[2] To play in the THX Surround EX/Home THX Cinema Surround mode for sources recorded in Dolby Digital or DTS
1 | Select the program source. |
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Perform step 1 under “Dolby Digital mode and DTS Surround” (page 62).
Select the Home THX Cinema mode.
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3 | Play a program source with the | , | mark. |
For operating instructions, refer to the manuals of the respective components.
The channel status information during playback of Dolby Digital and DTS sources can be checked using the “STATUS” button on the main unit.
OUTPUT | The surround back indicator lights green when |
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DIGITAL The Dolby Digital indicator lights when playing Dolby Digital sources.
When playing DTS sources, the DTS indicator lights.
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Checking the input signal
The input signal can be checked by pressing the remote control unit’s ON
SCREEN button. (See page 51.)
SIGNAL: | Displays the type of signal (DTS, DOLBY DIGITAL, PCM, etc.). |
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fs: | Displays the input signal’s sampling frequency. |
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FORMAT: Displays the input signal’s number of channels. |
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| “Number of front channels/Number of surround channels/LFE on/off” |
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OFFSET: | Displays the dialog normalization offset value. (See page 63.) |
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FLAG: | Displays the special identification signal recorded in the input signal. (See page 60.) | |||
| “MATRIX” is displayed when matrix processing is conducted on the surround back | |||
| channel, “DISCRETE” is displayed when discrete processing is conducted. | |||
| Not displayed when no identification signal is recorded. |
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In addition, screen information is displayed in the following order when the ON SCREEN button is pressed repeatedly:
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Tone control | |
Surround mode | |
Surround mode | |
Digital in assignment |
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