AVR

Appendix

Table A12 – Surround Modes

 

Surround Mode

Description

Incoming Bitstream or Signal

 

 

 

Dolby Digital

Provides up to five separate main audio channels and a dedicated low-frequency

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effects (LFE) channel.

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Dolby Digital EX

An expansion of Dolby Digital 5.1 that adds a surround back channel that may be

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played through one or two surround back speakers. May be manually selected when

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a non-EX Dolby Digital stream is detected.

 

 

 

 

 

Dolby Digital Plus

An enhanced version of Dolby Digital encoded more efficiently, Dolby Digital Plus

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has the capacity for additional discrete channels and for streaming audio from the

Dolby Digital when a coaxial or optical connection is used)

 

Internet, all with enhanced audio quality. Source material may be delivered via an

 

 

HDMI connection or decoded to Dolby Digital or PCM and transmitted via coaxial or

 

 

optical digital audio.

 

 

 

 

Dolby TrueHD

Dolby TrueHD is an expansion of MLP Losslessaudio, the same format used on

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DVD-Audio discs. Dolby TrueHD adds the features found in Dolby Digital, such as

HDMI

 

night mode settings, while delivering fully lossless audio that is a true reproduction

 

 

of studio master recordings.

 

 

 

 

Dolby Digital Stereo

Delivers a two-channel downmix of Dolby Digital materials.

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2/1/.0 or .1, 2/2/.0 or .1, 3/2/.0 or .1

 

 

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Dolby Pro Logic II Mode

Analog decoder that derives five full-range, discrete main audio channels from matrix

See below

Group

surround-encoded or two-channel analog sources. Four variants are available.

 

 

 

 

Dolby Pro Logic II Movie

Variant of Dolby Pro Logic II that is optimized for movie and television programs.

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Dolby Pro Logic II Music

Variant of Dolby Pro Logic II that is optimized for music selections. Allows adjustment

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of sound-field presentation in three dimensions:

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Dolby Pro Logic

Variant of Dolby Pro Logic II that emphasizes use of the surround channels and

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subwoofer for total immersion in the video gaming experience.

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Dolby Pro Logic II Game

Original version of Dolby Pro Logic that steered a mono signal containing information

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below 7kHz to the surround channels.

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Dolby Pro Logic IIx

An expansion of Dolby Pro Logic II that adds a surround back channel which may

See below

Mode Group

be played through one or two surround back speakers. The Dolby Pro Logic IIx

 

 

modes may be selected not only with Dolby Digital bitstreams, but thanks to the

 

 

AVR’s post-processor, they may also be used with some DTS bitstreams to add a

 

 

surround back channel to 5.1 modes.

 

 

 

 

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