Enjoying Surround Sound; Enjoying Dolby Digital And Dts Surround Sound (Auto Format Direct) - Sony 3-295-946-12(1) Operating Instructions Manual

Enjoying Surround Sound

Enjoying Dolby Digital
and DTS Surround sound
(AUTO FORMAT DIRECT)
The Auto Format Direct (A.F.D.) mode allows
you to listen to higher fidelity sound and select
the decoding mode for listening to a 2 channel
stereo sound as multi channel sound.
VIDEO1 VIDEO2
SAT
2CH A.F.D.
A.F.D.
1
Press A.F.D. repeatedly to select
the sound field you want.
You can also use SOUND FIELD +/– on the
receiver.
For details, see "Types of A.F.D. mode" (page
43).
Types of A.F.D. mode
A.F.D. mode
[Display]
A.F.D. AUTO
[A.F.D. AUTO]
PRO LOGIC
[DOLBY PL]
PRO LOGIC II MOVIE
[PLII MV]
PRO LOGIC II MUSIC
[PLII MS]
MULTI STEREO
[MULTI ST.]
BD DVD
TV SA-CD/CD TUNER
MOVIE MUSIC
THEATRE
2 3
Multi channel Effect
audio after
decoding
(Detecting Presents the sound as it was recorded/encoded without
automatically) adding any surround effects. However, this receiver will
generate a low frequency signal for output to the subwoofer
when there is no LFE signals.
4 channel Performs Dolby Pro Logic decoding. The source recorded in
2 channel format is decoded into 4.1 channels.
5 channel Performs Dolby Pro Logic II Movie mode decoding. This
setting is ideal for movies encoded in Dolby Surround. In
addition, this mode can reproduce sound in 5.1 channel for
watching videos of overdubbed or old movies.
5 channel Performs Dolby Pro Logic II Music mode decoding. This
setting is ideal for normal stereo sources such as CDs.
(Multi Stereo) Outputs 2 channel left/right signals from all speakers.
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