ADVANCED FUNCTIONS
Table 8 – Surround Modes
Surround Mode | Description | Incoming Bitstream or Signal |
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Dolby Digital | Provides up to five separate main audio channels and a dedicated | • 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, | |
| which allows the user to apply a compression setting that maintains | 3/2/.0 or .1 |
| intelligibility of softer passages while reducing the loudness of dynamic | • Dolby Digital EX (played as 5.1) |
| passages to avoid disturbing others. |
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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 |
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Dolby Digital Stereo | Delivers a | • Dolby Digital 1/0/.0 or .1, 2/0/.0 or .1, |
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| 3/0/.0 or .1, 2/1/.0 or .1, 2/2/.0 or .1, |
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| 3/2/.0 or .1 |
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| • Dolby Digital EX |
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Dolby Pro Logic II | Analog decoder that derives five | See below. |
Mode Group | from matrix |
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Dolby Pro Logic II | Variant of Dolby Pro Logic II that is optimized for movie and | • Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1 |
Movie | television programs. | • Analog |
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| • PCM (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz) |
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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 |
| • Center Width (adjusts width of vocal soundstage) | • Tuner |
| • Dimension (adjusts depth of soundstage) | • PCM (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz) |
| • Panorama (adjusts wraparound surround effect) |
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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 |
| experience. | • Tuner |
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| • PCM (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz) |
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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 |
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| • Tuner |
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| • PCM (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz) |
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Dolby Pro Logic IIx | An expansion of Dolby Pro Logic II that adds a surround back channel |
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Mode Group | which may be played through one or two surround back speakers. The |
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| Dolby Pro Logic IIx modes may be selected not only with Dolby Digital bit- |
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| with some DTS bitstreams to add a surround back channel to 5.1 modes. |
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Dolby Pro Logic IIx | This mode is similar to Dolby Pro Logic II Movie, with an added surround | • Dolby Digital 2/0/.0 or .1, 2/2/.0 or .1, |
Movie | back channel. In addition, it may be selected even when some types of | 3/2/.0 or .1, EX |
| DTS signals are present for a somewhat different presentation. | • DTS 2/2/.0 or .1, 3/2/.0 or .1 |
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| • Analog |
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| • Tuner |
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| • PCM (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz) |
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