Creating realistic sound fields
Reproducing theater ambienceIn a movie theater, many speakers are located on the walls to reproduce impressive
With these many speakers, sound localization and sound movement can be expressed.
Surround/DSP modes built in this receiver can create almost the same Surround sound as you can feel in a real movie theater.
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LCRLSRS
SBL (SB) SBR■Dolby Digital*
Dolby Digital is a digital signal compression method, developed by Dolby Laboratories, and enables
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Dolby Digital 5.1CH (DOLBY DIGITAL) encoding method records and digitally compresses the left front channel, right front channel, center channel, left surround channel, right surround channel, and LFE channel signals (total 6 channels, but the LFE channel is counted as 0.1 channel. Therefore, called 5.1 channel).
Dolby Digital enables stereo surround sounds, and sets the cutoff frequency of the surround treble at 20 kHz, compared to 7 kHz for Dolby Pro Logic. As such, the sound movement and
Dolby Digital EX (DOLBY D EX) is a digital surround encoding format that adds the third surround channels, called “surround back.”
Compared to the conventional Dolby Digital 5.1CH, these newly added surround back channels can reproduce more detailed movements behind you while viewing the video software. In addition, surround sound localization will become more stable.
■Dolby Surround
Dolby Pro Logic II
Dolby Pro Logic II is a
•This receiver provides three types of Dolby Pro Logic II
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
PLII MUSIC Suitable for playing any
PLII GAME Suitable for playing a video game. You can enjoy sounds with “being there” feeling.
*Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”, “Pro Logic”, and the
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