("AUTO" indicator goes off.)
("AUTO" indicator lights up.)

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ENJOYING SURROUND SOUND

Notes:

Before surround playback, first perform the speaker setup procedure, etc. on the SETUP menu for optimum performance. (For details, refer to "SETTING THE SPEAKER SETUP" on page 38.)

When the EXTERNAL IN is selected as an input source, the surround modes cannot be selected.

When CD or VIDEO 1 ~ 2 is selected as an input source

Select the auto surround mode or the manual surround mode depending on how to select a surround mode.

• Each time this button is pressed, the mode changes as follows :

Auto surround mode : The optimum surround mode will be automatically selected depending on the signal format being input.

Manual surround mode : You can select the desired of different surround modes selectable for the signal being input with using the MULTI CONTROL knob or the SURROUND MODE UP/DOWN (〉/〈) buttons.

Notes :

When the input source other than CD and VIDEO 1 ~ 2 is selected, you cannot select the auto surround mode and can select the surround mode as desired (the manual surround mode).

When the auto surround mode is selected, the surround modes other than the optimum surround mode cannot be selected.

Select the desired surround mode (when selecting the manual surround mode in case of CD, VIDEO 1 ~ 2)

• Each time the MULTI CONTROL knob is rotated or the SURROUND UP / DOWN (〉/〈) buttons are pressed, the surround mode changes depending on the input signal format as follows :

Signal format being input

Selectable surround mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dolby Digital 5.1 channel sources

DOLBY DIGITAL, VS 2 SPK, VS 3 SPK

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dolby Digital 2 channel sources

DOLBY PLII MOVIE, DOLBY PLII MUSIC, DOLBY PLII EMULATION, VS 2 SPK

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTS sources, DTS 96/24 sources

corresponding DTS mode, VS 2 SPK, VS 3 SPK

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCM (2channel) sources,

DOLBY PLII MOVIE, DOLBY PLII MUSIC, DOLBY PLII EMULATION, VS 2 SPK, BIG HALL,

 

 

Analog stereo sources

BRIGHT HALL, DARK HALL, CATHEDRAL, CLUB, BRIGHT CLUB, SMOKY CLUB, BRIGHT

 

 

 

STADIUM, ARENA, VOX CINEMA, MUSIC CINEMA, 5CH STEREO

 

 

96 kHz PCM(2 channel) sources,

DOLBY PLII MOVIE, DOLBY PLII MUSIC, DOLBY PLII EMULATION

 

 

Music files from USB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To cancel the surround mode for stereo playback

or

Depending on the signal format which is being input, either the stereo mode or the 2CH downmix mode is selected.

To cancel either the stereo mode or the 2CH downmix mode, select the surround mode with using the MULTI CONTROL knob on the front panel or the SURROUND MODE UP/DOWN (>/<) buttons on the remote control.

2CH downmix mode

This mode allows the multi-channel signals encoded in DTS or Dolby Digital format to be mixed down into 2 front channels and to be reproduced through only two front speakers or through headphones.

When the SPEAKER button is set to off to listen with headphones while playing the multi-channel digital signals from DTS or Dolby Digital sources, it can enter the 2CH downmix mode automatically.

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Sherwood RD-6503 manual Enjoying Surround Sound, When CD or Video 1 ~ 2 is selected as an input source, 2CH downmix mode

RD-6503 specifications

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