Using the surround mode

Select one of the available surround modes.

The surround modes you can select depend on the playback source and the selected speaker position

mode ( 13). For details on each surround mode, see “Available surround modes” on the right column.

During 2-channel playback with “S.SPK R” speaker position mode:

AUTO SUR = MOVIE = MUSIC = STADIUM

=ALL ST = OFF = (back to the beginning)

When the source is “FM” or “AM,” you can only select “ALL ST.”

During multi-channel playback with “S.SPK R” speaker position mode:

AUTO SUR = currently selected mode* = OFF = (back to the beginning)

*When “AUTO SUR” is selected, the System automatically selects a proper multi-channel surround mode, such as “DOLBY D (Dolby Digital)” or “DTS (DTS Digital Surround).”

During playback with “S.SPK F” speaker position mode:

AUTO SUR = MOVIE = WIDE/2CH = SUPER W = OFF = (back to the beginning)

When the source is “FM” or “AM,” the surround mode cannot be activated.

To check the surround mode currently selected, press SURROUND once.

TH-D70 only: When the source is “VIDEO1” with “5.1CH” selected as the audio input setting (see the right column), the surround mode setting is ineffective. All incoming signals are emitted through the corresponding speakers. “MULTI CH” appears on the display.

During playback of ASF, MPEG-2 or MPEG-1 files, the surround mode setting is ineffective.

During playback of DivX, the surround mode setting is effective only for multi-channel files with “S.SPK R” selected as the speaker position mode.

For DVD Audio, when “LR ONLY” appears on the display, activate the surround mode for the multi- channel reproduction.

While the Karaoke function ( 32) is in use, the surround mode is canceled.

Available surround modes

Surround mode for “S.SPK R”

 

AUTO SUR

Selects an appropriate

 

surround mode according to

 

(Auto Surround)

 

the incoming signals

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOVIE (Dolby Pro

For movie sources

 

Logic II Movie)

 

 

MUSIC (Dolby Pro

For music sources

 

Logic II Music)

 

 

 

Adds clarity and spreads the

 

STADIUM

sound, as if in an outdoor

 

 

stadium

 

 

 

 

ALL ST

Reproduces a larger stereo

 

(All Channel

sound field using all the

 

Stereo)

activated speakers

 

 

 

 

OFF (Off)

Deactivates surround mode

 

 

 

 

Surround mode for

“S.SPK F”

 

 

 

 

AUTO SUR

Selects an appropriate

 

surround mode according to

 

(Auto Surround)

 

the incoming signals

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOVIE

For movie or multi-channel

 

music sources

 

 

 

 

 

 

WIDE/2CH

For 2-channel music sources

 

 

 

 

SUPER W

Reproduces broader sound

 

(Super Wide)

field

 

 

 

 

OFF (Off)

Deactivates surround mode

 

 

 

Setting the audio input for external components

Set the audio input of the external component for “VIDEO1/VIDEO2” (TH-D70) or “VIDEO” (TH-D50).

1

2Select “AIN. (audio input).”

Item*1 Current setting

3TH-D70 only: Select a source you want to set the audio input for.

AIN.1: For “VIDEO1”

AIN.2: For “VIDEO2”

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