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THX Surround EX
THX Su
rr
ound EX - Dolby Digital Su
rr
ound EX is a joint develo
p
ment
of Dolby Labo
r
ato
r
ies and the THX Ltd. In a movie theate
r
, film
soundt
r
acks that have been encoded with Dolby Digital Su
rr
ound EX
technology a
r
e able to
r
e
pr
oduce an ext
r
a channel which has been
added du
r
ing the mixing of the
pr
og
r
am. This channel, called
Su
rr
ound Back,
p
laces sounds behind the listene
r
in addition to the
cu
rr
ently available f
r
ont left, f
r
ont cente
r
, f
r
ont
r
ight, su
rr
ound
r
ight,
su
rr
ound left and subwoofe
r
channels. This additional channel
pr
ovides the o
pp
o
r
tunity fo
r
mo
r
e detailed imaging behind the
listene
r
and b
r
ings mo
r
e de
p
th, s
p
acious ambience and sound
localization than eve
r
befo
r
e. Movies that we
r
e c
r
eated using the
Dolby Digital Su
rr
ound EX technology, when
r
eleased into the home
consume
r
ma
r
ket may exhibit wo
r
ding to that effect on the
p
ackaging. A list of movies c
r
eated using this technology can be
found on the Dolby web site at www.dolby.com.
Only am
p
lifie
r
and cont
r
olle
r
pr
oducts bea
r
ing the THX Su
rr
ound EX
logo, when in the THX Su
rr
ound EX mode, faithfully
r
e
pr
oduce this
new technology in the home.
This
pr
oduct may also engage the “THX Su
rr
ound EX” mode du
r
ing
the
p
layback of 5.1 channel mate
r
ial that is not Dolby Digital
Su
rr
ound EX encoded. In such case the info
r
mation delive
r
ed to the
Su
rr
ound Back channel will be
pr
og
r
am de
p
endent and may o
r
may
not be ve
r
y
p
leasing de
p
ending on the
p
a
r
ticula
r
soundt
r
ack and the
tastes of the individual listene
r
.
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Boundary Gain Compensation™
De
p
ending on the listene
r
’s and the subwoofe
r
’s
p
osition, the listene
r
may ex
p
e
r
ience an excessive bass effect. This featu
r
e com
p
ensates
fo
r
excessive bass
r
esulting f
r
om a bounda
r
y gain effect. This featu
r
e
is designed to o
p
e
r
ate when used with a subwoofe
r
ce
r
tified to THX
Select2™ s
p
ecifications.
•
THX Loudness Plus Description
THX Loudness Plus is a new volume cont
r
ol technology featu
r
ed in
THX Ult
r
a2 Plus™ and THX Select2 Plus™ Ce
r
tified am
p
lifie
r
s. With
THX Loudness Plus, home theate
r
audiences can now ex
p
e
r
ience the
r
ich details in a su
rr
ound mix at any volume level. A consequence of
tu
r
ning the volume below Refe
r
ence Level is that ce
r
tain sound
elements can be lost o
r
p
e
r
ceived diffe
r
ently by the listene
r
. THX
Loudness Plus com
p
ensates fo
r
the tonal and s
p
atial shifts that occu
r
when the volume is
r
educed by intelligently adjusting ambient
su
rr
ound channel levels and f
r
equency
r
es
p
onse. This enables use
r
s
to ex
p
e
r
ience the t
r
ue im
p
act of soundt
r
acks
r
ega
r
dless of the volume
setting. THX Loudness Plus is automatically a
pp
lied when listening in
any THX listening mode. The new THX Cinema, THX Music, and THX
Games modes a
r
e tailo
r
ed to a
pp
ly the
pr
o
p
e
r
THX Loudness Plus
settings fo
r
each ty
p
e of content.
•
THX Select2 Cinema
THX Select2 Cinema mode
p
lays 5.1 movies using all 8 s
p
eake
r
s
giving you the best
p
ossible movie watching ex
p
e
r
ience. In this mode,
ASA
pr
ocessing blends the side su
rr
ound s
p
eake
r
s and back
su
rr
ound s
p
eake
r
s
pr
oviding the o
p
timal mix of ambient and
di
r
ectional su
rr
ound sounds.
DTS-ES (Mat
r
ix and 6.1 Disc
r
ete) and Dolby Digital Su
rr
ound EX
encoded soundt
r
acks will be automatically detected in Select2
Cinema mode if the a
ppr
o
pr
iate flag has been encoded.
Some Dolby Digital Su
rr
ound EX soundt
r
acks a
r
e missing the digital
flag that allows automatic switching. If you know that the movie that
you a
r
e watching is encoded in Su
rr
ound EX, you can manually select
the THX Su
rr
ound EX
p
layback mode, othe
r
wise THX Select2 Cinema
mode will a
pp
ly ASA
pr
ocessing to
pr
ovide o
p
timum
r
e
p
lay.
•
THX Select2 Music
Fo
r
the
p
layback of multi-channel music the THX Select2 Music mode
should be selected. In this mode THX ASA
pr
ocessing is a
pp
lied to the
su
rr
ound channels of all 5.1 encoded music sou
r
ces such as DTS,
Dolby Digital and DVD-Audio to
pr
ovide a wide stable
r
ea
r
soundstage.
•
THX Select2 Games
Fo
r
the
p
layback of ste
r
eo and multi-channel game audio the THX
Select2 Games mode should be selected. In this mode THX ASA
pr
ocessing is a
pp
lied to the su
rr
ound channels of all 5.1 and 2.0
encoded game sou
r
ces such as analog, PCM, DTS and Dolby Digital.
This accu
r
ately
p
laces all game audio su
rr
ound info
r
mation,
pr
oviding a full 360 deg
r
ee
p
layback envi
r
onment. THX Select2 Games
mode is unique as it gives you a smooth t
r
ansition of audio in all
p
oints of the su
rr
ound field.
THX, the THX logo and Select2 Plus are trademarks of THX Ltd. which
may be registered in some jurisdictions. All rights reserved. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
About iPod
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r
iPod” means that an elect
r
onic accesso
r
y has
been designed to connect s
p
ecifically to iPod and has
been ce
r
tified by the develo
p
e
r
to meet A
pp
le
p
e
r
fo
r
mance standa
r
ds.
“Wo
r
ks with iPhone” means that an elect
r
onic accesso
r
y
has been designed to connect s
p
ecifically to iPhone and
has been ce
r
tified by the develo
p
e
r
to meet A
pp
le
p
e
r
fo
r
mance standa
r
ds.
A
pp
le is not
r
es
p
onsible fo
r
the o
p
e
r
ation of this device o
r
its com
p
liance with safety and
r
egulato
r
y standa
r
ds.
iPod is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and
other countries.
iPhone is a trademark of Apple Inc.
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