Yamaha HTR-5860 - Manual (Page 39)

■ Night listening modes
The night listening modes are designed to improve
listenability at lower volumes or at night. Choose either
N1GHT:CTNEMA or N1GHT:MUSIC depending on the
type of material you are playing.
Press AWIP to select the AMP mode, then press
NIGHT repeatedly on the remote control to select
cinema or music.
When night listening is selected, the NIGHT indicator in
the front panel display lights up.
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• Select NlGHTiCINEMA when watching films to
reduce the dynamic range of film soundtracks and
make dialog easier to hear at lower volumes.
• Select NIGHT:MUSIC w hen listening to music sources
to preserve ease-of-li,stening for all sounds.
• Select OEE if you do not want to use this function.
Press < / > to adjust the effect level while
NIGHTCINEMA or NIGHTMUSIC is displayed.
This adjusts the level of compression.
Remote control
• Select MIN for minimum compression.
• Select MID for standard compression.
• Select MAX for maximum compression.
NIC;HT:CINEMA and NlCiHTAIUSIC adjustments are stored
iiidcpeiideiitly.
Notes
• You cannot use the night listening modes with PURE DIRECT
or MULTI CH INPUT (even though the NIGHT indicator lights
up when PURE DIRECT is selected).
• The night listening inodes may vary in effectiveness depentling
on the input source and surround sound settings you use.
PLAYBACK
■ Downmixing to 2 channels
You can enjoy 2-channel stereo playback even from multi­
channel sources.
Rotate PROGRAM (or press AMP to select the
AMP mode, then press STEREO on the remote
control) to select 2ch Stereo.
PROGRAM
Front panel
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Remote control
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You can use a subwoofer wuth this program «'hen SWFR or
BOTH is selected in "BASS OUT".
■ Listening to unprocessed input signals
In STRAIGHT mode, two channel stereo sources are
output from only the front left and right .speakers. Multi­
channel sources are decoded straight into the appropriate
channels without any additional effect processing.
Press STRAIGHT (or press AMP to select the
AMP mode, then press STRAIGHT on the remote
control) to select STRAIGHT.
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Front panel Remote control
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Press STRAIGHT (EFFECT) again so that “STRAIGHT”
disappears from the display when you want to turn the
sound effect back on.
■ Virtual CINEMA DSP
Virtual CINEMA DSP allows you to enjoy the CINEMA
DSP programs w'ithout .surround speakers. It creates
virtual speakers to reproduce the natural sound field.
If you set “SUR- L/R SP” to NONE (see page 63), Virtual
CINEMA DSP activates automatically whenever you
select a CINEMA DSP sound field program.
Note
Virtual CINEMA DSP «'ill not activate, even when “SUR. LR" is
set to NONE (sec page 6.3) in the following cases:
-When MULTI CH INPUT is selected as Ihe input source.
-When headphones are connected to the PHONES jack.
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