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c. Dolby Digital EX (Dolby D)

If you have surround back speakers connected, use this

setting to select whether or not you will use Dolby EX

playback.

Auto: When the source has an EX ﬂag (ID signal for

Surround EX), the playback is automatically

changed to Dolby Digital EX. If the source has no

EX ﬂag, the playback is changed to Dolby Digital.

On: The playback is set to Dolby Digital EX.

Off: The playback is set to normal Dolby Digital.

If your surround channel is monaural or you do not have

a surround channel, then the playback will be normal

Dolby Digital regardless of the above setting.

You can easily change the Dolby Digital EX mode settings

using the remote controller. While playing a Dolby Digital

source, after displaying the current listening mode with a

press of the SURROUND button, each press of the SUR-

ROUND button on the remote controller cyclically changes

the Dolby Digital EX mode in the order of “Auto,” “On,”

and “Off.”

d. DTS-ES

This setting selects the DTS-ES mode.

Auto: Select to have the listening mode change auto-

matically to DTS-ES Discrete or DTS-ES Matrix

when the DTS source has the DTS-ES ﬂag (ID sig-

nal for DTS-ES). If the DTS source has no DTS-ES

ﬂag, the mode is changed to DTS 5.1.

On: Select to have the listening mode change automati-

cally to DTS-ES Discrete or DTS-ES Matrix when the

DTS source has the DTS-ES ﬂag, and to DTS + Neo:6

when the DTS source has no DTS-ES ﬂag.

Off: Select to not use DTS-ES listening modes even

when the DTS source has the DTS-ES ﬂag. With this

setting, the DTS sources are always played in DTS

5.1 mode.

You can also easily change the DTS-ES mode settings

using the remote controller. While playing a DTS source,

after displaying the current listening mode with a press

of the SURROUND button, each press of the SUR-

ROUND button on the remote controller cyclically

changes the DTS-ES mode in the order of “Auto,” “On,”

and “Off.”

e. Pro Logic II Music Panorama

Use this setting to extend the front stereo image to

include the surround speakers for an exciting wrap-

around effect with side wall imaging.

On: Select to turn on the PL II Music Panorama mode.

Off: Select to turn off the PL II Music Panorama mode.

f. Pro Logic II Music Dimension

Use this setting to gradually adjust the soundﬁeld for-

ward or backward. It varies between 0 and 6 in steps of

1 and the default value is 3.

The setting of “3” is the normal position. Change the set-

ting to “2” or lower to move the sound space forward and

setting to “4” or higher to move the sound space backward.

If the stereo recording has excessive broadness or a too strong

surroundness, move the sound space forward to get the

appropriate sound balance. In contrast, if the stereo recording

feels somewhat like monaural or has narrowness, move

the sound space backward to get more surroundness.

g. Pro Logic II Music Center Width

In Pro Logic II decoding, center signals are output from

the center speaker. When the center speaker is not used,

the decoder will divide the center signal equally to both

the front left and right speakers to create a “phantom”

center sound image.

The Pro Logic II Music Center Width mode allows you

to adjust from where the center sound image is heard.

Using this, you can have the soundﬁeld be heard from

the center speaker only, from the front left and right

speakers only (as a phantom center sound image), or

from all three speakers (center, front left and right) in

various level combinations. The soundﬁeld varies

between 0 and 7 in steps of 1 and the default value is 3.

For home use, applying some width to the center signal

will improve the level balance for the center and main

speakers, and will effect the width of the center sound

image, or “weight” of the sound. Many sound recordings

processed for stereo playback will be reproduced better

by proper control of this setting. The recommended set-

ting for Pro Logic II Music mode is “3.” This allows you

to easily distinguish the Pro Logic II Music mode from

the Pro Logic II Movie mode whose setting is automati-

cally set to “0.”

h. Center Image

DTS Neo:6 derives a center channel from 2 channel

PCM and analog sources.

In the cinema mode, for Lt/Rt ﬁlm soundtracks, sounds

steered to the center are subtracted from the left and right

channels.

In the music mode, the intent in the front channels is less

one of steering and more one of stabilizing the front

image by augmenting it with a center channel, while pre-

serving the original perspective of the stereo mix. There-

fore, the derived center is never fully subtracted from the

left and right channels.

Center Image is the factor controlling the amount of sub-

traction. It varies between 0 and 5 in steps of 1 and the

default value is 3.

When Center Image=5, the factor is zero and nothing is

subtracted from the left and right channels. When Center

Image=0, the center channel is subtracted from the left

and right channels at half level (–6 dB) for each channel.

The signal level sent to the center channel output is not

affected by Center Image.

This control should be set based on room layout and per-

sonal preferences. A setting of 5 allows the left and right

channels to pass through unaltered from the stereo mix.

A setting of 0 gives more center channel dominance,

which is particularly desirable if listeners are located

well off-center. At any setting, the center speaker

anchors the image.

Center Image is only enabled when the listening mode is

DTS Neo:6 Music.

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