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Listening Modes
Selecting a listening mode
• Refer to page 49 for more details of listening modes.
• Refer to page 55 for sources and listening modes.
• When playing Dolby Digital or DTS software, the listening
mode will automatically change to Dolby Digital or DTS.
Tip:
You can set in advance a different listening mode for each input
source. For more details, see page 55.
When using the remote controller, first press the RCVR
MODE button before preceding to the step below.
Press one of the listening mode buttons to select the listening mode.
PURE AUDIO (PURE A) (TX-SR700/700E only): Changes the
listening mode for the signal type that is currently being input from
the selected input source to the Pure Audio listening mode. If
pressed, the corresponding setting in the “Input Setup” menu for the
selected input source is also changed (see page 54).
DIRECT: Changes the listening mode for the signal type that is
currently being input from the selected input source to the Direct
listening mode. If pressed, the corresponding setting in the “Input
Setup” menu for the selected input source is also changed (see page
54).
STEREO: Changes the listening mode for the signal type that is
currently being input from the selected input source to the Stereo
listening mode. If pressed, the corresponding settings in the “Input
Setup” menu for the selected input source is also changed (see page
54).
SURROUND (SURR): Changes the listening mode for the signal
type that is currently being input from the selected input source to the
surround mode that matches the signal type (e.g., Dolby Pro Logic
II, Dolby Digital, DTS, or DTS Neo:6). If pressed, the corresponding
settings in the “Input Setup” menu for the selected input source is
also changed (see page 54).
If the SURROUND button is pressed
• While playing back DTS sources
Each time you press the button, the DTS-ES setting switches
from: Auto → On → Off.
Auto: When a DTS source with a DTS-ES flag (ID signal for
DTS-ES) is input, the listening mode changes automatically to
DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 or DTS-ES Matrix 6.1. If the DTS source
has no DTS-ES flag, the source is played in DTS mode.
On: When a DTS source with a DTS-ES flag is input, the
listening mode changes automatically to DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 or
DTS-ES Matrix 6.1. If the DTS source has no DTS-ES flag, the
source is played in DTS-ES Matrix 6.1.
Off: DTS sources are always played in the DTS mode. The
DTS-ES modes are not used even when the DTS source has the
DTS-ES flag.
• While playing back Dolby Digital (Multichannel) sources
Select whether or not to play back Dolby Digital sources using
the matrix 6.1-channel decoder when using surround back
speakers.
Each time you press the button, the Dolby Digital EX setting
switches from: Auto → On → Off.
Auto: Sources with an EX flag (ID signal for Dolby Digital) are
automatically played back in Dolby Digital EX. If the source has
no EX flag, the source is played back in Dolby Digital.
On: When a Dolby Digital source with an EX flag is input, the
listening mode changes automatically to Dolby Digital EX. If
the Dolby Digital source has no EX flag, the source is played in
the Dolby Digital EX.
Off: Dolby Digital EX playback is not performed even if an EX
flag exists. (Playback is the normal Dolby Digital playback.)
Be aware that if the surround channel is monaural or there is no
surround channel, the source is played back in Dolby Digital
regardless of this setting.
• While playing back Dolby Digital 2-channel sources
Each time you press the button, the Dolby Digital setting
switches from: Pro Logic II Movie → Pro Logic II Music.
• While playing back Analog/PCM sources
Each time you press the button, the Dolby Digital setting
switches from: Pro Logic II Movie → Pro Logic II Music →
DTS Neo6:Cinema → DTS Neo6:Music.
If “None” is selected for the surround speaker setting in the
“Speaker Config” menu, DTS Neo:6 Music will not appear.
CINE FLTR
RCVR
MODE
Listening mode buttons
Listening mode
buttons
Remote controller
TX-SR700/700E/
600/600E