Creating realistic sound fields
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Creating sound field
All Channel Stereo
All Channel Stereo (ALL CH ST.) mode can reproduce a larger
stereo sound field using all the connected (and activated) speakers.
All Channel Stereo can be used while reproducing 2 channel stereo
source.
• When All Channel Stereo is selected, the DSP indicator lights on
the display window.
All Channel Stereo reproduction
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Indicators on the display window
Digital signal format indicators
LPCM: Lights when Linear PCM signal comes in.
/
DIGITAL: Lights when Dolby Digital signals come in.
+
: Lights when DTS Digital (Surround) signals come
in.
No indication: No digital signal indicator lights when analog
signals come in.
Source signal indicators, etc.
Light to indicate the incoming signals.
=
: Lights when the left channel signal comes
in.
>
: Lights when the center channel signal comes in.
?
: Lights when the right channel signal comes in.
@
: Lights when the LFE channel signal comes in.
C
: Lights when the surround left channel signal comes in.
E
: Lights when the surround right channel signal comes in.
D
: Lights when the monaural surround channel signal or 2
channel Dolby Surround signal comes in.
: Always lights.
The channel with “ ” shows that the corresponding speakers are
reproducing the channels’ sound.
If the channels’ sound decoded into 5.1 channel is reproduced, only
“ ” lights.
Normal stereo sound All Channel Stereo
Reflections from behind
Early reflections
Direct sounds
Available Surround modes for each input signal
The B marks show available surround modes.
* You can select these modes by pressing
SURR-MODE
. (A pg. 29)
Mode
Surround off
(SURR OFF)
Dolby Surround
DTS Digital
Surround
(DTS)
DSP mode
DAP mode
ALL CH
ST.*
Signal
PL II
MOVIE*
PL II
MUSIC*
Dolby
Digital
LIVE
CLUB*
DANCE
CLUB*
HALL* PAVILION*
Dolby Digital
(Multichannel)
B
BB
B —— B
BB
B ——————
Dolby Digital
(2 channel)
B
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
B ———————
DTS Digital
Surround
(Multichannel)
B
BB
B —— — B
BB
B ——— — —
DTS Digital
Surround
(2 channel)
B
BB
B
B
BB
BB
BB
B ———————
Analog (VCR/FM/
AM) or Linear PCM
B
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
B ——B
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
B
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