JVC RX-8040B manual Using the Surround Modes

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Using the Surround Modes

This unit can activates a variety of Surround modes. The basic settings and adjustments stored (see pages 32 to 41) are applied.

•The following operations are only possible when the receiver is ready for Zone 1 operations, and are used only for Zone 1 sources.

Reproducing Theater Ambience Introducing the Surround Modes

In a movie theater, many speakers are located on the walls to reproduce impressive multi-surround sounds, reaching you from all directions.

With these many speakers, sound localization and sound movement can be expressed.

Surround modes built in this receiver can create almost the same surround sounds as you can feel in a real movie theater—with only five to seven speakers (plus subwoofer).

Dolby Digital*1 and Dolby Surround

Dolby Digital is a digital signal compression method, developed by Dolby Laboratories, and enables multi-channel encoding and decoding (1 channel up to 5.1 channel—total 6 channels, but the LFE channel is counted as 0.1 channel. Therefore, called 5.1 channel).

Dolby Surround is a encoding format, developed by Dolby Laboratories, and decoding it with Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby Pro Logic II, or Dolby Pro Logic IIx enables multi-channel playback.

•When Dolby Digital signal is detected through the digital input,

the DIGITAL indicator lights up on the display.

Dolby Pro Logic IIx

Dolby Pro Logic IIx is a newly introduced multi-channel playback format to convert not only multi-channel software but 2-channel software into 6.1 channel (or 7.1 channel) that developed from Dolby Pro Logic II. The matrix-based conversion method used for Dolby Pro Logic IIx makes no limitation for the cutoff frequency of the surround treble.

•This receiver provides two types of Dolby Pro Logic IIx modes— Pro Logic IIx Movie (PLIIx MOVIE) and Pro Logic IIx Music (PLIIx MUSIC).

When Dolby Pro Logic IIx is activated, “PLIIx MOVIE” or

“PLIIx MUSIC” appear and the indicator lights up on the display.

PLIIx MOVIE Suitable for playing any Dolby Surround encoded software. You can enjoy a sound field very close to the one created with discrete 6.1-channel sounds.

PLIIx MUSIC Suitable for playing any 2-channel stereo software. You can enjoy wide and deep 6.1-channel sounds.

		Subwoofer
Left front speaker	Center speaker	Right front speaker
(L)	(C)	(R)
Left surround		Right surround
speaker (LS)		speaker (RS)
Surround back speakers (SB)
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Dolby Pro Logic II

Dolby Pro Logic II is a multi-channel playback format to convert 2-channel software into 5.1 channel.

•This receiver provides two types of Dolby Pro Logic II modes— Pro Logic II Movie (PLII MOVIE) and Pro Logic II Music (PLII MUSIC).

When Dolby Pro Logic II is activated, the indicator lights up on the display.

PLII MOVIE Suitable for playing any Dolby Surround encoded software. You can enjoy a sound field very close to the one created with discrete 5.1-channel sounds.

PLII MUSIC Suitable for playing any 2-channel stereo software. You can enjoy wide and deep sounds.

Dolby Pro Logic

Dolby Surround encoding format records the left front channel, right front channel, center channel, and surround channel (monaural) signals into 2 channels.

The Dolby Pro Logic (PRO LOGIC) decoder built in this receiver decodes these 2-channel signals into 4 original channel signals (plus subwoofer)—matrix-based multi-channel reproduction.

•When Dolby Pro Logic is activated, the indicator lights up on the display.