Harman Kardon AVR 1600 Owners Manual - Page 41

APPENDIX Table A9 - Surround Modes Surround Mode Description Incoming Bitstream or Signal Dolby Digital Provides up to five separate main audio channels and a dedicated low-frequency effects (LFE) channel. • Dolby Digital 1/0/.0 or .1, 2/0/.0 or .1, 3/0/.0 or .1, 2/1/.0 or .1, 2/2/.0 or .1, 3/2/.0 or .1 • Dolby Digital EX (played as 5.1) • Dolby Digital Plus decoded and delivered via coax or optical connection Dolby Digital EX An expansion of Dolby Digital 5.1 that adds a surround back channel which may be played through one or two surround back speakers. May be manually selected when a non-EX Dolby Digital stream is detected. • Dolby Digital EX • Dolby Digital 2/2/.0 or .1, 3/2/.0 or .1 Dolby Digital Plus An enhanced version of Dolby Digital encoded more efficiently, Dolby Digital Plus has the capacity for additional discrete channels and for streaming audio from the Internet, all with enhanced audio quality. Source material may be delivered via an HDMI connection, or decoded to Dolby Digital or PCM and transmitted via S/P-DIF coaxial or optical digital audio. • Dolby Digital Plus via HDMI connection (source device decodes to Dolby Digital when a coax or optical connection is used) Dolby TrueHD Dolby TrueHD is an expansion of MLP Lossless™ audio, the same format used on DVD Audio discs. Dolby TrueHD adds the features found in Dolby Digital, such as night mode settings, while delivering fully lossless audio that is a true reproduction of the studio master recording. • Blu-ray Disc or HD-DVD encoded with Dolby TrueHD, delivered via HDMI Dolby Digital Stereo Delivers a 2-channel downmix of Dolby Digital materials. • Dolby Digital 1/0/.0 or .1, 2/0/.0 or .1, 3/0/.0 or .1, 2/1/.0 or .1, 2/2/.0 or .1, 3/2/.0 or .1 • Dolby Digital EX Dolby Pro Logic II Mode Group Analog decoder that derives five full-range, discrete main audio channels See below from matrix surround-encoded or 2-channel analog sources. Four variants are available. Dolby Pro Logic II Variant of Dolby Pro Logic II that is optimized for movie and Movie television programs. • Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1 • Analog (2-channel) • Tuner • PCM (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz) Dolby Pro Logic II Music 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) • Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1 • Analog (2-channel) • Tuner • PCM (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz) Dolby Pro Logic II Variant of Dolby Pro Logic II that emphasizes use of the surround Game channels and subwoofer for total immersion in the video gaming experience. • Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1 • Analog (2-channel) • Tuner • PCM (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz) Dolby Pro Logic Original version of Dolby Pro Logic that steered a mono signal containing information below 7kHz to the surround channels. • Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1 • Analog (2-channel) • Tuner • PCM (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz) Dolby Pro Logic IIx Mode Group An expansion of Dolby Pro Logic II that adds a surround back channel which may be played through one or two surround back speakers. The Dolby Pro Logic IIx modes may be selected not only with Dolby Digital bitstreams, but thanks to the AVR 1600's post-processor, they may also be used with some DTS bitstreams to add a surround back channel to 5.1 modes. See below 41