Manual

OPERATION
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Surround Mode Chart
MODE
DolbyDigital
DolbyProLogicII
Movies
Music
Emulation
Logic7 C
Logic7 M
FEATURES DELAYTIMERANGE
5-ChannelStereo
SurroundOff (Stereo)
Stereo-Direct(Bypass)
Stereo-Digital
AvailableonlywithdigitalinputsourcesencodedwithDolbyDigitaldata.It provides
upto fiveseparatemainaudiochannelsanda specialdedicatedLow-FrequencyEffects
channel.
Center:Oms- 5ms
InitialSetting:Oms
Surround:Oms- 15ms
InitialSetting:Oms
DelaytimenotadjustableDTS AvailableonlywithdigitalinputsourcesencodedwithDTSdata.AvailableonspecialDVD,
LDandaudio-onlydiscs,DTSprovidesuptofiveseparatemainaudiochannelsanda special
dedicatedlow-frequencychannel.
DolbyProLogicII isthelatestversionofDolbyLaboratory'sbenchmarksurroundtechnology
thatdecodesfull-range,discreteleft,center,right,rightsurroundandleftsurroundchannels
fromeithermatrixsurround-encodedprogramsorconventionalstereosources.The
DolbyProLogicII Moviesmodeisoptimizedformoviesoundtracks,whiletheProLogicII
Musicmodeshouldbeusedwithmusicalselections.TheProLogicIIEmulationmode
re-createsoriginalProLogicprocessingforthosewhopreferthatpresentation.
Logic7 is anadvancedmodethatextractsthemaximumsurroundinformationfromeither
surround-encodedprogramsorconventionalstereomaterial.TheLogic7 C,or Cinema,mode
shouldbeusedwithanysourcethatcontainsDolbySurroundorsimilarmatrixencoding.
Logic7 C deliversincreasedcenter-channelintelligibility,andmoreaccurateplacementof sounds
withfadesandpansthataremuchsmootherandmorerealisticthanwithotherdecoding
techniques.TheLogic7 M,or Music,modeshouldbeusedwithanalogorPCMstereosources.
Logic7 M enhancesthelisteningexperiencebypresentinga widerfrontsoundstageandgreater
rearambience.BothLogic7 modesalsodirectlow-frequencyinformationto thesubwoofer
(if installedandconfigured)to delivermaximumbassimpact.
Dolby3 Stereo Usestheinformationcontainedina surround-encodedortwo-channelstereoprogramto create Nosurroundchannels
centepchannelinformation.Inaddition,theinformationthatisnormallysenttotherear-channel
surroundspeakersiscarefullymixedinwiththefront-leftandfront-rightchannelsfor increasedrealism.
Usethismodewhenyouhavea centerchannelspeakerbutnosurroundspeakers.
Theater TheTheatermodecreatesa soundfieldthatresemblestheacousticfeelingof a standard Delaytimenotadjustable
liveperformancetheater.
Hall1 ThetwoHallmodescreatesoundfieldsthatresemblea small(Hall1)ormedium-sized(Hall2) Delaytimenotadjustable
Hall2 concerthall.
VMAxNear Whenonlythetwofront-channelloudspeakersareused,Harman'spatentedVMAxmodedeliversa three- Nosurroundchannels
VMAxFar dimensionalsoundspacewiththeillusionof "phantomspeakers"atthecenterandsurroundpositions.
TheVMAxN,or NearField,modeshouldbeselectedwhenyourlisteningpositionis lessthanfivefeet
fromthespeakers.TheVMAxF,or FarField,modeshouldbeselectedwhenyourlisteningpositionis
greaterthanfivefeetfromthespeakers.TheVMAxmodesarealsoavailableusingtheHeadphone
Jack I_lJ.Whenheadphonesarebeingused,theFarFieldmodewillappearto pushthesoundfield
awayfromyourears,reducingthe"insidethehead"sensationoftenexperiencedwhenusingheadphones.
Thismodetakesadvantageof multiplespeakersto placea stereosignalat boththefrontand
backof aroom.Idealfor playingmusicinsituationssuchasa par_,it placesthesamesignal
atthefront-leftandsurround-left,andfront-rightandsurround-rightspeakers.Thecenter
channelisfeda summedmonomixof thein-phasematerialoftheleftandrightchannels.
Thesemodesturnoffallsurroundprocessingandpresentthepureleft-andright-channelpresentation
of two-channelstereoprograms.TheStereo-Direct(Bypass)modemayonlybeusedwithanalogsource
inputs,asit preservestheanalogformatoftheaudiosignalforitsentirepathof travelthroughthereceiver
to thespeakerandsubwooferoutputs,bypassingalldigitalprocessing.Digitalbassmanagementisnot
availablein Stereo-Directmode.TheStereo-Digitalmodecanbeusedwitheitherananalogordigitalinput,
asthesignalundergoesdigitalbassmanagementto optimizethedistributionof thelowfrequencies
betweenthemainspeakersanda subwoofer.
Movies:lOms- 25ms
Music:Oms- 15ms
Emulation:lOms - 25ms
Delaytimenotadjustable
Nodelayisavailablefor
thismode
Nosurroundchannels