Marantz SR6003 manual English, About Dolby Pro Logic

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NAMES AND FUNCTION
	Dolby Digital identifi es the use of Dolby Digital audio
	coding for such consumer formats as DVD and DTV.
BASIC CONNECTIONS	As with fi lm sound, Dolby Digital can provide up
	to fi ve full-range channels for left, center, and right
	screen channels, independent left and right surround
	channels, and a sixth (“.1”) channel for low-frequency
	effects.
	Dolby Surround Pro Logic II is an improved matrix
BASIC	decoding technology that provides better spatiality
	and directionality on Dolby Surround program
	material; provides a convincing three-dimensional
OPERATION	programming is fully compatible with Dolby Surround
	soundfield on conventional stereo music recordings;
	and is ideally suited to bring the surround experience
	to automotive sound. While conventional surround
	Pro Logic II decoders, soundtracks will be able to be
ADVANCED CONNECTIONS	encoded specifi cally to take full advantage of Pro
	Dolby Digital EX creates six full-bandwidth output
	Logic II playback, including separate left and right
	surround channels. (Such material is also compatible
	with conventional Pro Logic decoders.)
	channels from 5.1-channel sources. This is done
	using a matrix decoder that derives three surround
SETUP	channels from the two in the original recording. For
	best results, Dolby Digital EX should be used with
	movies soundtracks recorded with Dolby Digital
	Surround EX.
	About Dolby Pro Logic IIx
ADVANCED OPERATION	Dolby Pro Logic IIx technology delivers a natural
	and immersing 7.1-channel listening experience
	to the home theater environment. A product of
	Dolby's expertise in surround sound and matrix
	decoding technologies, Dolby Pro Logic IIx is a
	complete surround sound solution that maximizes
TROUBLESHOOTING	the entertainment experience from stereo as well as
	5.1-channel encoded sources.
	Dolby Pro Logic IIx is fully compatible with Dolby
	Surround Pro Logic technology and can optimally
	decode the thousands of commercially available
	Dolby Surround encoded video cassettes and
	television programs with enhanced depth and
	spatiality. It can also process any high-quality
OTHERS	stereo or Advanced Resolution 5.1-channel music
	content into a seamless 6.1- or 7.1-channel listening
	experience.

The Dolby Headphone technology provides a surround sound listening experience over headphones.

When listening to multichannel content such as DVD movies over headphones, the listening experience is fundamentally different than listening to speakers. Since the headphone speaker drivers are covering the pinna of the ear, the listening experience differs greatly from traditional speaker playback. Dolby utilizes patented headphone perspective curves to solve this problem and provides a non-fatiguing, immersive, home theater listening experience. Dolby Headphone also delivers exceptional 3D audio from stereo material.

Dolby Virtual Speaker is a technologycertified by Dolby Laboratories that creates a virtualized surround sound experience from two speakers using a multichannel Dolby Digital source. Additionally, Dolby Virtual Speaker can simulate the surround sound effect produced by Dolby Pro Logic or Dolby Pro Logic II.

Dolby Virtual Speaker retains all the original Multichannel audio information and provides the listener with the sensation of being surrounded by additional speakers.

Dolby® TrueHD is Dolby’s next-generation lossless technology developed for high-definition disc-based media. Dolby TrueHD delivers tantalizing sound that is bit-for-bit identical to the studio master, unlocking the true high-definition entertainment experience on next-generation discs. When coupled with high-defi nition video, Dolby TrueHD offers an unprecedented home theater experience that lets you enjoy sound as stunning as the high-definition picture.

Dolby Digital Plus is a highly sophisticated and versatile audio codec based on Dolby Digital and designed specifically to adapt to the changing demands of future audio, video delivery, and audio storage systems while simultaneously retaining backwards compatibility with the existing Dolby Digital 5.1-channel home theater systems in use today.

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

Circle Surround II (CS-II) is a powerful and versatile multichannel technology. CS-IIis designed to enable up to 6.1 multichannel surround sound playback from mono, stereo, CS encoded sources and other matrix encoded sources. In all cases the decoder extends it into 6 channels of surround audio and a LFE/subwoofer signal. The CS-IIdecoder creates a listening environment that places the listener “inside” music performances and dramatically improves both hi-fi audio conventional surround-encoded video material. CS-IIprovides composite stereo rear channels to greatly improve separation and image positioning– adding a heightened sense of realism to both audio and A/V productions.

CS-IIis packed with other useful feature like dialog clarity (SRS Dialog) for movies and cinema-like bass enrichment (TruBass). CS-IIcan enable the dialog to become clearer and more discernable in movies and it enables the bass frequencies contained in the original programming to more closely achieve low frequencies–overcoming the low frequency limitations of the speakers by full octave.

Circle Surround II, SRS and symbol are trademarks of SRS Labs, Inc.

Circle Surround II technology is incorporated under license from SRS Labs, Inc.

HDCD® (High Defi nition Compatible Digital ®) is a patented process for delivering on Compact Disc the full richness and details of the original microphone feed.

HDCD encoded CDs sound better because they are encoded with 20-bits of real musical information as compared to 16-bits for all other CDs.

HDCD overcomes the limitation of the 16-bit CD format by using a sophisticated system to encode the additional four bits onto the CD while remaining completely compatible with the CD format.

When listening to HDCD recordings, you hear more dynamic range, a focused 3-D sound stage, and extremely natural vocal and musical timbre. With HDCD, you get the body, depth and emotion of the original performance not a fl at, digital imitation.

HDCD system manufactured under license from Microsoft. This product is covered by one or more of the following: In the United States 5,479,168 5,638,074 5,640,161 5,808,574 5,838,274 5,854,600 5,864,311 5,872,531 and in Australia 669,114 with other patents pending.

HDMI, the and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC.

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