Advanced operations

•The icon such as shows the disc formats or file types the operation is available for.

The buttons described below are used on pages 21 to 32.

Number buttons

Cursor (3/2/Y/5)/

ENTER

Using the surround mode

You can enjoy more realistic sound field than a stereo sound by using the surround mode.

7Dolby Surround

Dolby Pro Logic II*1

Dolby Pro Logic II has a developed multichannel playback format to decode all 2 channel sources — stereo source and Dolby Surround encoded source — into a 5.1 channel.

Dolby Pro Logic II has two modes — Movie mode and Music mode:

•Pro Logic II Movie (MOVIE)

Suitable for reproduction of Dolby Surround encoded

sources bearing the mark .

•Pro Logic II Music (MUSIC)

Suitable for reproduction of any 2 channel stereo music sources.

Dolby Digital*1

Used to reproduce multichannel soundtracks of the

software encoded with Dolby Digital ().

•There are other encoding formats of digital surround introduced by Dolby Laboratories, such as Dolby Digital EX.

7DTS Digital Surround*2

Used to reproduce multichannel soundtracks of the software encoded with DTS Digital Surround ( ). DTS Digital Surround (DTS) is another discrete multichannel digital audio format available on CD and DVD software.

•There are other encoding formats of multi-channel digital surround introduced by Digital Theater Systems, Inc., such as DTS-ES, DTS 96/24.

7Auto Surround (AUTO SUR)

This function automatically selects the appropriate surround mode according to the input signals. For example, a multichannel source is automatically reproduced in multichannel audio.

Available Surround modes for each input signal

The √ marks show available surround modes.

Mode

Surround

Auto

 

Dolby Surround

 

DTS Digital

 

DSP

 

off

Surround

 

 

Surround

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signal

OFF

AUTO SUR

MOVIE*3

MUSIC*3

DOLBY D

DTS

STADIUM*3

ALL ST*3

Dolby Digital

√

√

—

 

—

 

√

—

—

 

—

(Multichannel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dolby Digital

√

√

√

 

√

 

—

—

√

 

√

(2 channel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTS Digital Surround

√

√

—

 

—

 

—

√

—

 

—

(Multichannel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTS Digital Surround

√

√

√

 

√

 

—

—

√

 

√

(2 channel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analog or Linear PCM

√

√

√

 

√

 

—

—

√

 

√

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*1 Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”, “Pro Logic”, and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

*2 “DTS” and “DTS Digital Surround” are registered trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. *3 You can select these modes by pressing SURROUND. (See page 22.)

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