JVC RX-888VBK Surround modes, DVD Multi Playback Mode, DTS Digital Surround, JVC Theater Surround

DOLBY SURROUND

D I G I T A L

Surround modes

With this receiver, you can use three types of the Surround mode.

Following modes cannot be used when only the front speakers are connected to this receiver (without the rear speakers or center speaker).

Dolby Surround (Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic)*

Used to watch the soundtracks of software encoded with Dolby

Digital (bearing the mark ) or with Dolby Surround

(bearing the mark ).

Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic can be selected automatically according to software played back and the speaker arrangement you have done.

•To enjoy the software encoded with Dolby Digital, you must connect the source component using the digital terminal on the rear of this receiver. (See page 8.)

DTS Digital Surround**

DTS Digital Surround is a discrete 5.1 channel digital audio format available on CD, LD, and DVD software.

To watch the soundtracks of video software bearing the mark , the receiver can provide you with DTS Digital Surround decoder. DTS Digital Surround is automatically selected according to software played back and the speaker arrangement you have done.

•To enjoy the software encoded with DTS Digital Surround, you must connect the source component using the digital terminal on the rear of this receiver. (See page 8.)

Note:

A CD encoded with DTS Digital Surround cannot be played back

through this receiver.

JVC Theater Surround

In order to reproduce a more realistic sound field in your listening room while playing soundtracks of software encoded with Dolby Digital (bearing the mark D I G I T A L ), with Dolby Surround

(bearing the mark	DOLBY SURROUND	), or with DTS Digital Surround
(bearing the mark	), you can use JVC Theater Surround.

•When playing a source encoded with Dolby Digital (bearing the

mark D I G I T A L ) or with DTS Digital Surround (bearing the mark

), “DIG THEATER” is selected automatically.

•When playing a source encoded with Dolby Surround (bearing the

mark DOLBY SURROUND ), “THEATER” is selected automatically.

Notes:

•The DSP modes have no effect on monaural sources.

•The DSP modes cannot be used for recording an analog source.

•When you select “DVD MULTI” as the source to play, you cannot select or adjust the DSP modes.

•The PRO LOGIC indicator lights up when the Dolby Pro Logic decoder built in this receiver is activated.

•The Ù DIGITAL indicator lights up when the signals encoded with Dolby Digital come into the receiver.

•The Dolby Pro Logic decoder is used not only for the analog sources but also for the sources encoded with Dolby Digital or DTS Digital Surround in the following cases:

–When only front channel signals are encoded.

–When front channel and monaural rear channel signals are encoded.

IMPORTANT:

Before recording a digital source, turn off the DSP mode.

DVD MULTI Playback Mode

This receiver provides the DVD MULTI playback mode for reproducing the analog discrete 5.1 channel output mode of the DVD player or other equipment.

You can adjust the DVD MULTI playback mode while playing back a video software such as a DVD using the analog discrete 5.1 channel output mode.

•For the DVD MULTI playback mode connection, see page 7.

•For details on the DVD MULTI playback mode, see page 29.

*Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby,” “Pro Logic,” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential Unpublished Works. ©1992–1998 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved.

**Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems, Inc. US Pat. No. 5,451,942 and other world-wide patents issues and pending. “DTS” and “DTS Digital Surround” are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. ©1996 Digital Theater Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.