ONKYO TX-SR502 Instruction Manual

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Using the Listening Modes
 
With its built-in surround-sound decoders and DSP pro-
grams, the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E can transform your 
home listening room into a movie theater or concert hall.
To get the most from surround sound, it’s important that 
you install and configure your speakers correctly. See 
“Connecting Your Speakers” on page 17 and “Speaker 
Configuration” on page 32.
Listening mode availability depends on the format of the 
current input signal. For example, the Dolby Digital lis-
tening modes are available only while a Dolby Digital 
format signal is being input. 
The following table lists all the possible listening modes 
and indicates which modes can be selected for each input 
signal format.
 
*1: Available when the Surr Back setting in the Speaker Configuration is set to None (see page 32).
*2: Available when the Surr Back setting in the Speaker Configuration is NOT set to None (see page 32).
*3: Available when the Surr Back setting in the Speaker Configuration is NOT set to None (page 32) and the Dolby Digital/DTS 
setting (page 44) is set to On.
*4: Available when the Surr Back setting in the Speaker Configuration is NOT set to None (page 32) and the Dolby Digital/DTS 
setting (page 44) is set to either On or Auto.
*5: For DTS 96 kHz/24-bit material, if the listening mode is Stereo or DTS 96/24, audio is processed at 96 kHz. For all other listening 
modes, it’s processed at 48 kHz.
 
Input Signal Format
PCM, analog
PCM
Dolby Digital
DTS
96 kHz
3/2.1 or 
3/3.1
2/0
(stereo)
Other
3/2.1 or 
3/3.1
2/0
(stereo)
96/24
DTS-ES
Source
Listening 
mode
 
CD, TV, LD, 
VHS, MD, vinyl, 
radio, cassette, 
cable, satellite, 
etc.
96 kHz/24 bit 
DVD, etc.
DVD, digital cable/satellite, etc.
DVD, LD, CD, etc.
 
Pure Audio
(not American model)
 
 
Direct
 
 
Stereo
 
 
PLII Movie/Music/Game *1
 
 
PLIIx Movie/Music/Game 
(2ch) *2
 
 
PLIIx Music (5ch) *3
 
 
 *5
 
Neo:6 Cinema/Music
 
 
Dolby Digital
 
 
Dolby Digital EX *4
 
 
DTS
 
 
DTS 96/24
 
 
DTS-ES Discrete *4
 
Discrete
 
DTS-ES Matrix *4
 
Matrix
 
DTS+Neo:6 *3
 
 
 *5
 
DTS+Dolby EX *3
 
 
 *5
 
Onkyo
original
DSP
Orchestra
 
 
Unplugged
 
 
Studio-Mix
 
 
TV Logic
 
 
All Ch Stereo
 
Tip: You can check the format of a digital input signal on page 35, “Displaying Source Information.”
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