Advanced Sound Control; Dolby Pro Logic And Dolby 3 Stereo; 5.1 C H Input For Dolby Digital; Stereo - RCA RT2500 Manual

RT2500 ENG 5/26/00
Operating your Receiver
the remote command.
Note: O nce your component is encoded, you can
press ON/OFF on the remote once to turn off the
component and then follo w ed by the second time
quickly to turn off the receiver (i.e. this unit). If you
only w ant the receiver to be turned off, select FM/
AM w hile the unit is O N before pressing ON/OFF.

Advanced Sound Control

Sound Enhancement Systems
This receiver is equipped with several built-in sound
enhancement systems to give you the sound quality
you have once dreamed of – but no w comes true:
Dolby Pro Logi c and Dolby 3 Stereo
This surround system reproduces theater-like surround
sound from Dolby-encoded soft w are. The Pro Logic
mode uses the built-in circuit to steer the Left, Center,
Right and Surround channel audio signals and uses all
five speakers and an optional sub w oofer to play
decoded Dolby Pro Logic program source, such as TV
and VCR. The 3 Stereo mode will redirect the
Surround signals to the front left and right speakers
w hen only the front and center speakers are used.
Use this mode to suit your speaker system configura-
tions (such as size and number of speakers) and type
of program (such as VCR).

5.1 c h Input for Dolby Digital

The Dolby Digital mode lets you enjoy full digital
surround from soft w are processed in the Dolby Digital
format. Dolby Digital provides better sound quality
and more po w erful presence than conventional Dolby
Surround.
W hen the soundtrack of a Dolby Digital movie w as
made, all the sound effects are mixed do w n to six sep-
arate channels of digital audio, and these six channels
of independent digital audio are pressed to a single
stream of digital data on your DVD. W hen you play it
by your DVD player, the receiver decodes this stream
of digital data back to six audio channels for playback.
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Tips:
• This remote may not operate all models of the brands
shown.
• If batteries are removed from the battery compartment
of the remote control, all memory will be lost. You need to
re-enter all previously programmed codes again.
•The buttons on the remote may not work correspondingly
with those on the components brands. Experiment with the
remote and your components to see which buttons work. If
only a few functions operate, check to see if another code
set will work with more buttons.
Dolby Digital is optimal for DVD and SAT.
This unit is equipped with Dolby Digital 5.1-channel
input terminal so that you can enjoy enhanced full
digital surround sound. Being different from Dolby
Pro Logic in w hich only four channels ( Front Left,
Front Right, Centre and Rear ) are used, the new sys-
tem provides stereo separation of the rear speakers
(Rear-Right, Rear-Left ). These 5 channels, together
with the sub w oofer channel for bass sounds ( counted
as 0.1 channel ), constitue as 5.1-Channel ( or 6
Channels ) Input for Dolby Digital that brings you the
most sophisicated sound enjoyment.
Press 6 CH on the unit or DVD•6 CH button on the
remote to select the input connected to an external 6-
channel decoder. Press again return to the most
recently selected mode.You can only adjust Sound
Control, SLEEP mode, DIM selection, Source Buttons
and MUTE w hen this mode is selected.

Stereo

The Stereo mode uses the t w o main channel outputs
from the front speakers. Use this mode if you have
connected the front speakers only.
DSP (Digital Sound Pro c essor)
These digital sound effects resemble sounds in a real
environment such as Stadium, Concert, Theater,
Arena, Church, Club. DSP automatically converts ana-
log audio signals to digital ones w hich enables you to
adjust the sound without degrading the sound quali-
ty. Different modes will give you different feel of size
and type of listening environment.
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