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Yes, Gene- That did the trick. When in 5.1 on the audio set-up menu and with the receiver in "5.1 direct". I'm getting pretty good 3 channel response with a very diffuse surround effect (I have 5 full range speakers) in the rear speakers. No sub, tho', probably due to no LFE info on the cd? So...

Thanks for your research and tenacity, Gene. I have tried to activate thru the audio set-up menu and with the remote button "sound mode" selector that toggles these three settings. I'll keep at it some more.

Thanks for asking, Gene. I am not able to coax 5.1 channel playback from DPL II on this unit. When selecting DPL II from the format menu (3 choices: stereo, multi, DPL II) nothing happens. When I asked Marantz how to engage this function (the manual does not explain the function), they said it...

I'm a little confused about the DPL II function. I thought it would be able to take 2 channel material (i.e. Redbook CD, video) and synthesize a 5 or 5.1 channel output with it. My friend has an Onkyo receiver with DPL II and it performs this function very nicely. I have a Kenwood 5.1 receiver...