Advanced operations

The mark shows the types of discs the operation is available for.

The buttons described below are used on pages 20 to 30.

(play button)

Remote control

 

mode selector

Cursor

(3/2/Y/5)/

ENTER

Number buttons

IMPORTANT

 

 

Before using the remote control for the following

 

operation;

AUDIO

1

Set the remote control mode selector to

 

 

AUDIO.

 

2

Press DVD.

 

Using the surround mode

7Auto Surround (AUTO SURR)

This function automatically selects the appropriate surround mode according to the input signals. For example, a multichannel source is automatically reproduced in multichannel audio.

7Dolby Surround

Dolby Pro Logic II*1

Dolby Pro Logic II has a developed multichannel playback format to decode all 2 channel sources — stereo source and Dolby Surround encoded source — into a 5.1 channel.

Dolby Pro Logic II has two modes — Movie mode and Music mode:

Pro Logic II Movie (PL II MOVIE)

Suitable for reproduction of Dolby Surround encoded sources

bearing the mark .

Pro Logic II Music (PL II MUSIC)

Suitable for reproduction of any 2 channel stereo music sources.

Dolby Digital*1

Used to reproduce multichannel soundtracks of the software

encoded with Dolby Digital ().

7DTS Digital Surround*2

Used to reproduce multichannel soundtracks of the software

encoded with DTS Digital Surround ( ).

DTS Digital Surround (DTS) is another discrete multichannel digital audio format available on CD and DVD software.

Available Surround modes for each input signal

The B marks show available surround modes.

Mode

Surround

Auto

Dolby Surround

 

DTS Digital

DSP

off

Surround

 

Surround

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signal

SURR

AUTO

PL II

PL II

 

Dolby

DTS

ALL CH

OFF

SURR

MOVIE*3

MUSIC*3

 

Digital

ST.*3

 

 

 

Dolby Digital

B

B

 

B

(Multichannel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dolby Digital

B

B

B

B

 

B

(2 channel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTS Digital

B

B

 

B

Surround

 

(Multichannel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTS Digital

B

B

B

B

 

B

Surround

 

(2 channel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Packed PCM

B

B

 

(Multichannel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Packed PCM

B

B

B

B

 

B

(2 channel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analog (VCR) or

B

B

B

B

 

B

Linear PCM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*1

*2

*3

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”, “Pro Logic”, “MLP Lossless”, and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

“DTS” and “DTS Digital Surround” are registered trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.

You can select these modes by pressing SURR. (See page 21.)

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JVC TH-S3 Advanced operations, Using the surround mode, Auto Surround Auto Surr, Dolby Surround, DTS Digital Surround*2

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