Understanding the multi

channel surround displays

L C R

SL S SR

VIRTUAL PRO LOGIC

dts DIGITAL

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1VIRTUAL: Lights up when the sound field with virtual speakers is selected.

2dts: Lights up when DTS signals are input.

3; DIGITAL: Lights up when the unit is decoding signals recorded in the Dolby Digital format.

4PRO LOGIC: Lights up when the unit applies Pro Logic processing to two channel signals in order to output the center and rear channel signals. However, this indicator does not light if the rear speakers are set to “NO”.

5Playback channel indicators: The letters (L, C, R, etc.) indicate the channels being played back. The boxes around the letters vary to show how the unit downmixes the source sound (based on the speakers settings). When using sound fields like “LARGE HALL” or “SMALL HALL”, the unit adds reverberation based on the source sound.

L (Front Left), R (Front Right), C (Center (monaural)), SL (Rear Left), SR (Rear Right), S (Rear (monaural or the rear components obtained by Pro Logic processing))

Example:

Recording format (Front /Rear): 3/2

Output channel: Rear speakers absent

Sound Field: A.F.D.

L C R

SL S SR

Customizing sound fields

By adjusting the surround parameters and the equalization of the front speakers, you can customize the sound fields to suit your particular listening situation.

Once you customize a sound field, the changes are stored in the memory indefinitely (unless the unit is unplugged for half a day). You can change a customized sound field any time by making new adjustments to the parameters.

See the table on page 39 for the parameters available in each sound field.

To get the most from multi channel surround sound

Position your speakers and do the procedures described in “Multi channel surround setup” starting from page 10 before you customize a sound field.

Adjusting the surround parameters

The SUR menu contains parameters that let you customize various aspects of the current sound field. The settings available in this menu are stored individually for each sound field.

1 Start playing a program source encoded with multi channel surround sound, then select a sound field.

MULTI CHANNEL DECODING indicator lights up when the tuner is decoding signals recorded in a multi channel format.

When the selected sound field contains adjustable surround parameters, the SUR button lights up.

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