Advanced operations

• The icon such as DVD shows the disc formats or file types the

VIDEO

operation is available for.

IMPORTANT

Before using the remote control for the following operation;

• Set the remote control mode selector to AUDIO.

There are exceptions in the operation mentioned above. In such a case, follow each instruction.

The buttons described below are used on pages 21 to 31.

(play button)

AUDIO

Remote control

 

 

 

mode selector

SLOW

SLOW

SLOW /

 

 

TOP MENU/PG

MENU/PL

 

/PG

 

/PL

Cursor

 

 

(3/2/Y/5)/

 

 

ENTER

 

 

Number buttons

SURROUND

Using the surround mode

7Auto Surround (AUTO SUR)

Used to reproduce the sound as it is recorded without any conversion (downmixing or simulation, etc.). For example, a multichannel source is automatically reproduced in multichannel audio.

7Dolby Surround

Dolby Pro Logic II*1

Dolby Pro Logic II has a newly 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 (MOVIE)

Suitable for reproduction of Dolby Surround encoded sources

bearing the mark .

• Pro Logic II Music (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

Linear

Packed

DSP

off

Surround

Surround

PCM

PCM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signal

SURR OFF

AUTO SUR

MOVIE*

3

MUSIC*

3

DOLBY

DTS

LPCM

PPCM

ALL

 

 

D

ST*3

Dolby D

B

B

 

 

B

(Multichannel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dolby D

B

B

B

 

B

 

B

(2 channel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTS Digital

B

B

 

 

 

 

 

B

 

 

 

Surround

 

 

(Multichannel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTS Digital

B

B

B

 

B

 

 

 

 

 

B

Surround

 

 

(2 channel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analog or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Linear/Packed

B

B

B

 

B

 

B

PCM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2 channel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Linear/Packed

B

B

 

 

 

 

 

 

B

B

 

PCM

 

 

(Multichannel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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

*3 You can select these modes by pressing

SURROUND.

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