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SURROUND SOUND
• This receiver incorporates a sophisticated Digital Signal Processor that allows you to create optimum sound quality and sound
atmosphere in your personal Home Theater.
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital is the multi-channel digital signal format
developed by Dolby Laboratories. Discs bearing the Dolby
Digital logo includes the recording of up to 5.1 channels of
digital signals, which can reproduce much better sound
quality, spatial expansion and dynamic range
characteristics than the previous Dolby Surround effect.
Dolby Pro Logic II surround
This mode applies conventional 2- channel signals such as
digital PCM or analog stereo signals as well as Dolby
Surround signals, etc. to surround processing to offer
improvements over conventional Dolby Pro Logic circuits.
Dolby Pro Logic ll surround includes 2 modes as follows:
• Dolby Pro Logic ll MOVIE
When enjoying movies, this mode allows you to further
enhance the cinematic quality by adding processing that
emphasizes the sounds of the action special effects.
• Dolby Pro Logic ll MUSIC
When listening to music, this mode allows you to further
enhance the sound quality by adding processing that
emphasizes the musical effects.
Dolby Pro Logic
This mode expands any 2-channel sources(, including
Dolby Surround sources) for 4 channel(front left, center,
front right and surround) play back.
The surround channel is monaural, but is played through
two surround speakers.
Dolby, Pro Logic, and the double-D symbol are registered
trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
• The following modes apply conventional 2-channel
signals such as digital PCM or analog stereo signals to
high performance Digital Signal Processor to recreate
sound fields artificially.
MATRIX
This mode reproduces a delayed signals from the surround
channels to emphasize the sense of expansion for music
sources.
CHURCH
This mode provides the ambience of a church for baroque,
string orchestral or choral group music.
THEATER
This mode provides the effect of being in a movie theater
when watching a movie source.
HALL
This mode provides the ambience of a concert hall for
classical music sources such as orchestral, chamber
music, or an instrumental solo.
STADIUM
This mode provides the expansive sound field to achieve
the true stadium effect when watching baseball or soccer
games.
Surround modes
