Sony HCD-HDX678WF - Manual (Page 51)

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Selecting the Sound
Mode
You can select a suitable sound mode for movies
or music.
Press SOUND MODE +/– repeatedly during
playback until the desired mode appears in
the front panel display.
• “AUTO”: The system selects “MOVIE” or
“MUSIC” automatically to produce the sound
effect depending on the disc or sound stream.
• “MOVIE”: The system provides the sound for
movies.
• “MOVIE-D.C.S.-”*: The system reproduces
the sound characteristics of the Sony Pictures
Entertainment “Cary Grant Theater” cinema
production studio. This is a standard mode,
great for watching most any type of movie.
• “MUSIC”: The system provides the sound for
music.
• “SPORTS”: The system adds reverberation for
the sports program.
• “NEWS”: The system provides the sound for
the voice program, such as news.
* DCS technology is used.
Note
• When you connect headphones to the unit or surround
amplifier, or play a Super Audio CD, you can select
“AUTO,” “MOVIE,” or “MUSIC” only.
• Depending on the disc or source, when you select
“AUTO,” the beginning of the sound may be cut off
as the system selects the optimum mode
automatically. To avoid cutting the sound, select
other than “AUTO.”
• Depending on the input stream, the sound mode may
not be effective.
• When changing the sound mode while using the
S-AIR receiver, sound from the S-AIR receiver may
skip.
About DCS (Digital Cinema
Sound)
In collaboration with Sony Pictures
Entertainment, Sony measured the sound
environment of their studios and integrated the
data of the measurement and the Sony DSP
(Digital Signal Processor) technology to
develop “Digital Cinema Sound.” “Digital
Cinema Sound” simulates in a home theater an
ideal movie theater sound environment based on
the preference of the movie director.
About Cinema Studio EX
Cinema Studio EX is ideal for enjoying movie
software encoded with multi channel format,
such as the Dolby Digital DVD. This mode
reproduces the sound characteristics of Sony
Pictures Entertainment’s studios.
Cinema Studio EX consists of the following
three elements.
• Virtual Multi Dimension
The system creates five sets of virtual speakers
surrounding the listener from a single pair of
actual surround speakers.
• Screen Depth Matching
In a movie theater, sound seems to come from
inside the image reflected on the movie screen.
This element creates the same sensation in
your listening room by shifting the sound of
the front speakers “into” the screen.
• Cinema Studio Reverberation
The system reproduces the reverberations
peculiar to a movie theater.
Cinema Studio EX is the integrated mode which
operates these elements simultaneously.
SOUND
MODE +/–
Enjoying Digital Cinema Sound