Enjoying Surround Effects
This main unit incorporates a sophisticated Digital Signal Processor that allows you to create optimum sound quality
and sound atmosphere in your personal Home Theater.
Setting the Surround mode
Before surround playback, first perform the speaker setup procedure, etc. on the OSD settings for optimum
performance. For details, see "Setting the Speaker Setup" on page 44.
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Select the desired surround mode by pressing
the SURROUND buttons.
• Each time the buttons are pressed, the
surround mode changes depending on the
input signal format as the table below:
Signal format being input
Dolby Digital Plus sources
Dolby TrueHD sources
Dolby Digital EX 6.1 channel
sources
Dolby Digital 5.1 channel
sources
Dolby Digital 2 channel
sources
DTS-HD High Resolution
Audio sources
DTS-HD master Audio sources
DTS ES Discrete/Matrix 6.1
channel sources
DTS sources
DTS 96/24 sources
PCm (multi-channel) sources
**
PCm (2 channel) sources
Analog stereo sources
Music files from USB
Depending on surround back speaker setting, some surround modes can be selected or not as follows:
< >
: Possible only when surround back speaker is not set to "NO".
[
]
: Possible only when surround back speaker is set to "NO".
(
)
: Possible only when surround back speaker is set to "2ch".
{
}
: Possible only when front height speaker is set to "ON".
*
: Stand for THEATER, MOVIE, HALL, GAME, STADIUM, MCH STEREO, ALC.
**
: on the signal format being input, the Dolby Pro Logic IIx modes may not be selected.
Selectable surround mode
DOLBY DIGITAL PLUS
DOLBY TRUEHD
<DOLBY DIGITAL EX, DOLBY D + PLIIx MUSIC>, (DOLBY D + PLIIx MOVIE),
{DOLBY D + PLIIz}, DOLBY DIGITAL, DSP Surround modes*
<DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE, DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC, DOLBY PLIIx GAME>, [DOLBY
PLII MOVIE, DOLBY PLII MUSIC, DOLBY PLII GAME], {DOLBY PLIIz
HEIGHT}, DTS NEO: 6 MUSIC, DTS NEO: 6 CINEMA, DSP Surround modes*
DTS-HD HRA
DTS-HD MSTR
<Corresponding DTS ES mode, DTS + PLIIx MUSIC>, (DTS + PLIIx MOVIE),
DTS, {DTS + PLIIz}, DSP Surround modes*
Corresponding DTS mode, <DTS + NEO: 6, DTS + PLIIx MUSIC>, (DTS +
PLIIx MOVIE), DTS, {DTS + PLIIz}, DSP Surround modes*
MULTI PCM, <MCH + PLIIx MOVIE, MCH + PLIIx MUSIC>, {MCH + PLIIz},
DSP Surround modes*
<DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE, DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC, DOLBY PLIIx GAME>, [DOLBY
PLII MOVIE, DOLBY PLII MUSIC, DOLBY PLII GAME], DTS NEO: 6 MUSIC,
DTS NEO: 6 CINEMA, {DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT}, DSP Surround modes*
Operating Your System
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