Features
■THX Ultra2
The new THX Ultra2 standard from Lucasfilm ensures the highest sound and picture quality and the most reliable operation. The THX Ultra2 adds the THX Ultra2 Cinema mode and THX MusicMode to the conventional THX Cinema mode to create the optimum sound space for both music and movies.
THX Ultra2 Cinema: When performing 7.1 ch playback of Dolby Digital, DTS, or other 5.1 ch movie sources, THX Ultra2 Cinema analyzes the surround components to create surround back channels for the optimum ambient and directional surround sound. This new THX Ultra2 mode provides a wider sound space to the sides and rear and a heightened feeling of the sound positioning.
THX MusicMode: This is a new mode provided with THX Ultra2 and meant for the playback of music software sources. THX MusicMode converts 5.1 ch multi- channel music sources to 7.1 ch playback with a virtual rear sound from the surround speakers and surround back speakers. The rear sound space is created with the consistency and spaciousness optimum for music playback.
■DTS 96/24
The upgraded unit is equipped with the newest audio format DTS 96/24 decoder developed by DTS. It is the world’s first
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This is a new format that all 6.1 ch including added surround back channels are recorded discretely in digital. Because all channels are recorded separately, you can enjoy surround sound with higher separation.
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In this format, sound for added surround back channels is inserted respectively into left and right surround channels with
■DTS Neo:6
This mode uses a high precision matrix decoder to play 2ch sound as 6.1ch sound.
■Dolby* Digital EX
Dolby Digital Surround EX takes a Dolby Digital 5.1 ch movie surround track and adds a third surround channel for output through a speaker placed behind the viewers. Even though it is hard to create the sound space behind those sitting at the ends of rows in movie theaters, by creating this independent surround channel behind the viewer and adding it to the existing left and right surround channels, the heightened feeling of presence essentially draws you into the scene. The information for the added rear channel is encoded into the left and right surround channels of normal 5.1 Dolby Digital surround tracks. Movie theaters equipped with the Dolby Digital Surround EX decoder can extract the information for the third surround channel. When movies shown using Dolby Digital Surround EX are released on DVDs or 5.1 ch digital television broadcasts as well, the information for the third surround channel is encoded within. With the Dolby Digital EX decoder in your home theater, you can extract the third surround channel and experience the movie with the surround back channel for the sound space that the producer of the movie desired. Just as it is at movie theaters, there is no loss of audio quality or data with the normal 5.1 ch Dolby Digital playback.
■Dolby* Pro LogicⅡdecoder
This is a surround decoding method which the Dolby Laboratories Inc. suggests. This method uses feedback logic circuits to restore the signal that is matrix- encoded to 2 channel, enabling 5.1 ch playback with maintaining separation as high as Dolby Digital. In this mode, either analog or digital signal can be decoded. There are two modes for Dolby Pro Logic Ⅱ : Movie and Music. The Movie mode is optimized for playing movies. You can play the dubbed speech recorded in Dolby surround and enjoy the videos with 2 ch sound like old movies in 5.1 ch playback full of live presence. The Music mode will provide more sound space and clearer 3D sound image localization.
Since the new playback formats above are added, the former listening modes such as DTS Film, MPEG Film, Action and Musical are organized into new listening modes. After this, some setup parameters are also updated.
In addition, the following functions are upgraded.
■Crossover Adjustment
The crossover adjustment enables you to adjust the bass range for the subwoofer according to the sizes of your other speakers.
■96 kHz/24 bit upsampling for analog sound
Analog sound signals from VCRs and other sources can now be treated as digital signals and processed with 96 kHz upsampling and 24 bit quantization. This enables more accurate sound playback.
■Extension of A/V Sync function
You can set the A/V Sync function parameters in the range of 0 to 120 ms.
*Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.
“Dolby,” “Surround EX,” “Pro Logic” and the
•Lucasfilm and THX are trademarks or registered trademarks of Lucasfilm, Ltd. Copyright Lucasfilm Ltd. &TM. Surround EX is a jointly developed technology of THX and Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved. Used under authorization.
•Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems, Inc. US Pat. No.5,451,942 and other worldwide patents issues and pending. “DTS,”
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