Sony Blu-Ray Disc/DVD Home theatre System BDV-E280 - Manual (Page 25)

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• When the home menu is displayed on the TV screen, this setting can be changed by selecting the surround setting
via [Surround Setting] in [Audio Settings] of [Setup] (page 49).
About speaker output of each surround setting
The table below describes the options when you connect all the speakers to the unit.
The default setting is [A.F.D. Multi] (“A.F.D. MULTI”).
• When you select [A.F.D. Multi] (“A.F.D. MULTI”), depending on the disc or source, the beginning of the sound
may be cut off while the optimum mode is automatically selected. To avoid cutting the sound, select [A.F.D.
Standard] (“A.F.D. STD”).
• When bilingual broadcast sound is input, [Dolby Pro Logic] (“PRO LOGIC”) and [Dolby PL II Movie] (“PLII
MOVIE”) are not effective.
Sound from Surround setting Effect
Depending on the source. [A.F.D. Standard]
“A.F.D. STD”
(AUTO FORMAT
DIRECT STANDARD)
The system discriminates the sound format of the source and
presents sound as it was recorded/encoded.
[A.F.D. Multi]
“A.F.D. MULTI”
(AUTO FORMAT
DIRECT MULTI)
• 2 channel source: The system simulates surround sound
from 2 channel sources and outputs sound from the 5.1
channel speakers by duplicating 2 channel source sound
across each speaker.
• Multi-channel source: The system outputs sound from the
speakers depending on the number of channels of the
source.
• [Dolby Pro Logic]
“PRO LOGIC”
• [Dolby PL II Movie]
“PLII MOVIE”
• 2 channel source: The system simulates surround sound
from 2 channel sources and outputs sound from the 5.1
channel speakers.
– [Dolby Pro Logic] (“PRO LOGIC”) performs Dolby Pro
Logic decoding.
– [Dolby PL II Movie] (“PLII MOVIE”) performs Dolby
Pro Logic II movie mode decoding.
• Multi-channel source: The system outputs sound from the
speakers depending on the number of channels of the
source.
• [DTS Neo:6
Cinema]
“NEO6 CIN”
• [DTS Neo:6 Music]
“NEO6 MUS”
• 2 channel source: The system simulates surround sound
from 2 channel sources and produces 6.1 channel sound.
– [DTS Neo:6 Cinema] (“NEO6 CIN”) performs DTS
Neo:6 Cinema mode decoding.
– [DTS Neo:6 Music] (“NEO6 MUS”) performs DTS
Neo:6 Music mode decoding.
• Multi-channel source: The system outputs sound from the
speakers depending on the number of channels of the
source.
[2ch Stereo]
“2CH ST.” The system outputs the sound from the front speakers and
subwoofer regardless of sound format or number of channels.
Multi-channel surround formats are downmixed to 2
channels.