Owner's Manual

15
Mini
Glossary
for Audio Stream
& Surround mode
Allows
you
to
enjoy 5.1(or 6)
discrete channels of
high
quality digital
audio from DTS
program
sources such as
discs,
DVD
and
compact
discs,
etc.bearing
the trademark.
DTS
Digital
Surround delivers
up
to 6 channels of
transpar-
ent
audio(which
means identical to the
original masters)
and
results
in
exceptional clarity throughout
a true 360
degree
sound field. The term DTS is a trademark of DTS
Technology,
LLC. Manufactured under license from DTS
Technology,
LLC.
The
Dolby Digital
surround format lets
you enjoy up
to 5.1
channels of
digital
surround sound from a
Dolby Digital pro-
gram
source.
If
you play
DVDs
with
"
"
mark,
you
can
enjoy
even better sound
quality, greater spatial accuracy,
and
improved dynamic range.
Use this mode when
playing
movie or
Dolby Digital
2
chan-
nel which carries the
"
"
mark. This mode
provides
the
effect of
being
in
a movie theatre or live concert house-an
effect
with
an
intensity
which can
only
be obtained
through
DOLBY PRO LOGIC SURROUND. The effect of the
front/back/left/right
movement of the sound
image,
as well as
the sense of fixed
position
in
the sound
image,
is much clear-
er and more
dynamic
than before.
(II)
Dolby
Pro
Logic
II
creates five full-bandwidth
output
chan-
nels from two-channel sources. This is done
using
an
advanced,
high-purity
matrix surround decoder that extracts
the
spatial properties
of the
original recording
without
adding
any
new sounds or tonal colorations.
MOVIE mode:
The Movie mode is for use
with
stereo television shows and
all
programs
encoded
in
Dolby
Surround. The result is
enhanced soundfield
directionality
that
approaches
the
quality
of discrete 5.1-channel sound.
MUSIC mode:
The Music mode is for use
with
any
stereo music
recordings,
and
provides
a wide and
deep
sound
space.
The Music mode
includes controls that allow the sound to be tailored to individ-
ual
listening
tastes.
MATRIX mode:
The Matrix mode is the same as the Music mode
except
that
the directional enhancement
logic
is turned off.
It
may
be used
to enhance mono
signals by making
them seem
"larger."
The
Matrix mode
may
also find use
in
auto
systems,
where the
fluctuations from
poor
FM
stereo
reception
can otherwise
cause
disturbing
surround
signals
from a
logic
decoder. The
ultimate "cure" for
poor
FM
stereo
reception may
be
simply
to
force the audio to mono.
3D SURROUND
This
unit
can
produce
a 3D Surround
effect,
using
3D
Surround Sound
technology,
which simulates multi-channel
audio
playback
from two conventional stereo
speakers
instead of the five or more
speakers normally required
to lis-
ten to multi-channel audio from a home theatre. This feature
works
with DVD
discs encoded
with
Dolby
Pro
Logic
and
Dolby Digital
audio tracks.
BYPASS
Software
with
multichannel surround audio
signals
is
played
according
to the
way
it
was recorded.
Sound Mode
You can
enjoy
surround sound
simply by selecting
one of the
pre-programmed
sound fields
according
to
the
program you
want to listen to.
Press
SOUND MODE
repeatedly
until the sound
mode
you
want
appears
in
the
display
window as
below.
Each time
you press
SOUND MODE
button,
the
sound mode is
changed
in
the
following
order;
PRO LOGIC
→ PL2
MOVIE
→ PL2
MUSIC
→ PL2 MATRIX
→
3D SURROUND
→
BYPASS
When DVD is inserted.
You can
change
the stream of
DVD
(Dolby Digital,
DTS,
PCM,
etc) by pressing
the
AUDIO
button on the remote dur-
ing playback.
Although
the
DVD
contents differ from disc to
disc,
the fol-
lowing explains
the basic
operation
when this feature is
used.
Each time
you press
AUDIO
button,
the sound mode of
DVD
is
changed
as the
following
order;
→→→
For
your
reference
?
The DVD/VCR Combi receiver memorizes the
last mode
settings
for each source
individually.
?
You can
identify
the
encoding
format of
program
software
by looking
at its
packaging.
-
Dolby Digital
discs are labeled
with
the
logo.
-
Dolby
Surround encoded
programs
are labeled
with
the
logo.
-
DTS
Digital
Surround discs are marked
with
DTS.
Note
?
When
you play
sound tracks
with
96kHz
sampling
frequency,
the
output signals
will
be converted to 48kHz
(sampling frequency).