Harman Kardon AVR 144 Owner's Manual page 40

ADVANCED FUNCTIONS
Surround Mode Description
Dolby Pro Logic II Analog decoder that derives five full-range, discrete main audio channels
from matrix surround-encoded or 2-channel analog sources. Four
variants are available.
Dolby Pro Logic II Variant of Dolby Pro Logic II that is optimized for movie and
Movie television programs.
Dolby Pro Logic II Variant of Dolby Pro Logic II that is optimized for music selections.
Music Allows adjustment of sound field presentation in three dimensions:
• Center Width (adjusts width of vocal soundstage)
• Dimension (adjusts depth of soundstage)
• Panorama (adjusts wraparound surround effect)
Dolby Pro Logic II Variant of Dolby Pro Logic II that emphasizes use of the surround
Game channels and subwoofer for total immersion in the video gaming
experience.
Dolby Pro Logic Original version of Dolby Pro Logic that steered a mono signal
containing information below 7kHz to the surround channels.
Dolby Virtual Speaker Simulates 5.1 channels when fewer speakers are present, or a more
enveloping sound field is desired.
Dolby Virtual Speaker When fewer than five main speakers are present, the Reference
Reference mode virtualizes the missing speakers with accurate localization.
Select from two- or three-speaker mode, depending on how many
physical speakers are in your system.
Dolby Virtual Speaker Wide mode may be used with two, three, four or five
Wide main speakers to widen the front soundstage
by virtualizing the locations of the left and right speakers.
DTS Digital Using a different encoding/decoding method than Dolby Digital,
it also provides up to 5 discrete main channels, plus an LFE channel.
DTS Stereo Delivers a 2-channel downmix of DTS Digital materials, or presents
a matrix-encoded surround presentation.
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Incoming Bitstream or Signal
See below.
• Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1
• Analog (2-channel)
• Tuner
• PCM (44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz)
• Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1
• Analog (2-channel)
• Tuner
• PCM (44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz)
• Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1
• Analog (2-channel)
• Tuner
• PCM (44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz)
• Dolby Digital 2.0 or 2.1
• Analog (2-channel)
• Tuner
• PCM (44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz)
See below.
• Dolby Digital (uses only two-speaker mode
when signal does not contain center channel
information)
• Analog (2-channel)
• Tuner
• PCM (44.1kHz or 48kHz)
• Dolby Digital (number of channels available
varies by number of channels in signal)
• Analog (2-channel)
• Tuner
• PCM (44.1kHz or 48kHz)
• DTS 1/0/.0 or .1, 2/0/.0 or .1, 3/0/.0 or .1,
3/1/.0 or .1, 2/2/.0 or .1, 3/2/.0 or .1
• DTS-ES Matrix (played as 5.1)
• DTS-ES Discrete (played as 5.1)
• DTS 1/0/.0 or .1, 2/0/.0 or .1, 3/0/.0 or .1,
3/1/.0 or .1, 2/2/.0 or .1, 3/2/.0 or .1
• DTS 96/24
• DTS-ES Matrix
• DTS-ES Discrete