Owner's Manual

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Front Panel Rear Panel Remote
Contents
Connections
Playback
Setup
listening to the audio of TV using the speakers of this unit. Select "Off" when the
ARC function is not used.
Audio
Music Optimizer: Improve the quality of the compressed audio. Playback sound
of lossy compressed les such as MP3 will be improved. The setting can be set
for each input. This works in signals whose sampling frequencies are 48 kHz or
less. The setting is not effective in the bitstream signals.
It cannot be set if the listening mode is Direct.
Late Night: Enable small sounds to be easily heard in detail. It is useful when
you need to reduce the volume while watching a movie late night. You can enjoy
the effect only when playing the Dolby series and DTS series input signals.
This function cannot be used in the following cases.
When playing Dolby Digital Plus or Dolby TrueHD with "Loudness
Management" set to "Off"
When the input signal is DTS:X, and "Dialog Control" is not 0 dB
Stereo Assign: When the listening mode is set to "Stereo", the audio output
destination can be set to "Surround", "Surround Back", "Height 1" or "Height 2" in
addition to the normal right and left channels ("Front") of front speakers.
This function cannot be used if the listening mode is set to modes other than
"Stereo".
You cannot select speakers that are not set with "2. Speaker" - "Conguration"
on the Setup menu.
Zone B: Select a method of outputting audio to ZONE B from among "Off",
"On(A+B)" and "On(B)".
In the following cases, "Zone B" cannot be selected.
When ZONE 2 is On
When "2. Speaker" - "Conguration" - "Zone 2 Preout" on the Setup menu
is set to "Zone 2" (
p159)
Screen Centered Dialog: By adjusting the localization of the center elements,
you can make it easier to hear dialog in movies or give more prominence to the
vocals in music. If you are using front high speakers, you can select from "1"
(low) to "4" (high).
The function cannot be set in the following cases.
When the Front High speakers are not enabled
When the "Adjusting Vocal" ( p123) function is being used
When "Dialog Control" ( p166) has been set
When the listening mode is Direct
Upsampling: By increasing the sampling frequency of PCM 2 channel audio by
a factor of 2 or 4, you can achieve high-quality sound reproduction. The setting
can be separately set to each input selector. This can be set when the sampling
frequency is between 44.1 kHz and 96 kHz. This function works in the Direct and
Stereo listening modes.
AccuEQ
AccuEQ: Enable or disable the equalizer function that corrects for sound
distortion caused by the acoustic environment of the room.
On (All Ch): EQ that corrects according to the room acoustics acquired with the
AccuEQ calibration is applied to all channels.
On (ex. L/R): The same EQ as "On (All Ch)" is applied to speakers other than the
Front Speakers. EQ correction for the Front Speakers is turned off.
On (F.MatchEQ): The EQ characteristics of the Front Speakers are applied to the
speakers other than the Front Speakers. The EQ of high frequency ranges is also
corrected.
The setting can be set for each input.
Manual Equalizer: Select "Preset 1" to "Preset 3" congured in "2. Speaker"
- "Equalizer Settings" on the Setup menu. When this is set to "Off", the same
sound eld setting is applied to all ranges.
Re-EQ, Re-EQ(THX): Adjusts the soundtrack with the enhanced high range so
that it suits a home theater.
The following listening modes can be used for Re-EQ: Dolby Audio - DD, Dolby
Audio - DD+, Dolby Audio - Surr, Dolby Audio - TrueHD, Multichannel, DTS, DTS-
ES, DTS 96/24, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, DTS-HD Master Audio, DTS
Neural:X, DTS Express and DSD
In Re-EQ(THX), the following listening modes can be used: THX Cinema and
THX Select Cinema.
It cannot be set if the listening mode is Direct.
EQ for Standing Wave: Setting this "On" will control the effect of the standing
wave generated by the sound wave reected by wall or similar interfering with the
original sound wave.