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ENJOYING SURROUND SOUND
• Each time this button is pressed, the mode changes as
follows :
Auto surround mode : The optimum surround mode will be
automatically selected depending on the signal
format being input.
Manual surround mode : You can select the desired of different
surround modes selectable for the signal
being input with using the MULTI
CONTROL knob or the SURROUND MODE
UP/DOWN ( ) buttons.
Notes :
• Even when the auto surround mode is selected and the same type of digital signal format is being input, the
optimum surround mode may vary depending on whether the speaker type is set to "NO" or not.
• When the auto surround mode is selected, the surround modes other than the optimum surround mode
cannot be selected.
Notes:
• Before surround playback, first perform the speaker setup procedure, etc. on the OSD menu for optimum performance.
(For details, refer to "SETTING THE SPEAKER/ROOM EQ SETUP" on page 48.)
• When playing digital signals from the Dolby Digital program source or selecting the surround mode such as Dolby Pro Logic II
/Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music, Dolby Headphone, Dolby Virtual Speaker modes, you can adjust their parameters for optimum
surround effect. (For details, refer to "SETTING THE SOUND PARAMETER" on page 57.)
• When the EXTERNAL IN is selected as an input source, the surround modes cannot be selected.
Depending on how to select a surround mode, select the auto surround mode or the manual surround mode.
("AUTO" lights up.)
("AUTO" goes off.)
When selecting the manual surround mode with pressing the SURROUND MODE button on the front panel.
Select the desired surround mode.
• Each time the MULTI CONTROL knob is rotated or
the SURROUND MODE UP / DOWN ( >/< ) buttons
are pressed, the surround mode changes depending
on the input signal format as follows :
• 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".
* : Depending on the signal format being input, the Dolby Pro Logic IIx modes and the Dolby Virtual Speaker modes may not be selected.
Signal format being input
Dolby Digital EX 6.1 channel sources,
Dolby Digital 5.1 channel sources
Dolby Digital 2 channel sources
DTS ES Discrete/Matrix 6.1 channel
sources
DTS sources,
DTS 96/24 sources
PCM (multi-channel) sources*
96 kHz PCM (2 channel) sources
PCM (2 channel) sources,
Analog stereo sources
Selectable surround mode
<DOLBY DIGITAL EX, DOLBY D + PLIIx MUSIC>, (DOLBY D + PLIIx MOVIE),
DOLBY DIGITAL, DOLBY VS REF, DOLBY VS WIDE
<DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE, DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC, DOLBY PLIIx GAME>, [DOLBY PLII MOVIE,
DOLBY PLII MUSIC, DOLBY PLII GAME], DOLBY VS REF, DOLBY VS WIDE
<corresponding DTS ES mode, DTS + PLIIx MUSIC>, (DTS + PLIIx MOVIE), DTS,
DOLBY VS REF, DOLBY VS WIDE
corresponding DTS mode, DOLBY VS REF, DOLBY VS WIDE, <DTS + NEO:6, DTS + PLIIx
MUSIC>, (DTS + PLIIx MOVIE)
MULTI PCM, <DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE, DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC>, DOLBY VS REF, DOLBY VS WIDE
<DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE, DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC, DOLBY PLIIx GAME>, [DOLBY PLII MOVIE,
DOLBY PLII MUSIC, DOLBY PLII GAME], DOLBY VS REF, DOLBY VS WIDE,
NEO:6 CINEMA, NEO:6 MUSIC, THEATER, HALL, STADIUM, ROOM, PANORAMA, CLASSIC,
MULTI CH STEREO
