Harman Kardon AVR 1710 Owners Manual - Page 41

English AVR Appendix Table A10 - 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. • 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 coaxial or optical connection An expansion of Dolby Digital 5.1 that adds a surround back channel that may be • Dolby Digital EX played through one or two surround back speakers. May be manually selected when a • Dolby Digital 2/2/.0 or .1, 3/2/.0 or .1 non-EX Dolby Digital stream is detected. Dolby Digital Plus Dolby TrueHD An enhanced version of Dolby Digital encoded more efficiently, Dolby Digital Plus has • Dolby Digital Plus via HDMI connection (source device decodes to the capacity for additional discrete channels and for streaming audio from the Internet, Dolby Digital when a coaxial or optical connection is used) 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. Dolby TrueHD is an expansion of MLP Lossless™ audio, the same format used on • Blu-ray Disc or HD-DVD encoded with Dolby TrueHD, delivered via DVD-Audio discs. Dolby TrueHD adds the features found in Dolby Digital, such as night HDMI mode settings, while delivering fully lossless audio that is a true reproduction of studio master recordings. Dolby Digital Stereo Delivers a two-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 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. • Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1 • Analog (two-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 (two-channel) • Tuner • PCM (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz) 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. • Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1 • Analog (two-channel) • Tuner • PCM (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz) Dolby Pro Logic II Game 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 (two-channel) • Tuner • PCM (32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz) Dolby Pro Logic IIx Mode An expansion of Dolby Pro Logic II that adds a surround back channel which may See below Group be played through one or two surround back speakers. The Dolby Pro Logic IIx modes (AVR 1710/ may be selected not only with Dolby Digital bitstreams, but thanks to the AVR's post- AVR 171 only) processor, they may also be used with some DTS bitstreams to add a surround back channel to 5.1 modes. 41