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2 MODE

(Dolby Digital, Pro Logic IIx MOVIE, Pro Logic
IIx MUSIC, Pro Logic IIx GAME)
This mode is used with source materials encoded in
Dolby Digital and Dolby Surround.

DOLBY DIGITAL
This mode is enabled when playing source materials
encoded in Dolby Digital.
Playing multichannel-encoded 5.1 channel Dolby
Digital sources provides 5 main audio channels (left,
center, right, surround left and surround right) and a
Low Frequency Effect channel.
Dolby Digital EX decoding is not available in this
mode.

Dolby Pro Logic IIx has 5 modes:

Pro Logic IIx MOVIE
This mode provides 6.1 or 7.1 channel surround
sound from Dolby Surround, encoded stereo movie
soundtracks.

Pro Logic IIx MUSIC
This mode provides 6.1 or 7.1 channel surround
sound from conventional stereo sources (analog or
digital), such as CD, tape, FM, TV, stereo VCR, etc.

Pro Logic IIx GAME
This mode restores the impact low-frequency
surround effects by routing them to the system’s
subwoofer.

5.1ch + Pro Logic IIx Movie
This mode provides 7.1 channel surround sound
from 5.1 channel sources movie soundtracks.

5.1ch + Pro Logic IIx Music
This mode provides 6.1 or 7.1 channel surround sound
from 5.1 channel sources music soundtracks.

Notes

• Pro Logic IIx mode will decode as Pro Logic

II mode when the Surr. B is set to “NO” from
SPEAKER SETUP menu. (See page 22)

• Pro Logic IIx mode is available for a 2 channel

input signal which is encoded in Dolby Digital,
HDCD or PCM format.

DTS

dts, Neo:6 Cinema, Neo:6 Music
This mode is for DTS-encoded source materials
such as laserdisc, CD and DVD. Neo:6 is for some
2 channel sources.

dts
This mode is enabled when playing source materials
encoded in dts multichannel.
Playing multichannel encoded-5.1 channel dts
sources provides fi ve main audio channels (left,
center, right, surround left and surround right) and a
Low Frequency Effects channel.
dts-ES decoding is not available in this mode.
The DTS mode cannot be used when an analog
input has been selected.

Neo:6 Cinema, Neo:6 Music
This mode decodes 2 channel signals into 6
channel signals using high-accuracy digital matrix
technology.
The DTS Neo:6 decoder has near-discrete properties
in the frequency characteristics of the channels as
well as in channel separation.
According to the signals to be played back, DTS
Neo:6 uses either the Neo:6 Cinema mode
optimized for movie playback or the Neo:6 Music
mode optimized for music playback.

Note

• The Neo:6 mode is available for 2 channel input

signals which are encoded in Dolby Digital,
HDCD or PCM format.

STEREO

This mode bypasses all surround processing.
In stereo program sources, the left and right
channels play normally when PCM audio or analog
stereo is input.
With Dolby Digital and DTS sources, the 5.1
channels are converted to two channel stereo. 96
kHz PCM source material can be played back in
stereo mode.

AUTO

When this mode is selected, the unit determines
whether the digital input signal is Dolby Digital,
Dolby Digital Surround EX, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby
TrueHD, DTS-HD, DTS, DTS-ES, DTS 96/24 or PCM
audio.
Surround EX & DTS-ES will operate for multichannel
sources that have a Dolby Digital Surround EX or
DTS-ES auto trigger fl ag in the digital signal.
When a Dolby Digital or DTS signal is input, the
number of channels for which the corresponding
signal is encoded will be played.
Inputting a Dolby Digital two channel signal with
Dolby surround status automatically subjects that
signal to Pro Logic IIx movie processing before
play.
PCM 96 kHz source material can be played in this
mode.

Notes

• When you use this mode with certain DVD and

CD players, performing operations such as skip
or stop may momentarily interrupt the output.

• When the signal is not decoded, the mode is

changed to AUTO mode automatically. See page
38 to confi rm the available decoding modes.

SOURCE DIRECT

In SOURCE DIRECT mode, the tone control
circuit ROOM EQ and HT-EQ are bypassed for
full-range frequency response and the purest audio
reproduction.

Dolby Digital EX
In a movie theater, fi lm soundtracks that have been
encoded with Dolby Digital Surround EX technology
are able to reproduce an extra channel which has
been added during the mixing of the program.
This channel, called surround back, places sounds
behind the listener in addition to the currently
available front left, front center, front right, surround
right, surround left and subwoofer channels.
This additional channel provides the opportunity
for more detailed imaging behind the listener and
brings more depth, spacious ambience and sound
localization than ever before.
Dolby Digital EX is not available in systems that do
not have without surround back speaker(s).

DTS-ES (Discrete 6.1, Matrix 6.1)
DTS-ES adds the surround center channel audio to
the DTS 5.1 channel format to improve the acoustic
positioning, and makes acoustic image movement
more natural with the 6.1 channel reproduction.
This unit incorporates a DTS-ES-decoder, which
can handle DTS-ES Discrete-encoded and DTS-ES
Matrix-encoded program sources from DVD, etc.
DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 features digital discrete
recording of all channels, including the surround back
channel(s), and higher quality audio reproduction.
DTS-ES is not available in systems that do not have
surround back speakers.

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