Sherwood R-671 Dolby Pro Logic IIx surround, Dolby Pro Logic II surround, Dolby Virtual Speaker

■Dolby Pro Logic IIx surround

Dolby Pro Logic IIx decodes all stereo (2 channel ) and 5.1 channel sources and extends to 7.1channel surround playback. It delivers the most natural, full range and immersing 7.1 channel listening experience. Dolby Pro Logic IIx surround includes two modes as follows :

• Dolby Pro Logic IIx Movie

When enjoying movies, this mode allows you to further enhance the cinematic quality by adding processing that emphasizes the sounds of the action special effects.

• Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music

When listening to music, this mode allows you to further enhance the sound quality by adding processing that emphasizes the musical effects.

■Dolby Pro Logic II surround

This mode applies conventional 2-channel signals such as digital PCM or analog stereo signals as well as Dolby Surround signals, etc. to surround processing to offer improvements over conventional Dolby Pro Logic circuits. Dolby Pro Logic II surround includes Dolby Pro Logic II Movie and Dolby Pro Logic II Music like Dolby Pro Logic IIx surround.

■Dolby Virtual Speaker

This mode creates a virtual surround sound field using as few as two front speakers, allowing you to experience listening from 5.1 channel speakers.

This mode is effective not only for 5.1 channel sources but also for stereo(2 channel) sources.

Dolby VIrtual Speaker includes two listening mode as follows:

• Dolby Virtual Speaker Reference

The width of the front sound image is defined by the actual distance between front speakers.

• Dolby Virtual Speaker Wide

The width of the front sound image seems to extend beyond the front speakers.

■Dolby Headphone

The Dolby Headphone function simulates 5.1 channel surround sound, which allows you to enjoy 5.1 channel surround sound through 2 channel headphones, just like listening from 5.1 channel speakers.

This mode is effective not only for 5.1 channel sources but also for stereo(2 channel) sources.

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”, “Pro Logic” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

■MPEG Multichannel

This mode is a surround system which faithfully reproduces the ambience and dynamics of movie soundtracks and music alike. Though the number of audio channels are same as

Dolby Digital, discs bearing the “ ” provides much better at locating individual sounds to the correct and stable position in the sound stage.

•The following modes apply conventional 2-channel signals such as digital PCM or analog stereo signals to high performance Digital Signal Processor to recreate sound fields artificially. Select one of the 3 provided surround modes according to the program source you want to play.

■Theater

This mode provides the effect of being in a movie theater when watching a movie.

■Hall

This mode provides the ambience of a concert hall for classical music sources such as orchestral, chamber music or an instrumental solo.

■Stadium

This mode provides the expansive sound field to achieve the true stadium effect when watching baseball or soccer games.

•When using the EXTERNAL INs to play back the sound from the additional multi-channel decoder for surround sound, you can enjoy the corresponding surround sound, too.( For details, refer to the operating instructions of the component to be connected.)

For your reference, the sound from each channel can be reproduced according to the surround modes as follows:

Modes	Channels	FRONT L/R	CENTER	SURROUND L/R	SURROUND BACK	SUBWOOFER
DTS, DTS 96/24		○	○	○	—	○
DTS ES DISCRETE/MATRIX		○	○	○	○	○
DTS NEO 6: CINEMA/MUSIC		○	○	○	○	—(*)
DOLBY DIGITAL		○	○	○	—	○
DOLBY DIGITAL EX		○	○	○	○	○
DOLBY PRO LOGIC IIx MOVIE/MUSIC		○	○	○	○	—(*)
DOLBY PRO LOGIC II MOVIE/MUSIC		○	○	○	—	—(*)
DOLBY VIRTUAL SPEAKER		○	○	○	—	—(*)
MPEG		○	○	○	—	○
Other Surrounds		○	○	○	○	—(*)
STEREO		○	—	—	—	—(*)
EXTERNAL IN		○	○	○	○	○

(*): Depending on the subwoofer mode setting, the sound from the subwoofer channel may be reproduced.

•Depending on the speaker settings and the number of the encoded channels, etc., the sound from the corresponding channels cannot be reproduced.(For details, refer to “Speaker Setup” on page 18.)

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