Advanced Features 4 SCENE buttons offering easier operation XM Ready with XM HD Surround powered by Neural Surround Front panel mini jack for portable audio player connection 9 selectable subwoofer crossover frequencies / Subwoofer phase select Preset remote unit Initial Volume Setting for setting the volume level at power on Maximum Volume Setting for avoiding unexpected loud sounds High Sound Quality 5-channel, 500W powerful surround sound (100W x 5) High dynamic power, low-impedance drive capability 192kHz/24-bit DACs for all channels High Picture Quality HDTV compatible 3 component video inputs Wide-range video bandwidth (60MHz -3 dB, component video) Surround Realism 8 DSP programs: 3 HiFi DSP and 5 CINEMA DSP programs Compressed Music Enhancer Night Listening Enhancer (Cinema/Music) and SILENT CINEMA Dolby Digital, DTS and Dolby Pro Logic II decoding Audio Delay for adjusting lip-sync Dolby Pro Logic II Improved version of Dolby Pro-Logic for music and movies. With a more intelligent matrix decoder, it is suitable for both stereo and surround-encoded sources. It offers bass management as well as the option of incorporating width, dimension and panorama controls. DTS Digital Surround The basic DTS 5.1 channel sound format. Uses a higher data rate than Dolby Digital. XM - XM Ready These receivers are XM SATELLiTE RADiO (XM Ready), allowing you to hear over 150 digital channels of music, news, sports, talk and entertainment from America's number one Satellite Radio service. With the addition of the XM Connect and Play digital antenna accessory (sold seperately) just subscribe to XM SATELLiTE RADiO and hear radio as it was meant to be! XM HD Surround Sound XM and Neural Audio Corporation announce XM HD Surround, which provides content with six discrete channels of digital full fidelity audio powered by Neural Audio technology. Marking the first time that a radio company has broadcast in 5.1 Surround Sound twenty-four hours a day. Beginning in April 2006, XM will broadcast the Fine Tuning(R) (XM Channel 76) and the classical pops music channel XM Pops (XM Channel 113) in XM HD Surround. XM will also broadcast a variety of special shows and live music performances at the XM studios in XM HD Surround. Neural Surround Neural Surround(TM), a proprietary audio format that embeds the rich envelopment and discrete image detail of surround sound and is 100% compatible with stereo content. Chosen by XM Satellite Radio as the format for their 24/7 XM HD Surround programming 6 Ch Ext Input 6 additional input jacks for discrete multi-channel input. Front (Left, Center, Right), Rear (Surround Left & Right) and Subwoofer SILENT CINEMA and Virtual CINEMA DSP SILENT CINEMA makes it possible to hear large-scale surround sound through ordinary headphones! This is a variation of CINEMA DSP technology that Yamaha developed to let you listen in private to movies and other multi-channel sources for hours without listening fa