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Listening to your system 05
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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 amplifier.
See
Listening modes with different input signal
formats on page 141 for more on this.
Auto playback
There are many ways to listen back to sources using this
amplifier, but for the simplest, most direct listening
option is the Auto Surround feature. The amplifier
automatically detects what kind of source you’re playing
and selects multichannel or stereo playback as
necessary. 1
• While listening to a source, press AUTO/DIRECT
(AUTO SURROUND/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 LCD display to see
how the source is being processed.
Listening in surround sound
Using this amplifier, 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 37.
Standard surround sound
The following modes provide basic surround sound for
stereo and multichannel sources. 3
• While listening to a source, press STANDARD.
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 – 7.1 channel sound, especially
suited to movie sources
• Neo:6 MUSIC – 7.1 channel sound, especially suited
to music sources 6
• Neural THX – 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):
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – See above (only available
when you’re using two surround back speakers)
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – See above
• Dolby Digital EX – Creates surround back channel
sound for 5.1 channel sources and provides pure
decoding for 6.1 channel sources (like Dolby Digital
Surround EX)
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 36.
THX
STEREO/
F.S.SURR
SIGNAL SEL SLEEP AUDIO DIMMER
AUTO/
DIRECT STANDARD ADV SURR AUTO/
DIRECT
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 37) is switched
OFF, or the surround back speakers are set to NO (this happens automatically if the Speaker
output setting on page 43 is set to All Ch Bi-Amp), 2 Pro Logic IIx becomes 2 Pro Logic II (5.2 channel sound).
5 When listening to 2-channel sources in Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music mode, there are three further parameters you can adjust: Center Width, Dimension,
and Panorama. See
Setting the Audio options on page 99 to adjust them.
6 When listening to 2-channel sources in Neo:6 Music mode, you can also adjust the center image effect (see Setting the Audio options on page 99).
7 Neural THX can be selected when the input signal is an analog or PCM signal.
THX
STEREO/
F.S.SURR
SIGNAL SEL SLEEP AUDIO DIMMER
AUTO/
DIRECT STANDARD ADV SURR STANDARD
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