Selecting the Sound Field

You can take advantage of surround sound simply by selecting one of system’s preprogrammed sound fields, which bring the exciting and

Sound field

“MULTI ST.,”

Outputs 2 channel

“REAR ST.”

sources from the front

 

and surround speakers, or

 

surround speakers only

 

(page 86).

powerful sound of movie theatres into your home.

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“HALL,” “JAZZ CLUB,” “L. CONCERT ” (live concert), “GAME,” “SPORTS,”

“MONO MOVIE”

Provides sound to suit the source (movies, music, news, sports, or others)

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SOUND

FIELD +/–

Press SOUND FIELD +/– to select one of the sound fields.

Example:

The centre unit display changes as follows. For details, see the pages in parentheses.

Sound field

“A. F. D. AUTO”

Outputs the originally

 

recorded sound with no

 

sound effects (page 85).

 

 

“PRO LOGIC,”

Outputs 2 channel

“PLII MOVIE,”

sources like CDs as 5.1

“PLII MUSIC”

channel. Dolby Pro Logic

 

produces five channels

 

from 2 channel sources

 

(page 85).

 

 

“C. ST. EX A,”

Produces an ideal movie

“C. ST. EX B,”

theatre sound

“C. ST. EX C”

environment using DCS

 

(Digital Cinema Sound)

 

technology (page 86).

 

 

“NIGHT ”

You can enjoy sound

 

effects or dialogue, as you

 

would in a movie theatre,

 

even at low volume.

 

Useful for watching

 

movies at night.

 

 

“2CH STEREO”

Outputs sound only from

 

the front left and right

 

speakers and subwoofer.

 

No surround effects

 

(page 85).

 

 

“A. F. D. AUTO” (Auto Format Direct Auto)

Presents the sound as it was recorded/encoded, without adding any effects (e.g. reverberation). The auto decoding function automatically detects the type of audio signal being input (Dolby Digital, DTS, or standard 2 channel stereo) and performs the proper decoding as necessary. If there are no low frequency signals (Dolby Digital LFE, etc.), it will generate a low frequency signal for output to the subwoofer.

“2CH STEREO” (2 Channel Stereo)

Outputs the sound from the front left and right speakers and subwoofer. Standard 2 channel (stereo) sources completely bypass the sound field processing. Multi channel surround formats are downmixed to 2 channels.

“PRO LOGIC” (Dolby Pro Logic)

Produces five output channels from 2 channel sources. This mode performs Pro Logic decoding to the input signal and output to front, centre, and surround speakers.

Meanwhile, the surround channel becomes monaural.

Options Surround Speaker

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