Harman-Kardon AVR 760, AVR 660 owner manual Table A13 Surround Modes

Surround Mode

Description

Incoming Bitstream or Signal

Dolby Digital

Provides up to five separate main audio channels and a dedicated low-

•• Dolby Digital 1/0/.0 or .1, 2/0/.0 or .1, 3/0/.0 or .1,

frequency effects (LFE) channel.

2/1/.0 or .1, 2/2/.0 or .1, 3/2/.0 or .1

•• Dolby Digital EX (played as 5.1)

•• Dolby Digital Plus decoded and delivered via coax or

optical connection

Dolby Digital EX

An expansion of Dolby Digital 5.1 that adds a surround back channel

•• Dolby Digital EX

which may be played through one or two surround back speakers. May

•• Dolby Digital 2/2/.0 or .1, 3/2/.0 or .1

be manually selected when a non-EX Dolby Digital stream is detected.

Dolby Digital Plus

An enhanced version of Dolby Digital encoded more efficiently, Dolby

•• Dolby Digital Plus via HDMI connection (source device

Digital Plus has the capacity for additional discrete channels and for

decodes to Dolby Digital when a coax or optical

streaming audio from the Internet, all with enhanced audio quality.

connection is used)

Source material may be delivered via an HDMI connection, or decoded

to Dolby Digital or PCM and transmitted via S/P-DIF coaxial or optical

digital audio.

Dolby TrueHD

Dolby TrueHD is an expansion of MLP Lossless™ audio, the same format

•• Blu-ray Disc or HD-DVD encoded with Dolby TrueHD,

used on DVD Audio discs. Dolby TrueHD adds the features found in Dolby

delivered via HDMI

Digital, such as night mode settings, while delivering fully lossless

audio that is a true reproduction of the studio master recording.

Dolby Digital Stereo

Delivers a 2-channel downmix of Dolby Digital materials.

•• Dolby Digital 1/0/.0 or .1, 2/0/.0 or .1, 3/0/.0 or .1,

2/1/.0 or .1, 2/2/.0 or .1, 3/2/.0 or .1

•• Dolby Digital EX

Dolby Pro Logic II

Analog decoder that derives five full-range, discrete main audio

See below

Mode Group

channels from matrix surround-encoded or 2-channel analog sources.

Four variants are available.

Dolby Pro Logic II

Variant of Dolby Pro Logic II that is optimized for movie and television

•• Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1

Movie

programs.

•• Analog (2-channel)

•• Tuner

•• PCM (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz)

Dolby Pro Logic II

Variant of Dolby Pro Logic II that is optimized for music selections.

•• Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1

Music

Allows adjustment of sound field presentation in three dimensions:

•• Analog (2-channel)

•• Center Width (adjusts width of vocal soundstage)

•• Tuner

•• Dimension (adjusts depth of soundstage)

•• PCM (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz)

•• Panorama (adjusts wraparound surround effect)

Dolby Pro Logic II

Variant of Dolby Pro Logic II that emphasizes use of the surround

•• Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1

Game

channels and subwoofer for total immersion in the video gaming

•• Analog (2-channel)

experience.

•• Tuner

•• PCM (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz)

Dolby Pro Logic

Original version of Dolby Pro Logic that steered a mono signal

•• Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1

containing information below 7kHz to the surround channels.

•• Analog (2-channel)

•• Tuner

•• PCM (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz)