Mark Levinson N40 User Manual
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Nº40 Media Console
Menu System
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Mono Center
The mono signal is formed by summing the left and right chan-
nels. The result is sent out the center speaker only.
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Mono on Front Speakers
The mono signal is formed by summing the left and right chan-
nels. The result is sent out all three front speakers (L,C,R).
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Mono Surround
The mono signal is formed by summing the left and right chan-
nels. This mode uses all available loudspeakers to add addi-
tional ambience to create a larger soundfield.
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Dolby Pro Logic
Used with specially encoded two channel recordings, correctly
called “Dolby Surround” recordings, but often called “Pro Logic
encoded” recordings. Although some Dolby Surround music
recordings exist, the large majority of Dolby Surround record-
ings are films created after 1976. (Note that most of these films
will sound better when reproduced with the addition of THX
post-processing.)
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Dolby Pro Logic with THX
The same decoding as above, but with the addition of THX post
processing: re-equalization of the front channels, and decorrela-
tion and timbre-matching of the surrounds.
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Dolby Pro Logic II Movie
Can be used with either music or movies (though again, most
movies benefit from THX as well); it even works well with mate-
rial that was not specifically encoded for Dolby Pro Logic play-
back.
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Dolby Pro Logic II Movie with THX
The same decoding as Dolby Pro Logic II Movie, but with the
addition of THX post processing: re-equalization of the front
channels, and decorrelation and timbre-matching of the
surrounds.
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Dolby Pro Logic II Music
This mode is a specific permutation of the Dolby Pro Logic II
system that is optimized for multichannel playback of two-
channel music material that has not been specially encoded in
any way.
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NEO:6 Cinema
Provides up to six full-band channels of matrix decoding from
stereo matrix material.