DOLBY AND DTS SURROUND

Playing surround sources

1Press DVD/CD and play the Dolby or the DTS surround disc.

DVDs may contain several audio tracks. If necessary, press SHIFT+AUDIO SELECT to select the desired playback track.

2 Press SURROUND.

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This unit comes equipped with a Dolby Digital/Pro Logic decoder and a DTS decoder. With the full 5.1-channel speaker system supplied, Dolby and DTS surround sources can be played back in full scale home theater sound.

Dolby and DTS surround

Dolby Digital and DTS are two different digital encoding systems of audio signals.

Both Dolby Digital and DTS, in their full configuration, can have a total of “5.1” discrete channels: left, center and right front channels, separate left and right surround channels, plus

alow-frequency effects (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 hereon 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 encoding 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 software is marked with the Hlogo.

•Make sure all supplied speakers are placed and connected properly (pages 5 to 7).

•Make sure your TV is connected properly and the appropriate input is selected.

The Dolby or the DTS decoder is enabled, depending on the source, and the source is played with the surround effect in the “NORMAL” listening mode.

The surround playback mode indicators light up according to the signal type and other conditions (see “Surround playback mode indication”, page 24).

To play audio from external video equipment in surround sound1 Press AUX and play the surround video source on the external equipment.

2 Press SURROUND.

To cancel surround playbackPress SURROUND repeatedly until “OFF” is displayed.To adjust the sound level of the speakers during playbackSee “To adjust the speaker level balance without the test signal”, page 24.

•Dolby Digital, DTS, or the Dolby Pro Logic surround system is canceled when the headphones are plugged in.

•Dolby or DTS Surround sound can only be obtained when playing back a disc recorded in the respective system.

•To play DTS audio CDs, see "Playing discs", page 15.

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