Creating realistic sound fields
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Creating sound field
All Channel Stereo
All Channel Stereo (ALL CH ST.) mode can reproduce a larger
stereo sound field using all the connected (and activated) speakers.
All Channel Stereo can be used while reproducing 2 channel stereo
source.
• When All Channel Stereo is selected, the DSP indicator lights on
the display window.
All Channel Stereo reproduction
7Indicators on the display windowDigital signal format indicators
LPCM: Lights when Linear PCM signal comes in.
GDIGITAL: Lights when Dolby Digital signals come in.
C: Lights when DTS Digital (Surround) signals come
in.
No indication: No digital signal indicator lights when analog
signals come in.
Source signal indicators, etc.
Light to indicate the incoming signals.
a: Lights when the left channel signal comes
in.
b: Lights when the center channel signal comes in.
c: Lights when the right channel signal comes in.
d: Lights when the LFE channel signal comes in.
g: Lights when the surround left channel signal comes in.
i: Lights when the surround right channel signal comes in.
h: Lights when the monaural surround channel signal or 2
channel Dolby Surround signal comes in.
: Always lights.
The channel with “ ” shows that the corresponding speakers are
reproducing the channels’ sound.
If the channels’ sound decoded into 5.1 channel is reproduced, only
“ ” lights.
Normal stereo sound All Channel Stereo
Reflections from behind
Early reflections
Direct sounds
Available Surround modes for each input signal
The B marks show available surround modes.
* You can select these modes by pressing SURR-MODE. (Apg. 31)
Mode
Surround off
(SURR OFF)
Dolby Surround DTS Digital
Surround
(DTS)
DSP mode
DAP mode ALL CH
ST.*
Signal PL II
MOVIE*PL II
MUSIC*Dolby
Digital
LIVE
CLUB*DANCE
CLUB*HALL*PAVILION*
Dolby Digital
(Multichannel) B
BB
B—— B
BB
B——————
Dolby Digital
(2 channel) B
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
B———————
DTS Digital
Surround
(Multichannel)
B
BB
B——— B
BB
B——— — —
DTS Digital
Surround
(2 channel)
B
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
B———————
Analog (VCR/FM/
AM) or Linear PCM B
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
B——B
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
B
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