Onyko-different listening modes and types, what do they mean and which are better?

ECGnovice
ECGnovice Posts: 31
edited July 2010 in Electronics
Hi All:

I new new to the whole home theater thing. I purchased an onyko tsxr 608 receiver.
Due to logistical limitations, at least for now my home theater setup consists of two front speakers (in-wall), a center channel and subwoofer. Can anybody tell me what is the difference between dolby prologic and DTS. Those seem to be the only modes I have when watching a movie.

With the receiver there are different listening mode choices such as plII, plIIx, mono, theater dimensional, neo 6 cinema DTS. Can anybody with an Onyko please explain what are the differences between these modes as well?

This is so confusing. Please help!
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited July 2010
    Just go into your receiver's GUI and in the speaker setup menu, select where you have speakers. From there, allow it to automatically select a mode based on the content.

    At this point, I would probably just run everything in stereo mode anyway. Not really a "theater" without rears.
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited July 2010
    The manual for your Onkyo has descriptions of all of these modes. So... as with all things, RTFM.
    Equipment list:
    Onkyo TX-NR3010 9.2 AVR
    Emotiva XPA-3 amp
    Polk RTi70 mains, CSi40 center, RTi38 surrounds, RTi28 rears and heights
    SVS 20-39CS+ subwoofer powered by Crown XLS1500
    Oppo BDP-93 Blu-ray player
    DarbeeVision DVP5000 video processor
    Epson 8500UB 1080p projector
    Elite Screens Sable 120" CineWhite screen
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