Enjoying Surround Sound - Sony STR-DE475 Operating Instructions Manual

Enjoying
Surround
Sound
This chapter describes how to set up
the receiver to enjoy surround sound.
You can enjoy multi channel surround
when playing back software encoded
with Dolby Digital or DTS.
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You can take advantage of sur
selecting one of the r eceiver 's pr e-pr ogrammed sound
modes. They bring the exciting and powerful sound of
movie theaters and concer t halls into your home. Y
also customize the sound modes to obtain the sound you
desir e by changing the various sur
The r eceiver contains a variety of dif
The cinema sound modes ar e designed for use when
playing back movie softwar
with multi channel sur round sound or Dolby Pr
In addition to decoding the sur
these modes also pr ovide sound ef
in movie theaters.
The virtual sound modes contain compelling applications
of the Sony Digital Cinema Sound digital signal
processing technology . They shift the sound away fr
the actual speaker locations to simulate the pr
several "virtual" speakers.
The music (etc.) sound modes ar
standar d audio sour ces and TV br oadcasts. They add
reverberation to the sour ce signal to make you feel as if
you wer e in a concer t hall or stadium (etc.). Use these
sound modes with two-channel sour
ster eo br oadcasts of spor ts pr ograms or musical concer
For mor e infor mation about the sound modes, see pages
26 – 27.
A.F.D.
The "Auto For mat Decoding" sound mode pr
sound exactly as it was encoded, without adding any
reverberation (etc.).
T o fully enjoy sur round sound, you must r
number and location of your speakers. See "Multi-
Channel Sur round setup" star
speaker parameters befor e enjoying sur
round sound simply by
ou can
round parameters.
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