Audio DRC Dynamic Range Controlling, Downmix

Settings (Audio)

Audio DRC (Dynamic Range Controlling)

[AUDIO q Audio DRC]

Analog Out
Digital Out
CD Digital Direct
Audio DRC		ON
Group Playback		OFF *
2ch Down Mix
Move	Return	Select	Exit

Applies dynamic range control to Dolby Digital material, reducing the volume of loud sounds, and increasing the volume of quiet ones. This is useful for spoken word material, etc. as well as nighttime listening.

OFF *

Turns off the audio dynamic compression.

<This function is effective only when playing back a DVD disc recorded with Dolby Digital. This control has no effect on other discs.

<The overall effect of this setting depends on many things: the disc being played, the amplifier, and the speakers used for reproduction.

Group playback mode (DVD audio)

[AUDIO q Group Playback]

Analog Out
Digital Out
CD Digital Direct
Audio DRC
Group Playback		Continue
2ch Down Mix		Single *
Move	Return	Select	Exit

Continue

Plays all groups. Moving between groups is not possible when the menu screen is displayed.

Single *

Plays the group selected using the menu. Fast forward, track skip, etc. cannot be used to move between groups.

Downmix

[AUDIO q 2ch Down Mix]

Analog Out
Digital Out
CD Digital Direct
Audio DRC
Group Playback
2ch Down Mix		Lo/Ro *
		Lt/Rt
Move	Return	Select	Exit

Lo/Ro *

Usual stereo mode. Use this for stereo playback, etc.

Lt/Rt

This mode is useful when recording multi-channel sound on a cassette tape deck or CD recorder connected via the AUDIO OUT jacks. With a Dolby Pro Logic decoder, the recorded sound can be decoded into multi-channel sound.

<Select between 2-channel and multi-channel modes using the 2CH/MULTI remote control button.

<Note that this setting is ignored for DVD audio discs, and SACD discs; these are downmixed in the Lo/Ro mode automatically.

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Esoteric D00816600A Audio DRC Dynamic Range Controlling, Group playback mode DVD audio, Downmix

Models: D00816600A