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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Harman-Kardon AVR 360, AVR 460 manual Table A12 Surround Modes, Surround Mode Description Incoming Bitstream or Signal

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