Surround Mode - Marantz SR7300 User Manual

SURROUND MODE

The SR7300 is equipped with many surround modes. These are
provided to reproduce a variety of surround sound effects, according
to the content of the source to be played.
The available surround modes may be restricted depending on the
input signal and speaker setup.
AUTO
When this mode is selected, the receiver determines whether the
digital input signal is Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Surround EX, DTS,
DTS-ES, DTS 96/24 or PCM-audio.
Surround EX & DTS-ES will operate for multi channel source that has
a Dolby Digital Surround EX or DTS-ES auto trigger flag in the digital
signal.
When a Dolby Digital or DTS signal is input, the number of channels
for which the corresponding signal is encoded will be played.
Inputting a Dolby Digital two channel signal with Dolby surround status
automatically subjects that signal to Pro Logic II movie processing
before play.
PCM 96 kHz source material can be played in this mode.
Notes:
• When you use this mode with certain DVD and CD players,
performing operations such as "Skip" or "Stop" may
momentarily interrupt the output.
• When the signal is not decoded is input for using mode, the
mode is changed to AUTO mode automatically. Refer to page
31 to confirm the available decoding mode.
2 MODE
(Dolby Digital,Pro Logic II MOVIE, Pro Logic II MUSIC, Pro Logic)
This mode is used with source materials encoded in Dolby Digital and
Dolby Surround.
DOLBY DIGITAL
This mode is enabled when playing source materials encoded in
Dolby Digital.
Playing multi-channel encoded 5.1-channel Dolby Digital sources
provides five main audio channels (left, center, right, surround left and
surround right) and Low Frequency Effect channel.
Dolby Digital EX decoding is not available in this mode.
Dolby Pro Logic II brings the excitement of surround sound to any
stereo mix, while making existing Dolby Surround mixes sound more
like discrete 5.1 channels Surround sound.
Dolby Pro Logic II has below 3 modes.
Pro Logic II MOVIE
This mode provides 5.1 channel surround sound from Dolby Surround
encoded stereo movie sound tracks.
Pro Logic II MUSIC
This mode provides 5.1 channel surround sound from conventional
stereo sources, analog or digital, such as CD, tape, FM, TV, stereo
VCR, etc.
Pro Logic
This mode emulated original Dolby Pro Logic decoding (3/1 surround)
suit for Dolby Surround encoded stereo movie soundtracks.
Notes:
• Pro Logic II mode is available to 2ch input signal which is
encoded Dolby Digital or PCM format.
• PCM-audio signals can be subjected to Pro Logic processing
when the sampling frequency is 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz.
EX/ES
This mode provides 6.1 channel surround for DOLBY DIGITAL EX,
DTS-ES encoded source material such as DVD.
This mode cannot be used when an analog input has been selected.
Dolby Digital EX
In a movie theater, film soundtracks that have been encoded with
Dolby Digital surround EX technology are able to reproduce an extra
channel which has been added during the mixing of the program.
This channel, called Surround Back, places sounds behind the listener
in addition to the currently available front left, front center, front right,
surround right, surround left and subwoofer channels.
This additional channel provides the opportunity for more detailed
imaging behind the listener and brings more depth, spacious
ambience and sound localization than ever before.
Dolby Digital EX is not available in the system without surround back
speaker(s).
DTS-ES (Discrete 6.1, Matrix 6.1)
DTS-ES adds the surround center channel audio to the DTS 5.1-
channel format to improve the acoustic positioning and makes
acoustic image movement more natural with the 6.1-channel
reproduction.
This receiver incorporates a DTS-ES decoder, which can handle DTS-
ES Discrete-encoded and DTS-ES Matrix-encoded program sources
from DVD, etc..
DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 features digital discrete recording of all channels
including the surround back channel(s) and higher quality of audio
reproduction.
DTS-ES is not available in the system without surround back speaker.
dts MODE
(dts, Neo:6 Cinema, Neo:6 Music)
This mode is for DTS encoded source materials such as LASER
DISC, CD, and DVD. Neo:6 is to some 2channel signal source.
dts : This mode is enabled when playing source materials encoded in
dts multi channel.
Playing multi-channel encoded 5.1-channel dts sources provides five
main audio channels (left, center, right, surround left and surround
right) and Low Frequency Effect channel.
dts-ES decoding is not available in this mode.
The DTS mode cannot use when an analog input has been selected.
Neo:6 Cinema, Neo:6 Music
This mode decodes 2-channel signals into 6-channel signals using
high-accuracy digital matrix technology.
The DTS NEO:6 decoder has near-discrete properties in the
frequency characteristics of the channels as well as in channel
separation.
According to the signals to be played back, DTS NEO:6 uses either
the NEO:6 CINEMA mode optimized for movie playback or the NEO:6
MUSIC mode optimized for music playback.
Note:
• Neo:6 mode is available to 2ch input signal which is encoded
Dolby Digital or PCM format.
• PCM-audio signals can be subjected to Pro Logic processing
when the sampling frequency is 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz.
MULTI CH. ST
This mode is used to create a wider, deeper and more natural
soundstage from two channel source material.
This is done by feeding the left channel signal to both left front and left
surround speaker and the right channel signal to both right front and
right surround speaker. Additionally, the center channel reproduces a
mix of the right and left channel.
CIRCLE SURROUND II (CSII-CINEMA, CSII-MUSIC, CSII-MONO)
Circle Surround is designed to enable multi-channel surround sound
playback of non-encoded and multi-channel encoded material.
Backward compatibility provides listeners with up to 6.1 channels of
surround performance from entire collection of music and film,
including broadcast, videotape and stereo recorded music.
Regarding to source material, you can select CSII-Cinema mode,
CSII-Music mode or CSII-Mono mode.
Note:
• CS II mode is available to 2ch input signal which is encoded
Dolby Digital or PCM format.
• PCM-audio signals can be subjected to Pro Logic processing
when the sampling frequency is 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz.
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