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Listening to your system 05
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Listening in stereo
When you select STEREO , you will hear the source
through just the front left and right speakers (and
possibly your subwoofer depending on your speaker
settings). Dolby Digital and DTS multichannel sources
are downmixed to stereo.
• While listening to a source, press STEREO for stereo
playback.
Using Stream Direct
Use the Stream Direct modes when you want to hear the
truest possible reproduction of a source. All unnecessary
signal processing is bypassed, and you’re left with the
pure analog or digital sound source (see
Stream direct
with different input signal formats on page 84).
1 While listening to a source, press S.DIRECT
( AUTO SURR / STREAM DIRECT ) to select the mode
you want.
Check the digital format indicators in the front panel
display to see how the source is being processed.
• AUTO SURROUND – See Auto playback on page 27.
• DIRECT – Sources are heard according to the
settings made in the Surround Setup (speaker
setting, channel level, speaker distance, acoustic
calibration EQ, and X-curve), as well as with dual
mono, the input attenuator, and any sound delay and
hi-bit/hi-sampling settings. You will hear sources
according to the number of channels in the signal.
• PURE DIRECT – Analog and PCM sources are heard
without any digital processing. 1 No sound is output
from the Second Zone in this mode.
Selecting MCACC presets
• Default setting: MEMORY 1
If you have calibrated your system for different listening
positions 2 , you can switch between settings to suit the
kind of source you’re listening to and where you’re sitting
(for example, watching movies from a sofa, or playing a
video game close to the TV).
• While listening to a source, press MCACC ( MCACC
POSITION ).
Press repeatedly to select one of the six MCACC presets
3
or to switch calibration off. See Data Management on
page 41 to check and manage your current settings.
Choosing the input signal
You need to hook up a component to both analog and
digital inputs on the receiver to select between input
signals. 4
• Press SIGNAL SEL (SIGNAL SELECT ) to select the
input signal corresponding to the source component.
Each press cycles through the options as follows:
• AUTO – This is the default setting. The receiver
selects the first available signal in the following
order: ; HDMI ; DIGITAL ; ANALOG .
• ANALOG – Selects an analog signal.
• DIGITAL – Selects an optical or coaxial digital signal.
• HDMI – Selects an HDMI signal. 5
• – Selects an i.LINK signal (VSX-AX4AVi only).
Note
1 There are cases where a brief noise is heard before playback of sources other than PCM. Please select AUTO SURROUND or DIRECT if this is a problem.
SHIFT
STATUS
MCACC S.DIRECT
MULTI OPE
SIGNAL SEL SBch STEREO
ADV. SURR STANDARD
PHASE
THX
SHIFT
STATUS
MCACC S.DIRECT
MULTI OPE
SIGNAL SEL SBch STEREO
ADV. SURR STANDARD
PHASE
THX
2 Different presets might also have separate calibration settings for the same listening position, depending on how you’re using your system. These pre-
sets can be set in
Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on page 7 or Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 33, either of which you should
have already completed.
3 You can’t use these settings when
MULTI CH IN is switched on, and they has no effect when headphones are connected.
4 • This receiver can only play back Dolby Digital, PCM (32kHz–96 kHz), DTS (including DTS 96kHz/24 bit) and WMA9 Pro digital signal formats. With other
digital signal formats, set to
ANALOG (the MULTI CH IN , TUNER , PHONO and iPod input functions are all fixed to ANALOG ).
• You may get digital noise when a LD or CD player compatible with DTS is playing an analog signal. To prevent noise, make the proper digital connec-
tions (page 15) and set the signal input to DIGITAL .
• Some DVD players don’t output DTS signals. For more details, refer to the instruction manual supplied with your DVD player.
• Even when i.LINK is selected and the i.LINK indicator lights, you won’t hear any sound if the output settings of your i.LINK device are off.
• The input signal for unassigned i.LINK-equipped components is fixed to . See
Checking the i.LINK inputs on page 49.
5 When the HDMI option in Setting the AV options on page 63 is set to THROUGH , the sound will be heard through your TV, not from this receiver.
SHIFT
STATUS
MCACC S.DIRECT
MULTI OPE
SIGNAL SEL SBch STEREO
ADV. SURR STANDARD
PHASE
THX
SHIFT
STATUS
MCACC S.DIRECT
MULTI OPE
SIGNAL SEL SBch STEREO
ADV. SURR STANDARD
PHASE
THX
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