Enjoying Surround Sound

You can take advantage of surround sound simply by selecting one of the amplifier’s preprogrammed sound fields. They bring the exciting and powerful sound of movie theaters and concert halls into your home. You can also customize the sound fields to obtain the sound you want by changing the various surround parameters.

To fully enjoy surround sound, you must register the number and location of you speakers. See “Multi channel surround setup” starting from page 13 to set the speaker parameters before enjoying surround sound.

Selecting a sound field

You can enjoy surround sound simply by selecting one of the pre-programmed sound fields according to the program you want to listen to.

Press SOUND FIELD +/– repeatedly to select the sound field you want.

The current sound field is indicated in the display. See pages 19–20 for information on each sound field.

To turn the surround effect off

Select A.F.D. or 2CH ST. (page 20).

Tips

•The amplifier memorizes the last sound field selected for each program source (Sound Field Link). Whenever you select a program source, the sound field that was last applied is automatically applied again. For example, if you listen to DVD with HALL as the sound field, change to a different program source, then return to DVD, HALL will be applied again.

•You can identify the encoding format of program software by looking at its packaging.

Dolby Digital discs are labeled with the

logo, and Dolby Surround encoded programs are

labeled with the

logo.

About DCS (Digital Cinema Sound)

DCS is the concept name of the surround technology for home theater developed by Sony. DCS uses the DSP (Digital Signal Processor) technology to reproduce the sound characteristics of an actual cinema cutting studio in Hollywood.

When played at home, DCS will create a powerful theater effect that mimics the artistic combination of sound and action as envisioned by the movie director.

xNORM.SURR. (Normal 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 to create surround effects.

xSTUDIO A–C (Cinema Studio A–C)

DCS

•CINEMA STUDIO A reproduces the sound characteristics of Sony Pictures Entertainment’s classic editing studio.

•CINEMA STUDIO B reproduces the sound characteristics of Sony Pictures Entertainment’s mixing studio which is one of the most up-to- date facilities in Hollywood.

•CINEMA STUDIO C reproduces the sound characteristics of Sony Pictures Entertainment’s BGM recording studio.

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