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Before Operation
Mini Glossary for Audio Stream &
Surround mode
The Dolby Digital surround format lets you enjoy up to
5.1 channels of digital surround sound from a Dolby
Digital program source. If you play DVDs with “
”
mark, you can enjoy even better sound quality, greater
spatial accuracy, and improved dynamic range.
Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.
“Dolby”, “Pro Logic” and double-D symbol are trade-
marks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential Unpublished
works. Copyright 1992-1997 Dolby Laboratories. All rights
reserved.
BYPASS
Outputs the sound from the front left and right speakers
and subwoofer.
Sound Mode
You can enjoy surround sound simply by selecting one
of the pre-programmed sound fields according to the
program you want to listen to.
When DVD is inserted
You can change the Digital Audio Output mode by
pressing the
AUDIO
button on the remote control during
playback. Although the DVD contents differ from disc to
disc, the following explains the basic operation when
this feature is used.
Each time you press SOUND button, the “BYPASS” and
“ ON STAGE ” indicator will be shown in the display
window
When Video CD is inserted
Each time you press SOUND button, the sound mode
of Video CD is changed in the display window in the
following order.
BYPASS
→
ON STAGE
→
STUDIO
→
CLUB
→
HALL
→
THEATER 1
→
CHURCH
→
BYPASS...
ote
After you select the “Bypass” of sound mode by
pressing SOUND button, press AUDIO button.
The Left, Right and Stereo of audio channel will be
displayed on the TV screen.
When CD is inserted
Each time you press SOUND button, the sound mode
of Audio CD is changed in the display window in the
following order.
BYPASS
→
ON STAGE
→
STUDIO
→
CLUB
→
HALL
→
THEATER 1
→
CHURCH
→
BYPASS...
For your reference
• Initial sound mode is BYPASS.
• You can identify the encoding format of program
software by looking at its packaging.
- Dolby Digital discs are labelled with the
logo.
- Dolby Surround encoded programs are labelled with
the logo.
otes
When you play sound tracks with 96kHz sampling frequency,
the output signals will be converted to 48kHz (sampling fre-
quency).
CD
VCD
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