Integra DTR-7.1 appendix Listening Modes

Input Setup

Listening Modes

Stereo

This mode has all input sound is output from the left and right front speakers.

Direct

This mode delivers pure sound with minimum sound quality adjustment and filtration. The sound recorded for the right and left front channels is output to the right and left front speakers only and not output to the subwoofer.

Mono Movie

This mode is suitable for playing back monaural recording such as old movie soundtracks. The center channel delivers the unprocessed original sound, whereas the other channels deliver the center-channel sound processed with the appropriate reverberation. This allows you to enjoy monaural sound with the atmosphere of a movie theater.

Surround modes

With this mode, decoding is performed automatically to match the input signal. This original mode adds no sound processing to the input signal.

•DOLBY DIGITAL Surround,

DTS (Digital Theater System) Surround

This 5.1-channel digital surround format enables you to individually record and play five full-range (20Hz–20kHz) channels (left and right front, center, two surround channels) plus an LFE channel (Low Frequency Effect) for the low- range effect sound. It will create a realistic sound that could be heard in the theaters and concert halls.

Dolby D (Dolby Digital)

This mode is for listening to sources encoded in the Dolby Digital format.

Dialog normalization (Dialog Norm)

Dialog normalization is a feature of Dolby Digital. With this function, for example, if “Dialog Norm: +4” is displayed while playing back a Dolby Digital source, it means that that source material was recorded 4 decibels higher than normal. Thus, by lowering the volume by 4 decibels, it can be played back at the same standard level for other sources. However, since most source materials have been recorded at the same standard level, you will rarely need to adjust the volume.

DTS

This mode is for playing back DTS sources.

•Pro Logic/3 Stereo (Dolby Pro Logoc/3 Stereo)

This mode is for playing back sources encoded using the Dolby Pro Logic format. Select this listening mode when you play a VHS, VHS hi-fi, LD, or DVD video that has the mark.

This surround format consists of four channels (left, right, center, and monaural surround) and emphasizes the center channel. Dolby Pro Logic is very effective for panning music, conversation, and three-dimensional sound movement output from the three front channels. It also simulates the atmosphere and surround effects of the sound reflected from the side and rear walls of the theater.

If no surround speakers are connected, then the surround sound is divided and output from the front left and right channels (3 stereo).

THX

This mode is for playing back sources using THX.

This mode will work well with 5.1-channel Dolby Digital and DTS sources and Dolby encoded sources.

For excellent fidelity when playing back THX sounds, it is recommended to use a THX-certified speaker system.

•THX Cinema

This is the conventional 5.1-channel THX format. This mode should be used only when playing back sources that were mixed for playback in large movie theater environments.

•THX Surround EX

“THX Surround EX - Dolby Digital Surround EX” is a joint development of Dolby Laboratories and the THX division of Lucasfilm Ltd.

In a movie theater, film soundtracks that have been encoded with Dolby Digital Surround EX technology are able to reproduce an extra channel which has been added during the mixing of the program. This channel, called Surround Back, places sounds behind the listener in addition to the currently available front left, front center, front right, surround right, surround left, and subwoofer channels.

This additional channel provides the opportunity for more detailed imaging behind the listener and brings more depth, spacious ambience, and sound localization than ever before.

When released to the home consumer market, movies that were created using the Dolby Digital Surround EX technology, may have a note to that effect on the packaging. A list of movies created using this technology can be found on the Dolby web site at http://www.dolby.com <http:// www.dolby.com> .

Only receiver and controller products bearing the THX Surround EX logo, when in the THX Surround EX mode, faithfully reproduce this new technology in the home.

This product may also engage the “THX Surround EX” mode during the playback of 5.1 channel material that is not Dolby Digital Surround EX encoded. In such case, the information delivered to the Surround Back channel will be program dependent and may or may not be very pleasing depending on the particular soundtrack and the tastes of the individual listener.

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