Technicolor - Thomson 30LB020S4 Panorama Sound decoder, Dolby Virtual Surround Sound Decoder

Operation

The Panorama Sound decoder

"Panorama Sound" achieves a significant improvement of the stereophonic sound with normal playback of stereo sound (2 channels left/right).

The integrated microcomputer ensures that the sound has depth and is three-dimensional, even without additional amplifiers and speakers. Thus the sound becomes "3-D".

Note:

To enjoy video playback with "Panorama Sound", a stereo video recorder is needed.

The Dolby Virtual Surround Sound Decoder

Dolby Virtual Surround Sound is a special method for recording sound which was principally developed for cinema film. In order to use these atmospheric sound effects at home as well, video tapes, television broadcasts and video discs are also produced with this technology.

The integrated Dolby Virtual Surround Sound Decoder repro- duces the Dolby Stereo cinema effect on a conventional home entertainment system. On playback of the "Dolby Pro Logic Sur- round Tone", Dolby Virtual Surround Sound achieves a 3-D sound similar to that of a home theatre system.

Even without additional speakers, the corresponding modifica- tion of the sound creates an outstanding surround effect. The lis- tener is surrounded by the sound as if in a concert hall.

When buying video tapes, video discs and CDs, look for the

Dolby logo . It indicates that all sound and image carri- ers have recordings in Dolby Pro Logic Surround quality.

VHS video cassettes only marked with the logo do not contain the necessary Dolby Surround information.

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. DOLBY,

the double-D symbol and PRO LOGIC are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

Note:

Astereo video recorder is required for recording and

playing back films with Dolby Virtual

Surround Sound.

Decoder mode selection

Open the Sound-2 menu: Press MENU button. Select Sound-

2 in the Main menu using arrow buttons!Ÿ / ⁄. Use the right- hand arrow button ÿ to move the green marker to the Sound-2 menu for the selected decoder mode.

The desired decoder mode (see diagram) can be selected by En pressing the arrow buttons ! / ÿ if the first line of the respective Sound-2 menu is marked green.

Normal television sound

Open the Sound-2 menu: Press MENU button. Select Sound- 2 in the Main menu using arrow buttons!Ÿ / ⁄. Use right-hand arrow button ÿ to move the green marker to the Sound-2 menu of the decoder mode selected.

Select Normal for decoder mode by pressing the relevant ar- row buttons !/ ÿ.

The broadcast television sound remains unaltered in this decoder mode.

Use arrow buttons Ÿ / ⁄ to select the individual menu items. Use arrow buttons !/ ÿto modify the relevant settings or data.

The volume of the right and left speaker can be changed under Balance to achieve optimised stereo playback.

Press the OK button to store the settings. Press the EXIT button to quit the menu.

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