SURROUND SOUND
•This receiver incorporates a sophisticated Digital Signal Processor that allows you to create optimum sound quality and sound atmosphere in your personal Home Theater.
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Surround modes
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital is the
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of digital signals, which can reproduce much better sound quality, spatial expansion and dynamic range characteristics than the previous Dolby Surround effect.
Dolby Pro Logic II surround
This mode applies conventional 2- channel signals such as digital PCM or analog stereo signals as well as Dolby Surround signals, etc. to surround processing to offer improvements over conventional Dolby Pro Logic circuits. Dolby Pro Logic ll surround includes 4 modes as follows:
• Dolby Pro Logic ll MOVIE
When enjoying movies, this mode allows you to further enhance the cinematic quality by adding processing that emphasizes the sounds of the action special effects.
•Dolby Pro Logic ll MUSIC
When listening to music, this mode allows you to further enhance the sound quality by adding processing that emphasizes the musical effects.
•Dolby Pro Logic ll MATRIX
When listening to poor FM broadcasts, this mode allows you to further enhance the sound quality by the ultimate cure for poor FM stereo signals.
•Dolby Pro Logic ll CUSTOM
This mode reproduces a delayed signals from the surround channels to emphasize the sense of expansion.
Dolby Pro Logic
Dolby Pro Logic is a specially encoded two channel surround format which consists of four channels (front left, center, front right and surround). Sources bearing the
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The surround channel is monaural, but is played through two surround speakers.
Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”, “Pro Logic”, and the
•The following modes apply conventional
MATRIX
This mode reproduces a delayed signals from the surround channels to emphasize the sense of expansion for music sources.
THEATER
This mode provides the effect of being in a movie theater when watching a movie source.
HALL
This mode provides the ambience of a concert hall for classical music sources such as orchestral, chamber music, or an instrumental solo.
STADIUM
This mode provides the expansive sound field to achieve the true stadium effect when watching baseball or soccer games.
CHURCH
This mode provides the ambience of a church for baroque, string orchestral or choral group music.
•When the 6 CH DIRECT INPUTs are connected to the 6 CH decoder for a surround sound such as Dolby Digital, etc., you can enjoy the corresponding surround sound, too. (For details, see the operator’s manual of the component to be connected.)
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