xNORMAL SURROUND

Software with multi channel surround audio signals is played back according to the way it was recorded. Software with 2 channel audio signals is decoded with Dolby Pro Logic or Dolby Pro Logic II to create surround effects (page 73).

xDIGITAL CONCERT HALL A

Uses 3D sound imaging to reproduce the sound characteristics of the CONCERTGEBOUW in Amsterdam, which is famous for a large sound stage produced by reflectivity.

xDIGITAL CONCERT HALL B

Uses 3D sound imaging to reproduce the sound characteristics of the MUSIKVEREIN in Vienna, which is famous for its hall resonance and unique reverberative sound.

xJAZZ CLUB

Reproduces the acoustics of a jazz club.

xLIVE CONCERT

Reproduces the acoustics of a 300-seat live concert.

xGAME

Obtains maximum audio impact from video game software.

xHEADPHONE THEATER

When you connect your headphones to the PHONES jack of the control unit, the HEADPHONE THEATER mode allows you to experience a theater like environment while listening through a pair of headphones. This mode is very effective with 5.1 ch discrete signal sources like Dolby Digital and DTS. Selecting any Sound Field (except AUTO DECODING or 2CHANNEL STEREO) enables the mode.

xHEADPHONE 2CH

When you connect your headphones to the PHONES jack of the control unit, and the SOUND FIELD is set to AUTO DECODING or 2CHANNEL STEREO, HEADPHONE 2CH is automatically activated.

Each time you press SOUND FIELD +/–, HEADPHONE THEATER and HEADPHONE 2CH change alternately.

x2CHANNEL STEREO [XX kHz]

(XX is a number)

 

When the sampling frequency of the input

 

signal is set to 88 [kHz]/96 [kHz],

 

2CHANNEL STEREO [88 kHz] or

 

 

2CHANNEL STEREO [96 kHz] is

 

automatically activated.

Sound

To check the sound field

 

Press DISPLAY.

Adjustments

If the system mode is set to “VIDEO1” or

The sound field appears on the TV screen,

 

and the sound field number appears in the

 

front panel display. The sound field on the

 

TV screen turns off in a few seconds.

 

“VIDEO2,” the TV screen momentarily

 

changes.

 

To turn the surround effect off

 

Press SOUND FIELD +/– on the remote

 

repeatedly until “S.F 1” or “S.F 11”

 

appears in the front panel display.

 

If the system mode is set to anything except

 

“VIDEO1” or “VIDEO2,” each time you

 

press SOUND FIELD +/–, “AUTO

 

DECODING” or “2CHANNEL STEREO”

 

momentarily appears on the TV screen.

 

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