Creative Multi Speaker Surround; Audio Mode Selection - Cambridge SoundWorks Speaker System Installation And Operating Instructions Manual

Creative Multi Speaker
Surround (CMSS)
CMSS is a 2 to 5.1 channel sound
processor similar in some aspects to
a Dolby Surround with Pro Logic
processor.
CMSS Music mode creates a
convincing 5.1 channel surround
soundfield with typical stereo
sources, whether they are Dolby
Surround-encoded or not. It works
well with Dolby Pro Logic, WAVE,
AVI and MIDI program material. In
essence, CMSS Music mode puts
you "on the stage" for the music's
performance, surrounding you with
the performers.
In a similar manner, CMSS Movie
mode provides the sonic impression
of being front and center at a movie
screening. Dialog and all normally
12
centered sounds from a stereo
program are heard through the
center speaker. Use this mode
whenever a music program has
sounds you want to blend with on-
screen action or dialog.
Unlike Pro Logic decoding, CMSS
Music and Movie modes are
appropriate for use with multi-coded
sources such as DVD games. In some
game titles, the movie sequences
may be encoded in Dolby Surround
but the game sequences may be in
the WAV format. CMSS Movie mode
supports 6-channel output for .WAV,
.AVI, .MIDI and other audio software
files. Dolby decoding cannot decode
WAVE formatted sources.

Audio Mode Selection

The stereo soundtracks of some
movies on the Video CD (VCD format)
contain different languages. For
example, a two channel soundtrack
may contain Mandarin on the right
channel and English on the left
channel. The VCD program literature
should indicate the presence of dual-
language soundtracks. Similarly,
some movies in the DVD format will
contain dual-language soundtracks.
DeskTop Theater lets you select one
of these languages and play it
through both the Left and Right
speakers.
If there is no indication of which
channel is which and you hear two
different language soundtracks
during stereo playback, select the
"LL" and "RR" settings until you find
the language soundtrack you want.
The Audio Mode selection feature
can only be used with the PCM
digital soundtrack of a Video CD or
DVD with a stereo soundtrack, not a
DVD encoded with Dolby Digital 5.1
sound or Dolby Surround-encoded
material. If you have an analog
program with separate left and right
channels (the analog output of a CD
ROM, or the analog stereo output of
a "software" video CD, for instance),
you will have to use the balance
control in your PC's audio software
to mute the undesired channel.