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598/568.2 Smart Link info.
JMB v1.0 30
th
April 2002
Standard configuration.
Standard ‘types’ in the 568.2 set the enhanced source to be the ‘DVD’ source. The presets assigned to
‘DVD’ are:
Music 2 - Trifield
Music 6 - Discrete
Movie 2 - PLII Movie
Movie 6 - Cinema
If you prefer to listen to CDs with the Music DSP preset (for example), you can use the ‘Assign’ functionality
(one quick press of the ‘Store’ key) to change the default preset for Music 2. Similarly all the modes above
can have different presets assigned.
How it works in practice.
1) CD. After detecting the disc the 598 indicates that the stream is 2-channel music, the 568.2 loads Trifield
and the music arrives at your speakers.
2) DVD-Video. Press play, , the 598 plays the introduction to the disc which is usually 2-channel Dolby
Digital: the 568.2 selects PLII Movie and surrounds you with audio from the introductory sequence. Select
the main feature and the 598 will decode and output the audio track selected, if it’s Dolby Digital, DTS or
MPEG 5.1: the 568.2 selects the Cinema DSP mode. If you switch audio streams within the disc then the
598 will decode the new audio track and mark this new stream on the Smart Link, e.g. Dolby Digital 2.0:
568.2 selects the PLII Movie preset again and continues to surround you with the soundtrack.
3) DVD-Audio. Put the disc in, press play. You may or may not be presented with a menu allowing you to
select a particular track, when you do (or the when the disc plays itself automatically) the 598 will indicate
how many channels of audio are present: the 568.2 will select either Trifield for 2-channel or Discrete for
Multi-channel.
4) Change disc. Play it: the 568.2 will load whichever preset you have decided is the most appropriate for
that material.
Notes on multi-channel presets.
The Discrete preset is intended for use with music material, the Cinema preset is provided for use with
movies. The Cinema preset is a ‘user preset’ based on Discrete but has had the changes shown in the table
below. The preset can be renamed if you wish, or even completely removed and replaced with another user
preset.
Variable
Discrete
Cinema
2+2+2
5.1 (speaker dependent)
7.1 (speaker dependent)
LFE cut
+0dB
+5dB
Rear delay
0ms
1ms
Side delay
0ms
1ms
Rear Filter
Off
7kHz
Side Filter
Off
7kHz
Layout*
Music
5.1
*Speaker layouts. If used in the default state (i.e. as the unit was 'typed') Discrete selects the
Music
layout
and Cinema selects the
5.1
layout. See the 568.2 user guide for more information.
