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Selecting a listening mode (surround mode), Multi-channel playback, N surround playback of 2-channel sources – Marantz NR1601 User Manual

Page 33: Listening mode

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Multi-channel playback

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Surround playback of 2-channel sources

1

Playing the source (vpage 22

26).

2

Press

SURR.

to select the

surround decoder to play back

multichannel sound.

• Each time

SURR.

is pressed, the surround mode is switched.

Which decoder can be selected depends on the settings of “Amp

Assign” (vpage 50) or “Speaker Config.” (vpage 50).

DOLBY PLgz

z

1

This mode is for 7.1-channel surround playback

using the front height speakers.

• “PLgz Height” is displayed.

DOLBY PLgx

z

2

This mode is for 7.1-channel or 6.1-channel

surround playback using the surround back

speakers.

• “PLgx Movie”, “PLgx Music”or “PLgx Game”

is displayed.

DOLBY PLg

This mode is for 5.1-channel surround playback.

Select this mode if no front height speaker nor

surround back speaker is to be used.

• “PLg Movie”, “PLg Music”or “PLg Game” is

displayed.

DTS NEO:6

This mode is for 7.1-channel, 6.1-channel or

5.1-channel surround playback using the surround

back speakers.

• “DTS NEO:6 Movie” or “DTS NEO:6 Music” is

displayed.

MULTI CH

STEREO

This mode is for enjoying stereo sound from all
speakers.

NEURAL

z

3

This mode is for 7.1-channel, 6.1-channel or

5.1-channel surround playback using the surround

back speakers.

• “NEURAL” is displayed.

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1 This can be selected when the “Amp Assign” (vpage  50)

setting in the menu is set to “Normal”, and the “Front Speaker

Setup” setting (vpage 52) is set to “A”.

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2 This can be selected when “Amp Assign” is set to “Normal” or

“Speaker Config.” – “S.Back” is not set to “None”.

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3 This mode supports analog 2-channel audio, and linear PCM 2

channel (44.1 kHz, 48 kHz) audio.

Selecting a listening mode (Surround mode)

This unit can play input audio signals in multi-channel surround mode or in stereo mode.
Select a listening mode suitable for the playback contents (cinema, music, etc.) or according to your liking.

Listening mode

Input audio

signal

Playback

Listening mode

2-channel

Multi channel

Surround

Multi-channel

playback (vpage 27)

For 2-channel signal input:
• Surround-channel signals are created and played with surround playback.
For multichannel signal input:
• The surround signal recorded in source is played as surround playback.

(The sound is played according to the settings of the speaker size in
“Speaker Config.” (vpage 50).)

• Surround-back-channel or front-height-channel signals that are not

recorded in source can be created.

2-channel

Multi channel

Stereo

Stereo playback

(vpage 29)

• If multichannel signals are input, they are mixed down to 2-channel audio

and are played.

• Subwoofer signal is also output.

2-channel

Multi channel

Stereo

Surround

Direct playback

(vpage 29)

Sound recorded in source is played as is.
• Surround back signals or front height signals are not created.
• In this mode, the following items cannot be adjusted.

• Tone (vpage 47)

• MultEQ® (vpage 47)

• Dynamic EQ® (vpage 48)

• Dynamic Volume® (vpage 48)

• M-DAX (vpage 49)

2-channel

Multi channel

Virtual

Surround

Dolby Virtual Speaker/

Dolby Headphone

playback (vpage 29)

Virtual Surround processing is performed on 2-channel or multichannel
input signals that are played back.

• Some listening modes cannot be selected, depending on the audio format or number of channels of the input signal.

For details, see “Types of input signals, and corresponding surround modes” (vpage 69).

• Adjust the sound field effect with the menu “Surround Parameter” (vpage 46) to enjoy your favorite sound mode.
• You can select the listening mode by pressing SURROUND MODE on the main unit.

Press SURROUND MODE and the modes are switched as shown below.

DOLBY VIRTUAL

DOLBY PLg(x) Music

NEURAL

DOLBY PLg(x) Game

AUTO*(STEREO)

STEREO

DOLBY PLgz

DOLBY PLg(x) Movie

MULTI CH STEREO

DTS NEO:6 cinema

DTS NEO:6 music

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For “AUTO”, press

AUTO

on the amplifier or remote control.