JVC RX-8040B Instructions Manual page 44

Using the Surround Modes
This unit can activates a variety of Surround modes. The basic settings and adjustments stored (see pages 32 to 41)
are applied.
• The following operations are only possible when the receiver is ready for Zone 1 operations, and are used only
for Zone I sources.
In a movie theater, many speakers are located oil the walls to
reproduce impressive multi-surround sounds, reaching you from all
directions.
With these many speakers, sound localization and sound movement
call be expressed.
Surround modes built in this receiver call create ahnost the same
surround sounds as you call feel in a real movie theater--with only
five to seven speakers (plus subwoofer).
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Subwoofer
Left front speaker Center speaker Right front speaker
(L) (C) (R)
Right surround
speaker (RS)
(SB)
Dolby Digital *_ and Dolby Surround
Dolby Digital is a digital signal compression method, developed by
Dolby Laboratories, and enables multi-chanuel encoding and
decoding (1 chaunel up to 5.1 chaunel--total 6 chanuels, but the
LFE chanuel is counted as 0.1 channel. Therefore, called 5.1
channel),
Dolby Surround is a encoding format, developed by Dolby
Laboratories, and decoding it with Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby Pro
Logic II, or Dolby Pro Logic lIx enables multi-chaunel playback.
• When Dolby Digital signal is detected through the digital input,
the [ BrlDIGITAL ] indicator lights up on tile display.
Dolb_Pro LogicIIx
Dolby Pro Logic IIx is a newly introduced multi-channel playback
format to convert not only multi-chanuel software but 2-chanuel
software into 6.1 channel (or 7.1 chanuel) that developed from
Dolby Pro Logic II. The matrix-based conversion method used for
Dolby Pro Logic lIx makes no limitation for the cutoff frequency of
the surround treble.
• This receiver provides two types of Dolby Pro Logic lIx modes--
Pro Logic llx Movie (PLIIx MOVIE) and Pro Logic llx Music
(PLIIx MUSIC).
When Dolby Pro Logic IIx is activated, "PLIIx MOVIE" or
"PLIIx MUSIC" appear and the rl[] PRO LOGIC lI indicator lights up
oil the display.
PLIIx MOVIE Suitable for playing ally Dolby Surround encoded
software. You call enjoy a sound field very close to
tile one created with discrete 6. l-chalmel sounds.
PLIIx MUSIC Suitable for playiug any 2-channel stereo software.
You call enjoy wide and deep 6. l-channel sounds.
DolbvPro LoqicII
Dolby Pro Logic II is a multi-chaunel playback format to convert
2-chaunel software into 5.1 channel.
• This receiver provides two types of Dolby Pro Logic II modes--
Pro Logic 11 Movie (PLII MOVIE) and Pro Logic 11 Music
(PLII MUSIC).
When Dolby Pro Logic II is activated, the [][] PRO LOGIC11'
indicator lights up on the display.
PLII MOVIE Suitable for playing ally Dolby Surround encoded
software. You call enjoy a sound field very close to
the one created with discrete 5. l-channel sounds,
PLII MUSIC Suitable for playing ally 2-channel stereo
software. You call enjoy wide and deep sounds,
DolbvPro Logic
Dolby Surround encoding format records tile left front channel, right
front chanuel, center channel, and surround channel (monaural)
signals into 2 chanuels,
The Dolby Pro Logic (PRO LOGIC) decoder built ill this receiver
decodes these 2-channel signals into 4 original chaunel signals (plus
subwoofer)--matrix-based multi-channel reproduction.
• When Dolby Pro Logic is activated, the I'1[1PFIOLOC-IC indicator
lights up oil the display.
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