SURROUND PLAYBACK

This unit comes equipped with a built-in Dolby Digital decoder, Dolby Pro Logic decoder and a DTS decoder.

With this unit’ s built-in Dolby Digital decoder , Dolby Pro Logic decoder , DTS decoder and the speaker system (the center , surround speaker units and the subwoofer supplied in addition

to the left and right front speakers), Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic, or DTS sources can be played back in full scale home theater sound.

Dialogs are heard in the front and center sound field, while ambient sounds like cars and crowds are reproduced on all sides of the listener , all in all for an incredibly lifelike audio-visual experience.

Dolby Digital and DTS are multichannel system (maximum 5.1

channel) which record audio signals digitally

.

 

5.1 channel means left, center and right front channels, separate

left and right surround channels, plus a low-frequency ef

fects

(LFE) channel, counted as “0.1” channel.

Dolby Digital and DTS tracks may also come in 1 or 2 channels (monaural or stereo, respectively), or in fact, any number of channels within the limit. (Sources with 3 or more channels will be refered to as a multichannel source) .

Dolby Digital software is marked with the

logo.

DTS software is marked with the

logo.

Dolby Pro Logic is an analog audio multichannel system with four independent channels; left, center , right, and surround. These four channels are coded into the two tracks of a conventional analog stereo source.

Dolby Pro Logic VCR software is marked with the Hlogo.

NOTE

•This unit does not support multichannel playback of MPEG Multichannel sources.

•Make sure all the supplied speakers are placed and connected properly (pages 5 and 6).

PLAYING WITH SURROUND SOUND

1Play back the surround source.

•Make sure to select the video input from this unit on your TV.

•DVDs may contain several audio tracks, such as a Dolby Digital track and a DTS track, or Dolby Digital tracks in different channel configurations, etc.

If necessary , press AUDIO on the remote control to change the playback track (page 22).

2Press SURROUND repeatedly to select the

desired surround mode.

With each press:

For a Dolby Digital/DTS multichannel source

DOLBY DIGITAL/DIGITAL THEATER

 

STEREO

 

DOLBY DIGITAL/DIGITAL THEATER: multichannel surround sound

STEREO: 2 channel stereo sound (Select this mode when neither the center nor the surround speaker units are connected.)

For a Dolby Digital 2 ch source

PRO LOGIC

 

STEREO

 

For a source except stated above

(Linear PCM or ANALOG, etc.)

PRO LOGIC THEATER HALL STADIUM

STEREO PRO LOGIC: Surround sound

THEATER: Sound presence of a theater

HALL: Sound presence of a concert hall

STADIUM: Sound presence of a stadium

STEREO: Normal stereo playback

• The signal type indicator lights up according to the signal type and other conditions (see “SURROUND PLA YBACK MODE INDICATION”, page 25).

To adjust the sound level of the speakers during playback

See “ADJUSTING SPEAKER LEVELS”, page 28.

NOTE

•When the headphones are plugged in, surround mode automatically switches to the STEREO mode.

•When playing back 96 kHz Linear PCM source, surround mode automatically switches to the STEREO mode.

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