Sunfire TGR401, TGR-401-230 manual DTS Digital Surround DTS NEO6 Dolby Headphone

CHAPTER 5

DTS DIGITAL SURROUND DTS NEO:6

DOLBY HEADPHONE

This mode is available if the TGR-401 automatically detects that a DTS encoded source is present at one of it’s digital inputs. Look for the DTS Logo on DVDs, LaserDiscs, CDs and other sources.

Make sure that you set your player to output DTS bitstreams. DTS must also be selected on the disc's menu.

NOTE: Besides DTS Digital Sur- round, you can press the Mode keys on the remote or use the Mode selector on the front panel and play DTS Digital Surround with Pro Logic IIx Music process- ing to create stereo surround back channels. Pressing either Mode key again will return you to standard DTS Digital Surround playback.

DTS-ES MATRIX/DISCRETE

All DTS-ES sources have the surround back channel matrixed in the left and right surrounds. Newer DVD releases also have a discrete surround back channel, in addition to the same information matrixed.

DISCRETE ES sources: the TGR- 401 DTS-ES discrete decoder will decode the discrete surround back channel. It also removes the surround back matrix from the left and right surrounds, and restores them to be fully independent channels.

MATRIX ES sources: If there is no discrete surround back chan- nel, the TGR-401 decodes the matrixed surround back channel from the left and right surrounds, and restores them to be fully inde- pendent channels.

This matrixed mode extend DTS Digital Surround to support sur- round back channels, similar to how PLIIX modes work for Dolby 5.1. The back channels are derived from the left and right sur- rounds.

DTS SUNFIRE

This is a special mode that copies the surround channels into the back speakers. This provides

a more enveloping experience for playback of DTS 5.1 digital sources – especially music and concert material.

DTS 96/24 modes

The DTS 96/24 modes allow the decoding of multi-channel, 96 kHz, 24-bit, digital audio. The various DTS 96/24 modes share the same features as described for the standard DTS modes.

Dolby Headphone technology enables you to experience the surround effects of a ve-chan- nel, six-channel, or seven-channel soundtrack through your head- phones.

Since headphones directly project sound into the ear, many of the spatial cues that exist when using speakers are lost. This can result in the audio sounding like it is in- side your head, versus surround- ing you. Dolby Headphone uses DSP technology to simulate up to seven surround speakers around the virtual room for a much more enveloping experience.

Dolby Headphone can be turned on or off in the MODES menu. Try turning it on for different sources and listen for the improved sense of surrounding sound. It will sound best for multichannel sources, and can be used to good effect for 2 channel music. Turn it off where the effect is not required.

MAIN MENU

TRIMS

TONE CONTROLS

MODES

PRESETS

SETUP

MODES		CHOICES
DTS SUB TRIM	0	-20 TO +20
DOLBY SUB TRIM	0	-20 TO +20
PANORAMA	OFF	OFF/ON
WIDTH	3	0 TO 7
DIMENSION	-3	-3 TO +3
DRC (DYNAMIC RANGE)	OFF	OFF/MIN/MAX
DOLBY HEADPHONE	OFF	ON/OFF
HEADPHONE TRIM	0	-20 TO +20

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