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Decoding Modes
Your Receiver provides all the key decoding and processing modes for analog and digital signals, including the latest high-
definition audio formats over HDMI.
MODES FOR DIGITAL SOURCES
Digital recordings are usually encoded to include information about their format type. The Receiver automatically detects the
relevant format in a digital signal – such as Dolby Atmos, TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS:X, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby
Digital, or DTS – and switches to the appropriate decoding.
MODES FOR ANALOG SOURCES
Analog recordings do not contain information about their encoding formats, so the desired mode – such as Dolby Surround –
needs to be selected manually.
Stereo
In this mode the Receiver works as a conventional high quality audio amplifier. Note that if the subwoofer is enabled in stereo
mode, then some processing of the signal is carried out.
Stereo 2.0 – Conventional two-channel stereo mode, with full-range signal sent to corresponding Front Left and
Right speaker outputs.
Stereo 2.1 – Only selectable if a subwoofer is present. Conventional two-channel stereo mode with low frequencies
redirected to the subwoofer.
All Stereo - This produces an output from all speakers by copying the left output to all left speakers and the right
output to all right speakers. The center speaker outputs a mix of left and right.
Native
In this mode, the incoming format is unchanged. In the case of analog and digital stereo recordings, the Receiver
will default to Stereo 2.0.
Dolby Surround
Dolby Surround allows the Receiver to derive up to 5 or 7 outputs from a two or multi-channel source to take better advantage
of all amplifiers and speakers in your setup.
DTS (MA710 only)
DTS Neural:X is an advanced upmixer that renders up to 7.1.4 channels of immersive audio from nearly any lower channel
count content.
MULTI-CHANNEL SOURCE MODES
For many years, digital multi-channel source material was often provided as ‘5.1 audio’. The ‘5.1 channels’ are comprised of:
left, center and right front speakers, two surround speakers and a low frequency effects (LFE) channel. Since the LFE channel
is not a full range channel, it is referred to as ‘.1’.
MA710 Note: Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, and DTS-HD are high-resolution immersive surround formats which use object-oriented
audio technology to deliver additional sonic locations for the sound requiring additional speakers including height speakers.
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