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5.FRONT PANEL OPERATION continued …
THX Surround EX: | 6.1 output with Dolby Digital Surround EX |
| Processing: |
| THX Surround EX – Dolby Digital Surround EX is a joint development of Dolby |
| Laboratories and the THX division of Lucasfilm Ltd. |
| In a movie theater, film soundtracks that have been encoded with Dolby Digital |
| Surround EX technology are able to reproduce an extra channel which has been |
| added during the mixing of the program. This channel (called Surround Back, but |
| named Rear in the AVM 30), places sounds behind the listener in addition to the |
| currently available |
| Subwoofer channels. This additional channel provides the opportunity for more |
| detailed imaging behind the listener and brings more depth, spacious ambience, |
| and sound localization than ever before. |
| Movies that were created using the Dolby Digital Surround EX technology may |
| exhibit wording to that effect on the packaging when released on DVD. A list of |
| movies created using this technology can be found on the Dolby web site at |
| www.dolby.com. A list of DVD titles encoded with this technology can be found on |
| the THX web site at www.thx.com. |
| Bearing the THX Surround EX logo, the AVM 30 will faithfully reproduce this |
| technology in the home when in THX Surround EX mode. |
| The AVM 30 also allows you to engage THX Surround EX while playing |
| material that is not encoded with Dolby Digital Surround EX. The information |
| delivered to the Rear channel will be program dependent and may or may not be |
| pleasing depending on the soundtrack and your listening tastes. |
In compliance with THX requirements, Bass/Treble, Surround Mode Level, and Balance adjustments are reset to +0.0 dB whenever a THX mode is selected, after which you can make adjustments with THX engaged if you wish to do so. When THX is turned ‘Off’, previous settings are restored, except for Balance (see sections 5.6 and 5.7). Also note that due to the nature of digital bitstreams, adjustments made while THX is engaged will be reset to +0.0 dB if the program is paused for longer than 3 seconds.
Outputs indicated are the number of output channels as follows:
6.1 =
7.1 =
* If two rear speakers are used, the same Rear channel information goes to both.
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