Cambridge Audio azur 551R, 1/0 -Mono,Centrechannelonly 2/0 -Left/Rightstereo, English

ProLogic and Neo:6 are both available in various guises to decode appropriatelyencodedsoundtracks.AdditionallyDSPmodesareavailableto processsourceswithnoencodingatall.Duetothematrixencodingprocess none of these modes incorporate flags that tell the 551R the type of encodingusedinthesourcematerial.Thusyoumustmanuallyselectthese modes.

PressingtheSurroundModesbuttonwhenthe551RhaslockedtoaDD/DTS bitstreamwillpresentmoreoptionswherepossibleincludingPost-Processed modes.

These are modes that allow extra processing to be applied after the main surround-sound decoding. For instance Dolby Digital (2/0) + PLII Music. Whichaddsa5.1ProLogicdecodetoaStereoDolbyDigitaldecodetoturn2 channelstereointo5.1.

For 7.1 Speaker setups, the number of decoding possibilities increases as showninthefollowing‘Decodemodes’tables.SeveralextraPostProcessing modesareavailableusingeitherPrologicIIxorNeo:6.

Incoming Dolby Digital/DTS streams are always shown on the front panel display as Dolby Digital (x/x).x or DTS (x/x).x, where the bracketednumbersindicatetheactivechannelsinthesourcematerial. Active output channels are shown by the icons on the right hand side ofthefrontpaneldisplay.PossibleincomingDD/DTStypesare:

(1/0) -Mono,Centrechannelonly

(2/0) -Left/Rightstereo

(2/0).1 -Left/RightstereoandLFE(Sub)

(2/2) -Left/RightstereoandLeft/Rightsurround

(3/0) -Left,Centre,Right

(3/0).1 -Left,Centre,RightandLFE(Sub)

(3/2).1 -5.1:Left,Right,Centre,LeftSurround,RightSurroundand LFE(Sub)

(3/4).1 -7.1: Left, Right, Centre, Left Surround, Right Surround, SurroundBackLeft,SurroundBackRightandLFE(Sub)

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