•The following modes apply conventional
■movie
This mode provides the effect of being in a movie theater when watching a action movies with dynamic soundtracks.
■Drama
This mode is suitable for movies with lots of dialog.
■Game
This mode is suitable for video games.
■Stadium
This mode provides the expansive sound field to achieve the true stadium effect when watching baseball or soccer games.
■Classic
This mode provides the acoustic effects of a large concert hall for classical music.
■Hall
This mode provides the ambience of a concert hall for rock or pop music.
■mULTI CH Stereo
This mode is for enjoying stereo sound from all speakers..
ENGLISH
ENJOYING SURROUND SOUND
■Notes:
•Before surround playback, first perform the speaker setup procedure, etc. on the SETUP menu for optimum performance. (For details, refer to “Setting the speaker setup” on page 20.)
•Select the desired surround mode.
• Press the SURROUND MODE UP/DOWN (〉 /〈) buttons to select a surround mode or press the STEREO button to select the stereo mode.
•Each time the SURROUND MODE UP/DOWN (〉 /〈) buttons are pressed, the surround mode changes as follows :
Auto surround mode : The truest possible playback mode will be automatically selected according to the number of channels in the signal being input.
Manual surround mode : You can select the desired of different surround modes selectable for the signal being input.
•Depending on the input source you select, the surround modes are selected as follows :
■When selecting an input source other than BD/DVD
Signal format being input | Selectable surround mode |
Dolby Digital EX 6.1 channel sources | AUTO SURROUND, corresponding DOLBY mode, STEREO |
Dolby Digital 5.1 channel sources | AUTO SURROUND, <DOLBY DIGITAL EX, DOLBY D+PLIIx MUSIC>, (DOLBY D+ PLIIx MOVIE), |
| [DOLBY DIGITAL], STEREO |
Dolby Digital 2 channel sources | AUTO SURROUND, <DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE, DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC, DOLBY PLIIx GAME>, [DOLBY PLII |
| MOVIE, DOLBY PLII MUSIC, DOLBY PLII GAME], DOLBY PRO LOGIC, STEREO |
DTS ES Discrete 6.1 channel sources, |
|
DTS ES Matrix 6.1 channel sources, | AUTO SURROUND, corresponding DTS mode, STEREO |
DTS 96/24 sources |
|
DTS sources | AUTO SURROUND,<DTS+NEO:6, DTS+PLIIx MUSIC>, (DTS+PLIIx MOVIE), [DTS], STEREO |
PCM 2 channel sources, | AUTO SURROUND, <DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE, DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC, DOLBY PLIIx GAME>, [DOLBY PLII |
PCM | MOVIE, DOLBY PLII MUSIC, DOLBY PLII GAME], DOLBY PRO LOGIC, MOVIE, DRAMA, GAME, |
Analog stereo sources, | STADIUM, CLASSIC, HALL, MULTI CH STEREO, STEREO |
■When selecting the BD/DVD
Signal format being input | Selectable surround mode |
Dolby Digital Plus sources, Dolby TrueHD sources, |
|
Dolby Digital EX 6.1 channel sources, |
|
Dolby Digital 5.1 channel sources, |
|
| |
| |
DTS ES Discrete 6.1 channel sources, | AUTO SURROUND, MOVIE, DRAMA, GAME, STADIUM, CLASSIC, HALL, |
DTS ES Matrix 6.1 channel sources, | MULTI CH STEREO, STEREO |
DTS 96/24 sources, |
|
DTS sources, |
|
PCM |
|
PCM 2 channel sources, |
|
Dolby Digital 2 channel sources |
|
|
|
•Depending on surround back speaker setting, some surround modes can be selected or not as follows:
<>: Possible only when surround back speaker is not set to "NO".
[] : Possible only when surround back speaker is set to "NO". ( ) : Possible only when surround back speaker is set to “X2”.
■Note :
• When listening with the headphones, only the stereo mode can be selected.
17