Harman Kardon AVR 2700 Owners Manual - Page 52

AVR Appendix Table A12 - Surround Modes Surround Mode Dolby Digital Dolby Digital EX Description Incoming Bitstream or Signal Provides up to five separate main audio channels and a dedicated low-frequency effects (LFE) channel. s$OLBY$IGITALOR OR OR 2/1/.0 or .1, 2/2/.0 or .1, 3/2/.0 or .1 s$OLBY$IGITAL%8PLAYEDAS s$OLBY$IGITAL0LUSDECODEDANDDELIVEREDVIACOAXIALOROPTICAL connection An expansion of Dolby Digital 5.1 that adds a surround back channel that may be s$OLBY$IGITAL%8 played through one or two surround back speakers. May be manually selected when a non-EX Dolby Digital stream is detected. s$OLBY$IGITALOR OR Dolby Digital Plus Dolby TrueHD 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 coaxial or optical digital audio. s$OLBY$IGITAL0LUSVIA($-)CONNECTIONSOURCEDEVICEDECODESTO Dolby Digital when a coaxial or optical connection is used) Dolby TrueHD is an expansion of MLP Lossless™ audio, the same format used on DVD-Audio discs. Dolby TrueHD adds the features found in Dolby Digital, such as night mode settings, while delivering fully lossless audio that is a true reproduction of studio master recordings. s"LU RAY$ISCOR($ $6$ENCODEDWITH$OLBY4RUE($ DELIVEREDVIA HDMI Dolby Digital Stereo Delivers a two-channel downmix of Dolby Digital materials. s$OLBY$IGITALOR OR OR 2/1/.0 or .1, 2/2/.0 or .1, 3/2/.0 or .1 s$OLBY$IGITAL%8 Dolby Pro Logic II Mode Analog decoder that derives five full-range, discrete main audio channels from matrix See below Group surround-encoded or two-channel analog sources. Four variants are available. Dolby Pro Logic II Movie Variant of Dolby Pro Logic II that is optimized for movie and television programs. s$OLBY$IGITALOR s!NALOGTWO CHANNEL s4UNER s0#-K(Z K(Z K(Z K(Z 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: s#ENTER7IDTHADJUSTSWIDTHOFVOCALSOUNDSTAGE s$IMENSIONADJUSTSDEPTHOFSOUNDSTAGE s0ANORAMAADJUSTSWRAPAROUNDSURROUNDEFFECT s$OLBY$IGITALOR s!NALOGTWO CHANNEL s4UNER s0#-K(Z K(Z K(Z K(Z Dolby Pro Logic Variant of Dolby Pro Logic II that emphasizes use of the surround channels and subwoofer for total immersion in the video gaming experience. s$OLBY$IGITALOR s!NALOGTWO CHANNEL s4UNER s0#-K(Z K(Z K(Z K(Z Dolby Pro Logic II Game Original version of Dolby Pro Logic that steered a mono signal containing information below 7kHz to the surround channels. s$OLBY$IGITALOR s!NALOGTWO CHANNEL s4UNER s0#-K(Z K(Z K(Z K(Z 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's post-processor, they may also be used with some DTS bitstreams to add a surround back channel to 5.1 modes. See below 52