Enjoying Surround Sound; Enjoying Dolby Digital And Dts Surround Sound (Auto Format Direct) - Sony 2-680-009-12 (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.
2CH
A.F.D.
1
Press A.F.D. repeatedly to select
the sound field you want.
For details, see "Types of A.F.D. mode" (page
42).
Types of A.F.D. mode
Decoding A.F.D. mode
mode [Display]
(Detecting A.F.D. AUTO
automatically) [A.F.D. AUTO]
Dolby Pro Logic PRO LOGIC
[DOLBY PL]
Dolby Pro Logic PRO LOGIC II MOVIE
II [PLII MV]
PRO LOGIC II MUSIC
[PLII MS]
(Multi Stereo) MULTI STEREO
[MULTI ST.]
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TUNER AMP MENU
A.F.D. MOVIE MUSIC
DUAL MONO
2 3
Multi channel
audio after
decoding
(Detecting
automatically)
4 channel
5 channel
5 channel
(Multi Stereo)
Effect
Presents the sound as it was recorded/
encoded without adding any surround effects.
However, this receiver will generate a low
frequency signal for output to the sub woofer
when there is no LFE signals.
Performs Dolby Pro Logic decoding. The
source recorded in 2 channel format is
decoded into 4.1 channels.
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.
Performs Dolby Pro Logic II Music mode
decoding. This setting is ideal for normal
stereo sources such as CDs.
Outputs 2 channel left/right signals from all
speakers. However, sound may not be output
from certain speakers depending on the
speaker settings.