Harman-Kardon AVR 360, AVR 460 manual Appendix, Table A12 - Surround Modes, Description

			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-	•• Dolby Digital 1/0/.0 or .1, 2/0/.0 or .1, 3/0/.0 or .1,
		frequency effects (LFE) channel.	2/1/.0 or .1, 2/2/.0 or .1, 3/2/.0 or .1
			•• Dolby Digital EX (played as 5.1)
			•• Dolby Digital Plus decoded and delivered via coax or
			optical connection
Dolby Digital EX		An expansion of Dolby Digital 5.1 that adds a surround back channel	•• Dolby Digital EX
		which may be played through one or two surround back speakers. May	•• Dolby Digital 2/2/.0 or .1, 3/2/.0 or .1
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		be manually selected when a non-EX Dolby Digital stream is detected.
Dolby Digital Plus		An enhanced version of Dolby Digital encoded more efficiently, Dolby	•• Dolby Digital Plus via HDMI connection (source device
		Digital Plus has the capacity for additional discrete channels and for	decodes to Dolby Digital when a coax or optical
		streaming audio from the Internet, all with enhanced audio quality.	connection is used)
		Source material may be delivered via an HDMI connection, or decoded
		to Dolby Digital or PCM and transmitted via S/P-DIF coaxial or optical
		digital audio.
Dolby TrueHD		Dolby TrueHD is an expansion of MLP Lossless™ audio, the same format	•• Blu-ray Disc or HD-DVD encoded with Dolby TrueHD,
		used on DVD Audio discs. Dolby TrueHD adds the features found in Dolby	delivered via HDMI
		Digital, such as night mode settings, while delivering fully lossless
		audio that is a true reproduction of the studio master recording.
Dolby Digital Stereo		Delivers a 2-channel downmix of Dolby Digital materials.	•• Dolby Digital 1/0/.0 or .1, 2/0/.0 or .1, 3/0/.0 or .1,
			2/1/.0 or .1, 2/2/.0 or .1, 3/2/.0 or .1
			•• Dolby Digital EX
Dolby Pro Logic II		Analog decoder that derives five full-range, discrete main audio	See below
Mode Group		channels from matrix surround-encoded or 2-channel analog sources.
		Four variants are available.
Dolby Pro Logic II		Variant of Dolby Pro Logic II that is optimized for movie and television	•• Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1
	Movie	programs.	•• Analog (2-channel)
			•• Tuner
			•• PCM (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz)
Dolby Pro Logic II		Variant of Dolby Pro Logic II that is optimized for music selections.	•• Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1
	Music	Allows adjustment of sound field presentation in three dimensions:	•• Analog (2-channel)
		•• Center Width (adjusts width of vocal soundstage)	•• Tuner
		•• Dimension (adjusts depth of soundstage)	•• PCM (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz)
		•• Panorama (adjusts wraparound surround effect)
Dolby Pro Logic II		Variant of Dolby Pro Logic II that emphasizes use of the surround	•• Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1
	Game	channels and subwoofer for total immersion in the video gaming	•• Analog (2-channel)
		experience.	•• Tuner
			•• PCM (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz)
Dolby Pro Logic		Original version of Dolby Pro Logic that steered a mono signal	•• Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1
		containing information below 7kHz to the surround channels.	•• Analog (2-channel)
			•• Tuner
			•• PCM (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz)
Dolby Pro Logic IIx		An expansion of Dolby Pro Logic II that adds a surround back channel	See below
Mode Group		which may 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 460/AVR 360’s post-processor, they
		may also be used with some DTS bitstreams to add a surround back
		channel to 5.1 modes.
Dolby Pro Logic IIx		This mode is similar to Dolby Pro Logic II Movie, with an added surround	•• Dolby Digital 2/0/.0 or .1, 2/2/.0 or .1, 3/2/.0 or .1, EX
	Movie	back channel.	•• Analog (2-channel)
			•• Tuner
			•• PCM (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz)

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