Insignia NS-R5100 User Manual (English) - Page 14
Dolby Pro Logic II surround, Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby, Pro Logic, MATRIX, CHURCH, THEATER, STADIUM, - receiver manual
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Insignia NS-R5100 AV Digital Home Theater Receiver Dolby Pro Logic II surround This mode applies conventional 2-channel signals such as digital PCM or analog stereo signals as well as Dolby Surround signals to surround processing to offer improvements over conventional Dolby Pro Logic circuits. Dolby Pro Logic ll surround includes two modes as follows: • Dolby Pro Logic ll MOVIE When enjoying movies, this mode allows you to further enhance the cinematic quality by adding processing that emphasizes the sounds of the action special effects. • Dolby Pro Logic ll MUSIC When listening to music, this mode allows you to further enhance the sound quality by adding processing that emphasizes the musical effects. Dolby Pro Logic Dolby Pro Logic is a specially encoded two channel surround format which consists of four channels (front left, center, front right and surround). Sources bearing the provide the theater-like surround sound. The surround channel is monaural, but is played through two surround speakers. Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. Dolby, Pro Logic, and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. The following modes apply conventional 2-channel signals such as digital PCM or analog stereo signals to high performance Digital Signal Processor to recreate sound fields artificially. MATRIX This mode reproduces delayed signals from the surround channels to emphasize the sense of expansion for music sources. CHURCH This mode provides the ambience of a church for baroque, string orchestral, or choral group music. THEATER This mode provides the effect of being in a movie theater when watching a movie source. HALL This mode provides the ambience of a concert hall for classical music sources such as orchestral, chamber music, or an instrumental solo. STADIUM This mode provides the expansive sound field to achieve the true stadium effect when watching baseball or soccer games. Note When the EXTERNAL INs are connected to the 6 CH decoder for a surround sound such as DTS or Dolby Digital, you can enjoy the corresponding surround sound too. (For details, see the operator's manual of the component to be connected.) Enjoying surround sound Before surround playback, first perform the speaker setup procedure on the SETUP menu for optimum performance. (For details, refer to "Modifying the speaker settings" on page 19.) When the EXTERNAL IN is selected as an input source, the surround modes cannot be selected. Press the AUTO/MANUAL button to select the surround mode as follows: • Auto Surround mode-The optimum surround mode is automatically selected depending on the signal format being input. The Auto indicator lights up. • Manual Surround mode-You can select a different surround mode for the signal being input using the surround mode buttons. The Auto indicator turns off. When the SPEAKER button is set to off, the auto surround mode is invalid. Even when the auto surround mode is selected and the same type of digital signal format is being input, the optimum surround mode may vary depending on whether the speaker type is set to "N (None)" or not. When the auto surround mode is selected and the PCM (2 channel) digital signal or the analog stereo signal is being input, only the stereo mode will be selected. When the auto surround mode is selected, the surround modes other than the optimum surround mode cannot be selected. When 96 kHz PCM signal is being input, only the stereo mode will be selected regardless of selecting either the auto surround mode or the manual surround mode. 12 www.insignia-products.com