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Chapter 5:
Listening to your system
Important
• The listening modes and many features described in
this section may not be available depending on the
current source, settings and status of the receiver.
See
Listening modes with different input signal
formats on page 92 for more on this.
Auto playback
There are many ways to listen back to sources using this
receiver, but for the simplest, most direct listening option
is the Auto Surround feature. The receiver automatically
detects what kind of source you’re playing and selects
multichannel or stereo playback as necessary. 1
• While listening to a source, press RECEIVER, then
press AUTO/DIRECT (AUTO SURR/STREAM DIRECT) 2
for auto playback of a source.
AUTO SURROUND shows briefly in the display before
showing the decoding or playback format. Check the
digital format indicators in the front panel display to see
how the source is being processed.
• When listening to XM Radio, the XM HD Surround
feature is selected automatically (see Using XM HD
Surround on page 55 for more on this).
Listening in surround sound
Using this receiver, you can listen to any source in
surround sound. However, the options available will
depend on your speaker setup and the type of source
you’re listening to.
If you connected surround back speakers, see also Using
surround back channel processing on page 33.
Standard surround sound
The following modes provide basic surround sound for
stereo and multichannel sources.
3
• While listening to a source, press RECEIVER, then
press STANDARD (STANDARD SURROUND).
If necessary, press repeatedly to select a listening mode.
• If the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround
encoded, the proper decoding format will
automatically be selected and shows in the display.
4
With two channel sources, you can select from:
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – Up to 7.1 channel sound,
especially suited to movie sources
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – Up to 7.1 channel sound,
especially suited to music sources 5
• 2 Pro Logic IIx GAME – Up to 7.1 channel sound,
especially suited to video games
• 2 PRO LOGIC – 4.1 channel surround sound (sound
from the surround speakers is mono)
• Neo:6 CINEMA – 6.1 channel sound, especially
suited to movie sources
• Neo:6 MUSIC – 6.1 channel sound, especially suited
to music sources 6
• XM HD Surround – Up to 7.1 channel sound,
especially suited to music sources
7
With multichannel sources, if you have connected
surround back speaker(s) and have selected
SBch ON, you
can select (according to format):
Note
1 • Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded accordingly using Neo:6 CINEMA or 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE (see Listening in surround sound above
for more on these decoding formats).
• The Auto Surround feature is canceled if you connect headphones.
2 For more options using this button, see Using Stream Direct on page 32.
AUTO/
DIRECT
THX STATUS PHASE
TV CTRL
HDD
STEREO/
A.L.C.
DVD
STANDARD
BD MENU
ADV SURR
ANT
AUDIO DISPLAY
MPX SIGNAL SEL
CH
RECEIVER
MEM
RECEIVER
AUTO/
DIRECT
HDD
3 In modes that give 6.1 channel sound, the same signal is heard from both surround back speakers.
4 If surround back channel processing (page 33) is switched off, or the surround back speakers are set to
NO (this happens automatically if the Surround
back speaker setting on page 41 is set to anything but Normal), 2 Pro Logic IIx becomes 2 Pro Logic II (5.1 channel sound).
5 When listening to 2-channel sources in Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music mode, there are three further parameters you can adjust: C.WIDTH, DIMENSION, and
PANORAMA. See Setting the Audio options on page 71 to adjust them.
6 When listening to 2-channel sources in Neo:6 Cinema or Neo:6 Music mode, you can also adjust the center image effect (see
Setting the Audio options
on page 71).
7
XM HD Surround can be selected only with the XM input.
AUTO/
DIRECT
THX STATUS PHASE
TV CTRL
HDD
STEREO/
A.L.C.
DVD
BD MENU
ADV SURR
ANT
AUDIO DISPLAY
MPX SIGNAL SEL
CH
STANDARD
RECEIVER
MEM
STANDARD
RECEIVER
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