821016: AMPx-E8 Series User Guide
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Chapter 5
Dolby
Dolby Metadata
into the left speaker and Channel 2 is sent into the right speaker. See
Table 7–5 on page 73
for a table of Dolby main output channel
assignments.
Dolby Metadata
Pressing the
MData
button when
Dolby Decode
mode is enabled
displays the metadata of the selected Dolby E or Dolby Digital channels
being monitored. Each press of the
MData
button cycles through the
properties of the selected Dolby channels in (approximately) the
following order:
•
Audio encoding format and bit depth (e.g., Dolby AC-3, Dolby E 20
bit)
•
Data rate (e.g., 32, 384, 640)
•
Program configuration (e.g., 5.1 + 2, 4x2, 3x2)
•
Video frame rate (e.g., 29.97, 30)
•
Audio coding (e.g., 3/2, 2/0)
•
Dialog normalization (0 to –31 dB)
•
Bitstream mode (e.g., complete/main, music/effects)
•
Surround mode (e.g., srnd not indicated, not Dolby srnd)
•
Surround and center mix level (e.g., -3.0 dB, -6.0 dB)
Some examples of how Dolby metadata information is displayed in the
LCD screen are shown in
Figure 5–3 on page 53
and
Figure 5–4 on page
53
.
Note:
The data rate is only available for Dolby D. The video frame
rate is only available for Dolby E.