Sony STR-DE545 Operating Instructions (Receiver) - Page 31

Understanding the Multi-Channel Surround Displays

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Enjoying Surround Sound Understanding the Multi-Channel Surround Displays 1 2 3 4 56 7 7 8 a DIGITAL PRO LOGIC LCR L F E LS S RS OPT COAX adts D.RANGE TA NEWS INFO MONO STEREO MEMORY 9 q; 1 ; DIGITAL This indicator lights up when a sound field other than 2 CHANNEL is selected and the receiver is decoding signals recorded in the Dolby Digital (AC-3) format.* * However, this indicator does not light when the recording format is 2/0 or 2/0 PRO LOGIC. 2 PRO LOGIC Lights up when the receiver applies Pro Logic processing to two channel signals in order to output the center and surround channel signals.** ** However, this indicator does not light if the center and rear speakers are set to "NO", or the SPEAKER button is set to OFF and the A.F.D. or NORMAL SURROUND sound fields are selected. 3 OPT Lights up when the source signal is a digital signal being input through the OPT terminal. 4 COAX Lights up when the source signal is a digital signal being input through the COAX terminal. 5; Lights up when Dolby Digital (AC-3) signals are input. 6 dts Lights up when DTS signals are input. Note When playing a DTS format disc, be sure that you have made digital connections and that INPUT MODE is NOT set to ANALOG (see 3 on page 23). 7 D. RANGE Lights up when dynamic range compression is active. See page 35 to adjust the dynamic range compression. 8 Tuner indicators These indicators light up when using the receiver to tune in radio stations, etc. See pages 37 - 40 for tuner operations. 9 Play back channel indicators The letters light up to indicate the channels being played back. L: Front Left R: Front Right C: Center (monaural) LS: Left Surround RS: Right Surround S: Surround (monaural or the rear components obtained by Pro Logic processing) The boxes around the letters light up to indicate the speakers used to playback the channels. See the next page for details regarding the playback channel indicators. q; L F E L F E will light up when the disc being played contains the LFE (Low Frequency Effect) channel and when the sound of the LFE channel signal is actually being reproduced. 31

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Enjoying Surround Sound
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Understanding the Multi-Channel Surround Displays
1
;
DIGITAL
This indicator lights up when a sound field other than
2 CHANNEL is selected and the receiver is decoding
signals recorded in the Dolby Digital (AC-3) format.*
* However, this indicator does not light when the recording format
is 2/0 or 2/0 PRO LOGIC.
2
PRO LOGIC
Lights up when the receiver applies Pro Logic
processing to two channel signals in order to output
the center and surround channel signals.**
**However, this indicator does not light if the center and rear
speakers are set to
NO
, or the SPEAKER button is set to OFF
and the A.F.D. or NORMAL SURROUND sound fields are
selected.
3
OPT
Lights up when the source signal is a digital signal
being input through the OPT terminal.
4
COAX
Lights up when the source signal is a digital signal
being input through the COAX terminal.
5
;
Lights up when Dolby Digital (AC-3) signals are
input.
6
dts
Lights up when DTS signals are input.
Note
When playing a DTS format disc, be sure that you
have made digital connections and that INPUT MODE
is NOT set to ANALOG (see
3
on page 23).
7
D. RANGE
Lights up when dynamic range compression is active.
See page 35 to adjust the dynamic range compression.
8
Tuner indicators
These indicators light up when using the receiver to
tune in radio stations, etc. See pages 37
40 for tuner
operations.
9
Play back channel indicators
The letters light up to indicate the channels being
played back.
L: Front Left
R: Front Right
C: Center (monaural)
LS: Left Surround
RS: Right Surround
S: Surround (monaural or the rear components
obtained by Pro Logic processing)
The boxes around the letters light up to indicate the
speakers used to playback the channels.
See the next page for details regarding the playback
channel indicators.
q;
L F E
L F E
will light up when the disc being played
contains the LFE (Low Frequency Effect) channel and
when the sound of the LFE channel signal is actually
being reproduced.