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RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver

NOTE: DTS, DTS-ES Matrix 6.1, DTS-ES Dis-

crete 6.1, Dolby Digital, MP3, MPEG Mul

tichannel, digital signals are auto-detected

and cannot be overridden. However, you

can choose to use Dolby Digital Surround EX

decoding for any Dolby Digital 5.1 source

material. You can also downmix Dolby Digi

tal 5.1 or DTS 5.1 recordings for 2-channel

playback.

• HDCD (non 96kHz) and PCM 2-chan

nel (non 96kHz) digital signals can be

overridden to Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby

3-Stereo, DTS Neo:6, Music 1 – 4, 5CH

Stereo, 7CH Stereo, and Stereo.

• Dolby Digital 2-channel Stereo can be

overridden to Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby

3-Stereo, and Stereo.

The following topics describe in detail the

manual surround mode options available for

each type of recording:

Dolby Digital 5.1 discs

Dolby Digital Surround EX discs

Dolby Digital decoding is auto-detected and

cannot be overridden. You may, however,

select a 2 channel downmix of 5.1 channel

recordings. In a 6.1ch or 7.1 ch system, you

can also choose Dolby Surround EX, Dolby

Pro Logic IIx Music, Dolby Pro Logic IIx Cin

ema (7.1ch only), or Rotel XS processing for

center back channels.

NOTE: In addition to the options that follow,

you can press the 2CH button on the front

panel or the remote to toggle between 2-

channel downmix and multichannel play

back.

• On a 5.1 system. Press the SUR+ but

ton on the remote, then press the +/– but

tons to change between DD 5.1 channel

or DD 2.0 channel downmix playback.

• On a 6.1 system. Press the SUR+ button

on the remote, then use the +/– buttons to

step through ﬁve options: DD 2.0 channel

downmix, DD 5.1 channel, DD Surround

EX center back processing, DD with Pro

Logic IIx Music center back processing

or DD with Rotel XS center back process

ing. You should typically select Surround

EX or discs that are labeled Dolby Digital

Surround EX. For standard 5.1 channel

discs, Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music or Rotel

XS processing will provide a more diffuse

surround effect than the more highly local

ized Dolby EX decoding and will prob

ably be the better 6.1 channel options

for non-Surround EX discs. Selecting DD

5.1 forces the center back channel pro

cessing off for conventional 5.1 channel

playback. You can also repeatedly press

the DOLBY PLII/3ST button on the front

panel until the desired center back chan

nel option is selected.

• On a 7.1 system. Press the SUR+ button

on the remote, then use the +/– buttons to

step through six options: DD 2.0 channel

downmix, DD 5.1 channel, DD Surround

EX center back processing, DD with Pro

Logic IIx Music center back processing,

DD with Pro Logic IIx Cinema back chan-

nel processing, or DD with Rotel XS center

back processing. You should typically se-

lect Surround EX or discs that are labeled

Dolby Digital Surround EX. For standard

5.1 channel discs, Dolby Pro Logic IIx

Music or Rotel XS processing will provide

a more diffused surround effect than the

more highly localized Dolby EX decoding

and may be the better 7.1 channel options

for non-Surround EX discs. Selecting DD

5.1 forces the center back channel pro

cessing off for conventional 5.1 channel

playback. You can also repeatedly press

the DOLBY PLII/3ST button on the front

panel until the desired center back chan

nel option is selected.

NOTE: When playing any Dolby Digital

source, you can select one of three dynamic

range control settings. See the Dynamic

Range topic in the Other Settings section of

this manual.

Dolby Digital 2.0 discs

Dolby Digital decoding is auto-detected and

cannot be overridden. You may, however, se

lect 2-channel playback, 5.1 channel playback

with Pro Logic II matrix surround, 6.1/7.1

channel playback with Pro Logic IIx matrix

surround, or Dolby 3-Stereo playback.

• On a 5.1 system. Press the SUR+ button

on the remote, then use the +/– buttons to

step through the options: DD 2.0 channel,

DD with Pro Logic II Cinema matrix sur-

round, DD with Pro Logic II Music matrix

surround, DD with Pro Logic II Game matrix

surround, DD with original Pro Logic, or

Dolby Digital 3 channel stereo. You can

also repeatedly press the 2CH button on

the front panel or the remote to select the

same options.

• On a 6.1/7.1 system. Press the SUR+

button on the remote, then use the +/– but

tons to step through the options: DD 2.0

channel, DD with Pro Logic IIx Cinema

matrix surround, DD with Pro Logic IIx

Music matrix surround, DD with Pro Logic

IIx Game matrix surround, DD with origi

nal Pro Logic (5.1ch), or Dolby Digital 3

channel stereo. You can also repeatedly

press the 2CH button on the front panel or

the remote to select the same options.

NOTE: Selecting original Pro Logic mode pro-

vides 5.1 channel output, even on a 6.1/7.1

channel system.

• To select Cinema, Music, Game, or

original Pro Logic options in Pro

Logic II or Pro Logic IIx modes. Press

the SUR+ button twice while in Pro Logic

II or Pro Logic IIx modes. Then, use the

+/– buttons to select the Music, Cinema,

Game, or original Pro Logic options.

NOTE: When playing any Dolby Digital

source, you can select one of three dynamic

range control settings. See the Dynamic

Range topic in the Other Settings section of

this manual.

DTS 5.1 discs

DTS-ES 6.1 discs

DTS decoding is auto-detected and cannot

be overridden. You may, however, select a 2

channel downmix of 5.1 channel recordings

or add DTS Neo:6 center back processing

for 5.1 channel discs.

NOTE: In addition to the options that follow,

you can press the 2CH button on the remote

to toggle between 2-channel downmix and

multichannel playback.

• On a 5.1 system. Press the SUR+ button

on the remote, then press the +/– buttons

to change between DTS 5.1 channel or

DTS 2.0 channel downmix playback.