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Advanced Functions
Advanced Functions
Much of the adjusting and configuration your AVR requires is handled automatically, with
little intervention required on your part. You can also customize your AVR to suit your
system and your tastes. In this section we will describe some of the more advanced
adjustments available to you.
Audio Processing and Surround Sound
Audio signals can be encoded in a variety of formats that can affect not only the quality
of the sound but the number of speaker channels and the surround mode. You may also
manually select a different surround mode, when available.
Analog Audio Signals
Analog audio signals usually consist of two channels – left and right. Your AVR offers two
options for analog playback:
DSP Surround Off Mode:1. The DSP Surround Off mode digitizes the incoming signal
and applies the bass-management settings, including speaker configuration, delay
times and output levels. Select this mode when your front speakers are small, limited-
range satellites and you are using a subwoofer. To select this mode, use a digital audio
input or turn the Tone Control setting off, then select 2 CH Stereo mode.
Analog Surround Modes:2. Your AVR is able to process two-channel audio signals
to produce multichannel surround sound, even when no surround sound has been
encoded in the recording. Among the available modes are the Dolby Pro Logic II/IIx/IIz,
HARMAN Virtual Speaker, DTS Neo:6, Logic 7, 5 CH and 7 CH Stereo modes. To select
one of these modes, press the Surround Modes button.
Digital Audio Signals
Digital audio signals offer greater flexibility and capacity than analog signals, and
allow the encoding of discrete channel information directly into the signal. The result is
improved sound quality and startling directionality, since each channel’s information is
transmitted discretely. High-resolution recordings sound extraordinarily distortion-free,
especially in the high frequencies.
Surround Modes
Surround-mode selection depends upon the format of the incoming audio signal as well
as your personal taste. Although there is never a time when all of the AVR’s surround
modes are available, there is usually a wide variety of modes available for a given input.
Table A12 in the Appendix, on page 50, offers a brief description of each mode and
indicates the types of incoming signals or digital bitstreams the mode may be used with.
Additional information about the Dolby and DTS modes is available on the companies’
Web sites: www.dolby.com and www.dtsonline.com.
When in doubt, check the jacket of your disc for more information on which surround
modes are available. Usually, nonessential sections of the disc, such as trailers, extra
materials or the disc menu, are available only in Dolby Digital 2.0 (two-channel) or
PCM two-channel mode. If the main title is playing and the display shows one of these
surround modes, look for an audio or language setup section in the disc’s menu. Also,
make sure your disc player’s audio output is set to the original bitstream rather than two-
channel PCM. Stop play and check the player’s output setting.
Multichannel digital recordings are produced in five-channel, six-channel or seven-
channel formats, with or without a “.1” channel. The channels included in a typical
5.1-channel recording are front left, front right, center, surround left, surround right and
LFE (low-frequency effects). The LFE channel is denoted as “.1” to represent the fact that
it is limited to the low frequencies. 6.1-channel recordings add a single surround back
channel, and 7.1-channel recordings add surround back left and surround back right
channels to the 5.1-channel configuration. New formats are available in 7.1-channel
configurations. Your AVR is able to play the new audio formats, delivering a more exciting
home theater experience.
NOTE: To use the 6.1- and 7.1-channel surround modes, the surround back channels
must be enabled. See
Manual Speaker Setup
, on page 36 for more information.
Digital formats include Dolby Digital 2.0 (two channels only), Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby
Digital EX (6.1), Dolby Digital Plus (7.1), Dolby TrueHD (7.1), DTS-HD High-Resolution
Audio (7.1), DTS-HD Master Audio (7.1), DTS 5.1, DTS-ES (6.1 Matrix and Discrete), DTS
96/24 (5.1), two-channel PCM modes in 32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz or 96kHz, and 5.1 or 7.1
multichannel PCM.
When the AVR receives a digital signal, it detects the encoding method and the number
of channels, which is displayed briefly as three numbers, separated by slashes (e.g.,
“3/2/.1”).
The first number indicates the number of front channels in the signal: “1” represents
a monophonic recording (usually an older program that has been digitally remastered
or, more rarely, a modern program for which the director has chosen mono as a special
effect). “2” indicates the presence of the left and right channels, but no center channel.
“3” indicates that all three front channels (left, right and center) are present.
The second number indicates whether any surround channels are present: “0” indicates
that no surround information is present. “1” indicates that a matrixed surround signal is
present. “2” indicates discrete left and right surround channels. “3” is used with DTS-ES
bitstreams to represent the presence of the discrete surround back channel, in addition
to the side surround left and right channels. “4” is used with 7.1-channel digital formats
to indicate the presence of two discrete side surround channels and two discrete back
surround channels.
The third number is used for the LFE channel: “0” indicates no LFE channel. “.1” indicates
that an LFE channel is present.
The 6.1-channel signals – Dolby Digital EX and DTS-ES Matrix and Discrete – each
include a flag that signals the receiver to decode the surround back channel, indicated as
3/2/.1 EX-ON for Dolby Digital EX materials, and 3/3/.1 ES-ON for DTS-ES materials.
Dolby Digital 2.0 signals may include a Dolby Surround flag indicating DS-ON or DS-OFF,
depending on whether the two-channel bitstream contains only stereo information or a
downmix of a multichannel program that can be decoded by the AVR’s Dolby Pro Logic
decoder. By default, these signals are played in Dolby Pro Logic IIx Movie mode.
When a PCM signal is received, the PCM message and the sampling rate (32kHz, 44.1kHz,
48kHz or 96kHz) will appear.
When only two channels – left and right – are present, the analog surround modes may be
used to decode the signal into multiple channels. If you would prefer a different surround
format than the native signal’s digital encoding, press the Surround Modes button to
display the Surround Modes menu (see
Selecting a Surround Mode
, on page 32).
The Auto Select option sets the surround mode to the native signal’s digital encoding, e.g.,
Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD Master Audio. For two-channel materials, the
AVR defaults to the Logic 7 Movie mode. If you prefer a different surround mode, select
the surround-mode category: Virtual Surround, Stereo, Movie, Music or Video Game.
Press the OK button to change the mode.
Each surround-mode category is set to a default surround mode:
Virtual Surround: HARMAN virtual speaker. •
Stereo: 7-CH Stereo or 5-CH Stereo (depending on how many main speakers are •
present in the system).
Movie: Logic 7 Movie. •
Music: Logic 7 Music. •
Video Game: Logic 7 Game. •
You may select a different mode for each category. Below is a complete list of available
surround modes. (The actual surround modes available will depend on the number of
speakers in your system.)
Virtual Surround: HARMAN virtual speaker. •
Stereo: 2-CH Stereo, 5-CH Stereo or 7-CH Stereo. •
Movie: Logic 7 Movie, DTS Neo:6 Cinema, Dolby Pro Logic II Movie, Dolby Pro Logic IIx •
Movie, Dolby Pro Logic IIz.
Music: Logic 7 Music, DTS Neo:6 Music, Dolby Pro Logic II Music, Dolby Pro Logic IIx •
Music, Dolby Pro Logic IIz.
Video Game: Logic 7 Game, Dolby Pro Logic II Game, Dolby Pro Logic IIx Game, Dolby •
Pro Logic IIz.
Once you have programmed the surround mode for each type of audio, select the line
from the Surround Modes menu to override the AVR’s automatic surround-mode selection.
The AVR will use the same surround mode the next time the source is selected.
NOTE: Dolby Pro Logic IIx is available only if you have set up the AVR’s Assigned Amp to
Surround Back; Dolby Pro Logic IIz is available only if you have set up the AVR’s Assigned
Amp to Front Height. See
Manual Speaker Setup
, on page 36, for more information.
Please refer to Table A12 in the Appendix for more information on which surround modes
are available with different bitstreams.
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