Sherwood Newcastle R-865 Operating Instructions Manual page 35

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When canceling the surround mode for normal stereo operation.
or
2CH downmix mode
• This mode allows the multi-channel signals encoded in DTS, Dolby Digital or MPEG format to be mixed down into
2 front channels and to be reproduced through only two front speakers or through headphones.
• When the HEADPHONE SELECTOR button is set to the speaker off mode to listen with headphones, if the Dolby
Headphone off mode is selected while playing the digital signals from DTS, Dolby Digital or MPEG sources, it will
enter the 2CH downmix mode automatically.
To cancel the 2CH downmix mode, select the desired Dolby Headphone mode with pressing the DOLBY
HEADPHONE button.(For details, refer to "To listen in a Dolby Headphone mode" on page 36.)
Listening in a Dolby Pro Logic IIx, Dolby Virtual Speaker or Dolby Headphone mode
To listen in a Dolby Pro Logic IIx mode
Note : When the power amplifier for the surround back channels is assigned to the "ROOM2" or the surround back
channel is set to "None", the Dolby Pro Logic IIx mode cannot be selected.
• While listening in a surround mode, select the desired Dolby Pro Logic IIx mode.
or
• Combined with the original surround mode, Dolby Pro Logic IIx decoding creates 6.1 or 7.1 channel surround
sound depending on whether the surround back channel is set to "1CH" or "2CH".
• In case of playing in the stereo or 2CH downmix mode, it is canceled and the selected Dolby Pro Logic IIx mode
will be combined with the previous surround mode.
• The desired mode can be selected with pressing the CURSOR RIGHT( ) button only when the OSD menu
operation is not performed.
To listen in a Dolby Virtual Speaker mode
• This mode creates a virtual surround sound field using as few as two front speakers, allowing you to experience
listening from 5.1 channel speakers.
Note : Before using Dolby Virtual Speaker function, first set the speaker layout and virtualization mode as
desired.(For details, "When selecting the VIRTUAL SPEAKER SETUP" on page 52.)
• While playing in a surround mode,
or
• Depending on the signal format which is being input, either the stereo
mode or the 2CH downmix mode is selected.
• To cancel either the stereo mode or the 2 CH downmix mode, select
the desired surround mode with using the MULTI CONTROL knob
or DSP MODE UP/DOWN (>/<) buttons.
• Each time this button is pressed, the mode changes as follows:
PL IIx MOVIE PL IIx MUSIC
• "DOLBY VS ~" is displayed and combined with the original
surround mode, this mode is activated.
• In case of playing in the stereo or 2CH downmix mode, it is
canceled and the selected Dolby Virtual Speaker mode will be
combined with the previous mode.
• To cancel the Dolby Virtual Speaker mode, press this button again.
Then it returns to the previous mode.
• The desired mode can be selected with pressing the CURSOR LEFT
( ) button only when the OSD menu operation is not performed.
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Off(original surround mode)