Integra DTR-8.4 instruction manual About the Listening Modes

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Listening Modes

About the Listening Modes

With its built-in surround-sound decoders and DSP pro- grams, the DTR-8.4 can transform your home listening room into a movie theater or concert hall.

To get the most from surround sound, it’s important that you install and configure your speakers correctly. See “Connecting Your Speakers” on page 23 and “Speaker Settings” on page 40 for information.

The DTR-8.4’s surround indicators show which speak- ers are active in each listening mode.

Front left Center Front right

Subwoofer

Surround Surround Surround

left back left right right

Direct

The selected input source is output by the front left and right speakers only, with minimal processing for a pure sound.

Pure Audio

As an extension of Direct mode, this mode turns off the display, turns off the power to the video circuitry, and minimizes any other possible noise sources, providing a high fidelity sound that’s true to the original. (Since the power to the video circuitry is turned off, no video sig- nals will be output.)

Stereo

The selected input source is processed as a stereo signal and output by the front left and right speakers and the subwoofer.

Mono

Use this mode when watching an old movie with a mono soundtrack or to select multilingual soundtracks recorded in the left and right channel of some movies. It can also be used when playing a DVD or other source with multiplexed audio, such as a karaoke DVD.

T-D (Theater-Dimensional) or

With this mode you can enjoy a virtual 5.1 surround sound even with only two or three speakers. This works by controlling how sounds reach the listener’s left and right ears. Good results may not be possible if there’s too much reverb, so we recommend that you use this mode in an environment with little or no natural reverb.

Dolby Pro Logic II Movie

Use this mode with DVDs and vid- eos that bear the Dolby Surround

logo or TV programs that feature Dolby Surround. You can also use this mode with stereo movies or TV pro- grams and the DTR-8.4 will create a 5.1 surround mix from the 2-channel stereo.

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Dolby Pro Logic II Music

Use this mode to add 5.1 surround to stereo sources such as music CDs and DVDs.

Dolby Digital

With this format you can experience the same superb sound that you get at a movie theater or concert hall. Use this mode with DVDs that bear the Dolby Digital logo.

Dolby Digital EX

With an added surround-back channel, this 6.1 channel format offers a heightened

sense of space, for added realism with moving sounds, such as those that rotate 360 degrees or pass overhead. Dolby Digital EX material can also be played on conven- tional 5.1 channel systems, in which case the surround- back channel audio is divided between the surround left and right channels. Use this mode with DVDs that have a 5.1-channel soundtrack and bear the Dolby Digital logo.

DTS

This digital surround format offers a sur- round sound experience with exceptional fidelity. It uses compressed digital audio data, with six completely separate channels

(5.1), and the ability to handle large amounts of audio data while remaining faithful to the original. DTS pro- vides very high-quality sound. You’ll need a DTS com- patible DVD player in order to enjoy DTS material. Use this mode with DVDs, LDs, or CDs that bear the DTS logo.

DTS-ES Discrete

This is DTS with an added surround back channel for 6.1 surround sound. Use it with

program material recorded in DTS 6.1 format. With the additional surround back channel, this format offers 6.1 fully independent digital channels, providing a realistic sense of movement and space. Use it with program mate- rial recorded in DTS 6.1, such as CDs, DVDs, or LDs that bear the DTS-ES logo.

DTS-ES Matrix

This is DTS with an added surround back channel for 6.1 surround sound. Use it to

provide 6.1 channel surround playback with program material recorded in DTS 5.1 format. Since DTS 5.1 program material

contains surround back channel informa-

tion, all channels can be reconstructed for 6.1 surround playback. Use this mode with CDs, DVDs, or LDs that bear the DTS-ES or DTS logo.