Kenwood VR-716 User Manual - Page 23

Ambience effects This receiver is equipped with listening modes that allow you to enjoy an enhanced sonic ambience with a variety of video sources. In order to obtain the optimum effect from the surround modes, make sure to input the proper speaker settings beforehand. ^ Surround modes The below speaker placements are for 5.1 channel surround sound system which are: • Dolby Digital • Dolby Pro Logic II • DTS • DSP • DVD 6-channel Dolby Digital The Dolby Digital surround format lets you enjoy up to 5.1 channels of digital surround sound from Dolby Digital program sources (such as Laserdisc or DVD software marked ). Compared with previous Dolby surround, Dolby Digital provides even better sound quality, greater spatial accuracy, and improved dynamic range. Although a full set of speakers (front left, right, and center, surround left and right, and a subwoofer) is required for true 5.1 channel Dolby Digital surround sound, this receiver lets you enjoy Dolby Digital (and Dolby Surround) program sources, even if you connect only the front speakers. Although only Dolby Digital soundtracks incorporate a separate low frequency channel, connecting a subwoofer will also improve deep bass performance in the other surround modes. The indication "LFE" appears in the display when a signal is being input for this channel. Dolby PRO LOGIC II Dolby Pro Logic II was designed specifically to provide a new sense of spatiality, directionality and articulation of sounds from Dolby Surround encoded sources (such as video and Laserdisc software marked ). This is achieved with an intelligent, built-in feedback logic design, a matrix surround decoding and the decoding of stereo, full bandwidth surround outputs. The PRO LOGIC II modes programmed into this receiver are "MOVIE", "MUSIC" and "PRO LOGIC". The "MOVIE" mode of the PRO LOGIC II has preset characteristics to produce a calibrated, high-level surround sound playback while the "MUSIC" mode has user-adjustable characteristics to offer the three optional controls, like "Dimension", "Center Width" and "Panorama" modes to allow optimization of the soundfields as desired. The "Dimension" control allows the user to gradually adjust the soundfield either towards the front or towards the rear; the "Center Width" control allows various adjustment of the left-center-right speakers' balance; the "Panorama" extends the front stereo image to include the surround speakers for an exciting "wraparound" effect with side wall imaging. L Front left speaker SW Subwoofer C Center speaker R Front right speaker SL Surround left speaker SR Surround right speaker Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. "DOLBY", the double-D symbol and "PRO LOGIC" are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. "DTS" and "DTS Digital Surround" are registered trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. Note LFE = Low Frequency Effects. This channel delivers separate nondirectional bass signals to the subwoofer for more dynamic deep bass sound effects. 23 EN