Sound Surround Enjoying

Understanding the Multi-Channel Surround Displays

Source sound displays

The letters (L, C, R, etc.) indicate the source sound. The boxes around the letters vary to show how the receiver downmixes the source sound (based on the speakers settings). When using music sound modes like LARGE HALL or SMALL HALL the receiver adds reverberation based on the source sound.

The following table shows how the indicators light when using AUTO FORMAT DECODING mode.

Although the table below shows almost all of the configurations available from multi channel surround signals, the ones marked “ ” are the most common.

Recording

 

 

 

 

Source Sound and Output Channel Display

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Format

Input Channel Display

All speakers

 

Rear speakers

 

Center speaker

Rear/center

 

(Front/Rear)

 

 

 

 

 

 

present

 

 

absent

 

 

absent

 

 

speakers absent

1/0

DOLBY DIGITAL [1/0]

aDIGITAL

 

C

 

aDIGITAL

 

C

 

aDIGITAL

 

C

 

aDIGITAL

 

C

 

DTS [1/0]

 

 

C

 

 

 

C

 

 

 

C

 

 

 

C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTS

 

 

 

DTS

 

 

 

DTS

 

 

 

DTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOLBY DIGITAL [2/0]

 

L

 

R

 

L

 

R

 

L

 

R

 

L

 

R

2/0*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

R

 

L

 

R

 

L

 

R

 

L

 

R

 

DTS [2/0]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTS

 

 

 

DTS

 

 

 

DTS

 

 

 

DTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3/0

DOLBY DIGITAL [3/0]

aDIGITAL

L

C

R

aDIGITAL

L

C

R

aDIGITAL

L

C

R

aDIGITAL

L

C

R

 

 

L C R

 

L C R

 

L C R

 

L C R

 

DTS [3/0]

 

 

 

 

 

DTS

 

 

 

DTS

 

 

 

DTS

 

 

 

DTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2/1

DOLBY DIGITAL [2/1]

aDIGITAL

L

S

R

aDIGITAL

L

S

R

aDIGITAL

L

S

R

aDIGITAL

L

S

R

DTS [2/1]

 

L

 

R

 

L

 

R

 

L

 

R

 

L

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTS

 

S

 

DTS

 

S

 

DTS

 

S

 

DTS

 

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOLBY DIGITAL [3/1]

aDIGITAL

L C R

aDIGITAL

L

C

R

aDIGITAL

L

C

R

aDIGITAL

L

C

R

3/1

 

 

S

 

 

 

S

 

 

 

S

 

 

 

S

 

DTS [3/1]

 

L C R

 

L C R

 

L C R

 

L C R

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTS

 

S

 

DTS

 

S

 

DTS

 

S

 

DTS

 

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOLBY DIGITAL [2/2]

aDIGITAL

L

 

R

aDIGITAL

L

 

R

aDIGITAL

L

 

R

aDIGITAL

L

 

R

2/2

 

LS

 

RS

 

LS

 

RS

 

LS

 

RS

 

LS

 

RS

 

 

L

 

R

 

L

 

R

 

L

 

R

 

L

 

R

 

DTS [2/2]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTS

LS

 

RS

DTS

LS

 

RS

DTS

LS

 

RS

DTS

LS

 

RS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOLBY DIGITAL [3/2]

aDIGITAL

L C R

aDIGITAL

L

C

R

aDIGITAL

L

C

R

aDIGITAL

L

C

R

3/2

 

LS

 

RS

 

LS

 

RS

 

LS

 

RS

 

LS

 

RS

 

 

L C R

 

L C R

 

L C R

 

L C R

 

DTS [3/2]

 

 

 

 

 

DTS

LS

 

RS

DTS

LS

 

RS

DTS

LS

 

RS

DTS

LS

 

RS

 

 

 

 

 

 

2/0**

DOLBY DIGITAL [2/0]

 

L C R

 

L C R

 

L C R

 

L C R

PRO LOGIC

 

S

 

PRO LOGIC

 

S

 

PRO LOGIC

 

S

 

PRO LOGIC

 

S

 

 

DOLBY PROLOGIC

 

L C R

 

L C R

 

L C R

 

L C R

 

PRO LOGIC

 

S

 

PRO LOGIC

 

S

 

PRO LOGIC

 

S

 

PRO LOGIC

 

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCM XX kHz***

 

L

 

R

 

L

 

R

 

L

 

R

 

L

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Signals with Dolby surround encoded flag OFF

**Signals with Dolby surround encoded flag ON

***Sampling frequency is displayed

Notes

•The receiver performs Pro Logic decoding and the display conforms to 2/0** when using the following movie sound modes with 2/0* or STEREO PCM format signals. (CINEMA STUDIO EX. A, B, C, SEMI-CINEMA STUDIO EX. A, B, C, NIGHT THEATER, V. MULTI DIMENSION, V. MULTI REAR, V. SEMI-M. DIMENSION, VIRTUAL ENHANCED A, or VIRTUAL ENHANCED B)

•When using music sound modes like LARGE HALL or SMALL HALL with standard audio formats, like PCM, the receiver creates rear signals from the front L and R signals. However, a center speaker signal is not created. In this case, sound is output from the rear speakers, but output channel indicators for the rear speakers do not light.

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