4.OPERATION continued …

THX Surround EX:6.1 output with Dolby Digital Surround EX

 

Processing: Re-Equalization,Timbre Matching

 

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 processor), places sounds behind the listener in addition to the

 

front, center, surround, and 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 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 processor will faithfully reproduce this

 

technology in the home when in THX Surround EX mode.

 

The processor also allows you to engage THX Surround EX with 5.1-channel

 

material that is not encoded with Dolby Digital Surround EX. Rear channel content

 

will be program dependent and may or may not be pleasing depending on the

 

soundtrack and your preference.

In compliance with THX, Bass/Treble, Level Trim, and Balance adjustments are reset to 0 dB when a THX mode is selected, after which you can make adjustments with THX engaged. When THX is Off, previous settings except Balance are restored. Due to the nature of bitstreams, adjustments made with THX engaged will be reset to 0 dB if the source is paused for longer than 3 seconds.

Outputs indicated are the number of output channels as follows:6.1 = L-Front, Center, R-Front, R-Surround, Rear*, L-Surround, LFE/Subwoofer

7.1 = L-Front, Center, R-Front, R-Surround, R-Rear, L-Rear, L-Surround, LFE/Subwoofer

* If two rear speakers are used, the same rear channel information goes to both.

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