Sony STR-DA7100ES Operating Instructions - Page 96
Selecting the Surround Back, Decoding Mode SB DEC, Input Stream indicator
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Notes • This function does not work in the following cases. - MULTI CH IN is selected - The DSD signal is received via i.LINK - The sound mode for music is selected - A DTS 96/24 signal is received and decoding is done for 96kHz • There may be no sound from the surround back speaker in Dolby Digital EX mode. Some discs have no Dolby Digital Surround EX flag even though the packages have Dolby Digital EX logos. In this case, select "ON." • SB DECODING MODE/SB DEC MODE is cancelled when Dolby Pro Logic IIx is selected in AUTO FORMAT DIRECT (A.F.D.) mode. Selecting the Surround Back Decoding Mode (SB DEC MODE) You can select surround back decoding mode only when SB DECODING is set to ON or AUTO and the input stream contains the Dolby Digital Surround EX flag. SB DEC Speaker MODE setting [DDEX] 7.1 ch 6.1 ch [PLIIx MV] 7.1 ch 6.1 ch [PLIIx MS] 7.1 ch 6.1 ch Surround back decoding Matrix decoder conforms to Dolby Digital EX Matrix decoder conforms to Dolby Digital EX Movie decoder conforms to Dolby Pro Logic IIx Matrix decoder conforms to Dolby Digital EX Music decoder conforms to Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music decoder conforms to Dolby Pro Logic IIx Notes • Matrix decoding conforming to Dolby Digital EX is applied regardless of the surround back decoder mode setup when a sound field for a movie is selected. • Matrix decoding conforming to Dolby Digital EX is applied if the speaker setting is 6.1 channel and Movie decoding conforming to Pro Logic IIx is applied if the speaker setting is 7.1 channel, when you select Dolby PLIIx MS under the following conditions: - a Dolby Digital Surround EX signal is input - the SB DECODING is set to AUTO Input Stream indicator When AUTO FORMAT DIRECT mode is selected while the surround back decoder is activated, the current decoding process is displayed after the input stream is displayed a few seconds. x When the decoder conforms to Dolby Digital EX Input stream After a few Current seconds decoding process DOLBY DIGITAL [3/2.1] DOLBY DIGITAL SURROUND EX [3/2.1] k DOLBY D EX [3/2.1] k DOLBY D EX [3/2.1] DTS [3/2.1] k DTS [3/2.1] + DOLBY EX DTS-ES Matrix [3/2.1] DTS-ES Discrete [3/3.1] k DTS [3/2.1] + DOLBY EX k DTS [3/2.1] + DOLBY EX* DTS 96/24 [3/2.1] k DTS [3/2.1] + DOLBY EX * When the surround back decoder conforms to Dolby Digital EX, if you decode a DTS-ES Discrete [3/3.1] signal, this unit also decodes a DTS-ES Discrete [3/2.1] signal. 96GB
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