SOUND FIELD PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS

This unit is equipped with a variety of precise digital decoders that allow you to enjoy multichannel playback from almost any sound source (stereo or multichannel). This unit is also equipped with a Yamaha digital sound field processing (DSP) chip containing several sound field programs which you can use to enhance your playback experience. Most of these sound field programs are precise digital recreations of actual acoustic environments found in famous concert halls, music venues, and movie theaters.

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The Yamaha CINEMA DSP modes are compatible with all Dolby Digital, DTS, and Dolby Surround sources. Set INPUT MODE to AUTO (see page 34) to enable this unit to automatically switch to the appropriate digital decoder according to the input signal.

For movie/video sources

You can select from the following sound fields when playing movie or video sources. The sound fields marked “MULTI” can be used with multi-channel sources, like DVD, digital TV, etc. Those marked 2-CH can be used with 2-channel (stereo) sources like TV programs, video tapes, etc.

ProgramFeaturesSources

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STEREO:

Downmixes multi-channel sources to 2 (left and right) channels or plays back 2-channel

 

 

 

2ch Stereo

sources as is.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOVIE THEATER:

CINEMA DSP processing. This program creates the extremely wide sound field of a 70-mm

 

 

 

Spectacle

movie theater. It precisely reproduces the source sound in detail, making both the video and the

 

 

 

sound field incredibly real. This is ideal for any kind of video source encoded with Dolby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surround, Dolby Digital or DTS (especially large-scale movie productions).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOVIE THEATER:

CINEMA DSP processing. This program clearly reproduces dialog and sound effects in the

 

 

 

Sci-Fi

latest sound form for science fiction films, thus creating a broad and expansive cinematic space

 

 

 

 

amid silence. You can enjoy science fiction films in a virtual-space sound field that includes

 

 

FIELDSOUND PROGRAMS

 

Dolby Surround, Dolby Digital and DTS-encoded software employing the most advanced

MULTI

 

 

as much as possible.

 

 

 

techniques.

2-CH

 

 

MOVIE THEATER:

CINEMA DSP processing. This program is ideal for precisely reproducing the sound design of

 

 

 

Adventure

the newest 70-mm and multichannel soundtrack films. The sound field is made to be similar to

 

 

 

that of the newest movie theaters, so the reverberations of the sound field itself are restrained

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOVIE THEATER:

CINEMA DSP processing. This program is for reproducing sounds from 70-mm and

 

 

 

General

multichannel soundtrack films, and is characterized by soft and extensive sound field. The

 

 

 

presence sound field is relatively narrow. It spatially spreads all around and toward the screen,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

restraining the echo effect of conversations without losing clarity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THX Cinema

THX processing for any multi-channel sources.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THX Surr. EX

THX processing for Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital EX sources. This program is available

 

 

 

 

only when surround back L/R speakers are connected to this unit and when the input source

 

 

 

 

contains surround back channel signals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dts ES+THX

THX processing for DTS ES sources.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOLBY DIGITAL:

Standard 5.1 channel processing for Dolby Digital sources.

 

 

 

SUR. STANDARD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOLBY DIGITAL:

CINEMA DSP enhanced processing for Dolby Digital sources.

MULTI

 

 

SUR. ENHANCED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

q D+PLIIx Movie:

Standard 6.1/7.1 channel processing for Dolby Digital sources.

 

 

 

SUR. STANDARD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

q D+PLIIx Movie:

CINEMA DSP enhanced 6.1/7.1 channel processing for Dolby Digital sources.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUR. ENHANCED

 

 

 

English

 

 

 

 

SUR. STANDARD

Standard 6.1 channel processing for Dolby Digital sources.

 

 

DOLBY D EX:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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