Harman Kardon AVR 144 Owners Manual - Page 40

ADVANCED FUNCTIONS Surround Mode Dolby Pro Logic II Dolby Pro Logic II Movie Description Analog decoder that derives five full-range, discrete main audio channels from matrix surround-encoded or 2-channel analog sources. Four variants are available. Variant of Dolby Pro Logic II that is optimized for movie and television programs. Dolby Pro Logic II Music Dolby Pro Logic II Game Variant of Dolby Pro Logic II that is optimized for music selections. Allows adjustment of sound field presentation in three dimensions: • Center Width (adjusts width of vocal soundstage) • Dimension (adjusts depth of soundstage) • Panorama (adjusts wraparound surround effect) Variant of Dolby Pro Logic II that emphasizes use of the surround channels and subwoofer for total immersion in the video gaming experience. Dolby Pro Logic Original version of Dolby Pro Logic that steered a mono signal containing information below 7kHz to the surround channels. Dolby Virtual Speaker Simulates 5.1 channels when fewer speakers are present, or a more enveloping sound field is desired. Dolby Virtual Speaker Reference When fewer than five main speakers are present, the Reference mode virtualizes the missing speakers with accurate localization. Select from two- or three-speaker mode, depending on how many physical speakers are in your system. Dolby Virtual Speaker Wide mode may be used with two, three, four or five Wide main speakers to widen the front soundstage by virtualizing the locations of the left and right speakers. DTS Digital Using a different encoding/decoding method than Dolby Digital, it also provides up to 5 discrete main channels, plus an LFE channel. DTS Stereo Delivers a 2-channel downmix of DTS Digital materials, or presents a matrix-encoded surround presentation. Incoming Bitstream or Signal See below. • Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1 • Analog (2-channel) • Tuner • PCM (44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz) • Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1 • Analog (2-channel) • Tuner • PCM (44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz) • Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1 • Analog (2-channel) • Tuner • PCM (44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz) • Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1 • Analog (2-channel) • Tuner • PCM (44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz) See below. • Dolby Digital (uses only two-speaker mode when signal does not contain center channel information) • Analog (2-channel) • Tuner • PCM (44.1kHz or 48kHz) • Dolby Digital (number of channels available varies by number of channels in signal) • Analog (2-channel) • Tuner • PCM (44.1kHz or 48kHz) • DTS 1/0/.0 or .1, 2/0/.0 or .1, 3/0/.0 or .1, 3/1/.0 or .1, 2/2/.0 or .1, 3/2/.0 or .1 • DTS-ES Matrix (played as 5.1) • DTS-ES Discrete (played as 5.1) • DTS 1/0/.0 or .1, 2/0/.0 or .1, 3/0/.0 or .1, 3/1/.0 or .1, 2/2/.0 or .1, 3/2/.0 or .1 • DTS 96/24 • DTS-ES Matrix • DTS-ES Discrete 40