Harman Kardon AVR 7550HD Owners Manual - Page 61

APPENDIX Table A13 - continued Surround Mode Description Incoming Bitstream or Signal 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 7550HD's post-processor, they may also be used with some DTS bitstreams to add a surround back channel to 5.1 modes. Dolby฀Pro฀Logic฀IIx฀฀ Movie฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ Dolby฀Pro฀Logic฀IIx฀฀ Music฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ Dolby฀Pro฀Logic฀IIx฀฀ Game฀ ฀ ฀ This฀mode฀is฀similar฀to฀Dolby฀Pro฀Logic฀II฀Movie,฀with฀an฀added฀surround฀฀ back฀channel •฀Dolby฀Digital฀2/0/.0฀or฀.1,฀2/2/.0฀or฀.1 3/2/.0฀or฀.1,฀EX •฀Analog฀(2-channel) •฀Tuner •฀PCM฀(32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz) This฀mode฀is฀similar฀to฀Dolby฀Pro฀Logic฀II฀Music,฀including฀the฀availability Dolby฀Digital฀2/0/.0฀or฀.1,฀2/2/.0฀or฀.1,฀ of฀center฀width,฀dimension฀and฀panorama฀adjustments.฀Dolby฀Pro฀Logic฀IIx 3/2/.0฀or฀.1,฀EX Music฀adds฀a฀surround฀back฀channel.฀฀฀ •฀Analog฀(2-channel) ฀ •฀Tuner ฀ •฀PCM฀(32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz) This฀mode฀is฀similar฀to฀Dolby฀Pro฀Logic฀II฀Game,฀with฀the฀added฀benefit฀฀ of฀a฀surround฀back฀channel.฀ ฀ ฀ •฀Dolby฀Digital฀2/0/.0฀or฀.1 •฀Analog฀(2-channel) •฀Tuner •฀PCM฀(32kHz, 44.1kHz or 48kHz) Dolby Virtual Speaker Simulates 5.1 channels when only two speakers are present, or a more Mode฀Group฀ enveloping฀sound฀field฀is฀desired.฀ See below Dolby฀Virtual฀Speaker฀ Reference ฀ ฀ ฀ When฀only฀two฀main฀speakers฀are฀present,฀the฀Reference฀mode฀virtualizes Dolby฀Digital฀(uses฀only฀two-speaker฀mode a full surround presentation with accurate localization. when signal does not contain center channel information) ฀ •฀Analog฀(2-channel)฀ ฀ •฀Tuner ฀ •฀PCM฀(32kHz, 44.1kHz or 48kHz) Dolby฀Virtual฀Speaker฀ Wide ฀ ฀ ฀ Wide฀mode฀may฀be฀used฀with฀two฀main฀speakers฀to฀widen฀the฀front฀ soundstage by virtualizing the locations of the left and right speakers •฀Dolby฀Digital฀(number฀of฀channels฀available฀ varies by number of channels in signal) •฀Analog฀(2-channel Tuner •฀PCM฀(32kHz, 44.1kHz or 48kHz) DTS Digital ฀ ฀ Using a different encoding/decoding method than Dolby Digital, it also provides up to five discrete main channels, plus an LFE channel. ฀ ฀ •฀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-HD฀ DTS-HD฀is฀a฀new฀high-definition฀audio฀format฀that฀complements฀the฀ high-definition video found on Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD discs. It is transmitted using a DTS core with high-resolution extensions. Even when only DTS 5.1 surround sound is desired (or available, if the multizone system is in use), the higher capacity of high-resolution discs serves up DTS at twice the bit rate used on DVD-Video discs. •฀Blu-ray฀Disc฀or฀HD-DVD฀discs฀encoded฀฀ with DTS-HD modes, delivered via HDMI DTS-HD฀Master฀Audio฀ DTS-HD฀Master฀Audio฀technology฀delivers฀bit-for-bit฀reproductions฀of฀the Blu-ray฀Disc฀or฀HD-DVD฀discs฀encoded฀with ฀ studio฀master฀recording฀in฀up฀to฀7.1฀channels,฀for฀an฀incredibly฀accurate DTS-HD฀Master฀Audio฀technology,฀delivered฀ ฀ performance.฀ ฀฀฀via฀HDMI 62