Dolby And Dts Surround - Aiwa XR-DV700 Operating Instructions Manual

DOLBY AND DTS SURROUND

This unit comes equipped with a Dolby Digital/Pro Logic decoder
and a DTS decoder. With the full 5.1-channel speaker system
supplied, Dolby and DTS surround sources can be played back
in full scale home theater sound.
Dolby and DTS surround
Dolby Digital and DTS are two different digital encoding
systems of audio signals.
Both Dolby Digital and DTS, in their full configuration, can
have a total of "5.1" discrete channels: left, center and right
front channels, separate left and right surround channels, plus
a low-frequency effects (LFE) channel, counted as "0.1"
channel.
Dolby Digital and DTS tracks may also come in 1 or 2 channels
(monaural or stereo, respectively), or in fact, any number of
channels within the limit. Sources with 3 or more channels
will be refered to hereon as a multichannel source.
Dolby Digital software is marked with the
DTS software is marked with the
Dolby Pro Logic is an analog audio encoding system with
four independent channels: left, center, right, and surround.
These four channels are coded into the two tracks of a
conventional analog stereo source.
Dolby Pro Logic software is marked with the
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•Make sure all supplied speakers are placed and connected
properly (pages 5 to 7).
•Make sure your TV is connected properly and the appropriate
input is selected.
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Playing surround sources
1 Press DVD/CD and play the Dolby or the DTS
surround disc.
DVDs may contain several audio tracks. If necessary, press
SHIFT+AUDIO SELECT to select the desired playback
track.
2 Press SURROUND.
The Dolby or the DTS decoder is enabled, depending on
the source, and the source is played with the surround
effect in the "NORMAL" listening mode.
The surround playback mode indicators light up according
to the signal type and other conditions (see "Surround
playback mode indication", page 24).
To play audio from external video equipment in
surround sound
1 Press AUX and play the surround video source on the
external equipment.
2 Press SURROUND.
To cancel surround playback
Press SURROUND repeatedly until "OFF" is displayed.
To adjust the sound level of the speakers during
playback
See "To adjust the speaker level balance without the test
signal", page 24.
•Dolby Digital, DTS, or the Dolby Pro Logic surround system
is canceled when the headphones are plugged in.
•Dolby or DTS Surround sound can only be obtained when
playing back a disc recorded in the respective system.
•To play DTS audio CDs, see "Playing discs", page 15.
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