Enjoying A Surround Effect For Movies - Sony STR-DA3700ES Operating Instructions Manual

Enjoying a surround effect for movies

You can take advantage of surround sound simply by selecting one of the receiver's preprogrammed
sound fields. They bring the exciting and powerful sound of movie theaters into your home.
Sound field
HD-D.C.S.
PLII Movie
PLIIx Movie
PLIIz Height
Neo:6 Cinema
60
GB
Effect
HD Digital Cinema Sound (HD-D.C.S.) is Sony's new innovative home theater
technology using the latest acoustic and digital signal processing technologies.
It is based on precise response measurement data of a mastering studio.
With HD-D.C.S., you are able to enjoy Blu-ray and DVD movies at home with
not only the high quality of sound, but also the best sound ambience, just as the
movie's sound engineer intended in the mastering process.
You can select the effect type for HD-D.C.S. For details, see "About the effect
type for HD-D.C.S." (page 61).
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 IIx Movie mode decoding. This setting expands
Dolby Pro Logic II Movie or Dolby Digital 5.1 to discrete 7.1 movie channels.
Performs Dolby Pro Logic IIz mode decoding. This setting can expand a source
sound into up to 7.1 channels to which a vertical component is applied, and
gives a dimension of presence and depth. "PLIIz Height" is the same sound
field as that is described on page 62. You can adjust the gain level for "PLIIz
Height." For details, see "About the gain level for PLIIz Height" (page 63).
Performs DTS Neo:6 Cinema mode decoding. A source recorded in 2 channel
format is enhanced to 7 channels.