Onkyo TX-RZ3100 - General Audio Modes; Surround Sound Formats

ListeningModeEffects
Inalphabeticalorder
AllChStereo
Idealforbackgroundmusic,thismodefillstheentirelisteningareawithstereo
soundfromthefront,surround,andsurroundbackspeakers.
Direct
Thislisteningmodecanbeselectedforallinputsignals.Processingthataffects
soundqualityisshutdownsosoundclosertotheoriginalisreproduced.Speakers
playthesoundfieldaccordingtothenumberofchannelsintheinputsignal,so
therewouldbeoutputfromonlythefrontspeakersforatwochannelsignal,for
example.
DolbyAtmos
ThismodefaithfullyreproducesthesounddesignrecordedintheDolbyAtmos
audioformat.
TheDolbyAtmosaudioformathasbeenimplementedinmovietheatersequipped
withthelatestfacilitiesandenablesarevolutionarysoundexperienceinhome
theaters.Unlikeexistingsurroundsystems,DolbyAtmosdoesn'trelyonchannels,
butratherenablestheaccurateplacementofsoundobjectsthathaveindependent
motioninathreedimensionalspacewithevengreaterclarity.DolbyAtmosisan
optionalaudioformatonBlurayDiscsandachievesathreedimensionalsound
fieldbyintroducingasoundfieldabovethelistener.
Toenabletransferofthisaudioformat,connectviaHDMIcableandsetaudio
outputontheplayertobitstreamoutput.
DolbyD(DolbyDigital)
ThismodefaithfullyreproducesthesounddesignrecordedintheDolbyDigital
audioformat.
DolbyDigitalisamultichanneldigitalformatdevelopedbyDolbyLaboratories,
Inc.widelyadoptedforuseinmovieproduction.Itisalsoastandardaudioformat
onDVDVideoandBlurayDiscs.Itispossibletorecordamaximumof5.1
channelsonaDVDVideoorBlurayDisc;twofrontchannels,acenterchannel,
twosurroundchannels,andtheLFEchanneldedicatedtothebassregion(sound
elementsforthesubwoofer).
Listening Modes