Filter
Top Products
Listening to your system05
28
En
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 receiver.
Auto playback
The simplest, most direct listening option is the
Auto Surround feature. With this, the receiver
automatically detects what kind of source
you’re playing and selects multichannel or
stereo playback as necessar y.
1
• While listening to a source, press
AUTO/DIRECT
2
for auto playback of a
source.
Press repeatedly until AUTO SURROUND
shows briefly in the display (it will then show
the decoding or playback format). Check the
digital format indicators in the display to see
how the source is being processed.
Listening in surround sound
Using this receiver, 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.
• While listening to a source, press
STANDARD
.
If the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby
Surround encoded, the proper decoding
format will automatically be selected and
shows in the display.
With two channel sources, press STANDARD
repeatedly to select from:
• DOLBY PLII MOVIE – Up to 5.1 channel
sound, especially suited to movie sources
• DOLBY PLII MUSIC
3
– Up to 5.1 channel
sound, especially suited to music sources
• DOLBY PLII GAME – Up to 5.1 channel
sound, especially suited for video games
• DOLBY PRO LOGIC – 4.1 channel
surround sound
Note
1Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded accordingly using DOLBY PLII MOVIE (see Listening in surround sound above
for more on these decoding formats).
2For more options using this button, see Using Stream Direct on page 30.
STANDARD
ADV SURR
STEREO/
A.L.C.
AUTO/
DIRECT
AUDIO
TUNER EDIT
MASTER
AUTO/
DIRECT
3 When listening to 2-channel sources in DOLBY PLII MUSIC mode, there are three further parameters you can adjust:
C.WIDTH, DIMEN., and PNRM.. See Setting the Audio options on page 32 to adjust them.
STANDARD
ADV SURR
STEREO/
A.L.C.
AUTO/
DIRECT
AUDIO
TUNER EDIT
MASTER
STANDARD
VSX_519V_KU.book Page 28 Wednesday, December 24, 2008 4:38 PM