logic

EX, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus

IIx Movie/Music

 

 

DTS Digital, DTS-ES matrix, DTS-HD Master

DTS-ES matrix

Audio, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio

 

 

 

DTS-ES discrete

DTS-ES discrete

 

 

Available decoders vary depending upon the selected sound beam channel output setting (p. 37).

Decoders are disabled when stereo playback mode (p. 33), My Surround (p. 36, 37), or target playback mode (p. 39) is enabled.

3)y

Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music parameters (Center Width, Panorama, and Dimension) can be adjusted from the setup menu (p. 63).

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