Harman Kardon AVR 7550HD Owners Manual - Page 60

APPENDIX Table A13 - Surround Modes Surround Mode Dolby฀Digital฀ ฀ ฀ Dolby฀Digital฀EX฀ ฀ Dolby฀Digital฀Plus฀ ฀ ฀ Description Incoming Bitstream or Signal 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 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 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฀Digital฀Stereo฀ ฀ 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. Delivers฀a฀2-channel฀downmix฀of฀Dolby฀Digital฀materials.฀ ฀ •฀Blu-ray฀Disc฀or฀HD-DVD฀encoded฀with ฀฀฀Dolby฀TrueHD,฀delivered฀via฀HDMI฀ •฀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฀ Dolby฀Pro฀Logic฀II Movie฀ ฀ ฀ 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. Variant฀of฀Dolby฀Pro฀Logic฀II฀that฀is฀optimized฀for฀movie฀and฀฀ 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 Game฀ ฀ ฀ Variant฀of฀Dolby฀Pro฀Logic฀II฀that฀emphasizes฀use฀of฀the฀surround฀฀ 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) 61