Onkyo TX-L55 Using the Listening Modes-Continued, About the Listening Modes, Basic Modes

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Using the Listening Modes—Continued

About the Listening Modes

The TX-L55’s surround indicators show which speakers are active in each listening mode.

Front left Center Front right

Subwoofer

Surround Surround Surround

left back right

this mode with stereo movies, TV programs, or other 2-channel sources.

•Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music

Use this mode with CDs and DVDs that bear the

Dolby Surround or Dolby Digital

logo. It can also be used with other 5.1- channel sources to create 6.1-channel surround.

•Dolby Pro Logic IIx Game

Use this mode with video games that feature stereo sound.

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Basic Modes

Mono

Use this mode when watching an old movie with a mono soundtrack, or to select the multilingual soundtracks recorded in the left and right channels of some movies. It can also be used when playing a DVD or other source with multiplexed audio, such as a karaoke DVD.

Direct

The selected input source is output by the front left and right speakers only, with minimal processing for a pure sound.

Stereo

The selected input source is processed as a stereo signal and output by the front left and right speakers and the subwoofer.

Surround Modes

Dolby Pro Logic II

Dolby Pro Logic II creates 5.1-channel surround from two-channel material.

•Dolby Pro Logic II Movie

Use this mode with DVDs and videos that bear the Dolby Sur-

round logo or TV programs that feature Dolby Sur- round. You can also use this mode with stereo movies or TV programs.

•Dolby Pro Logic II Music

Use this mode with the stereo sources such as music CDs and DVDs.

•Dolby Pro Logic II Game

Use this mode with video games that feature stereo sound.

Dolby Pro Logic IIx

Dolby Pro Logic IIx can create 6.1-channel surround from two-channel material (except 96 kHz PCM). The Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music mode can create 6.1-channel surround from 5.1-channel audio material.

•Dolby Pro Logic IIx Movie

Use this mode with DVDs and videos that bear the

Dolby Surround logo or TV pro- grams that feature Dolby Surround. You can also use

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This mode creates 6.1-channel surround from 2-channel analog sources. It offers six full-bandwidth channels with excellent separation. There are two modes of oper- ation: Cinema mode, which is suited to movies, and Music mode, which is for listening to music.

•Cinema mode simulates the realistic sense of move- ment that you get with 6.1-channel surround sound sources. Use this mode with videos, DVDs, and TV programs that feature stereo sound.

•Music mode uses the surround channels to simulate a natural sound field that cannot be produced with con- ventional stereo. Use this mode with stereo source material such as music CDs.

Dolby Digital

With this format you can experience the same superb sound that you get at a movie theater or concert hall. Use this mode with DVDs that bear the Dolby Digital logo.

Dolby Digital EX

With an added surround-back channel,

this 6.1 channel format offers a heightened sense of space, for added realism with

moving sounds, such as those that rotate 360 degrees or pass overhead. Dolby Digital EX material can also be played on conventional 5.1 channel systems, in which case the surround-back channel audio is divided between the surround left and right channels. Use this mode with DVDs that have a 6.1-channel soundtrack and bear the Dolby Digital logo.

DTS

This digital surround format offers a sur- round sound experience with exceptional fidelity. It uses compressed digital audio data, with six discrete channels (5.1), and has

the ability to handle large amounts of audio data while remaining faithful to the original. DTS provides very high-quality sound. You’ll need a DTS compatible DVD player in order to enjoy DTS material. Use this mode with DVDs, LDs, or CDs that bear the DTS logo.

DTS 96/24

This mode provides better audio quality. Use it with CDs, DVDs, and LDs that bear the DTS 96/24 logo.