Using The Surround Modes; Reproducing Theater Ambience; Introducing The Surround Modes - JVC RX-8040B Instructions Manual

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 1 sources.

Reproducing Theater Ambience

In a movie theater, many speakers are located on the walls to
reproduce impressive multi-surround sounds, reaching you from all
directions.
With these many speakers, sound localization and sound movement
can be expressed.
Surround modes built in this receiver can create almost the same
surround sounds as you can feel in a real movie theater—with only
five to seven speakers (plus subwoofer).
Center speaker
Left front speaker
(C)
(L)
Left surround
speaker (LS)
Surround back speakers (SB)
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Dolby Digital*
Dolby Digital is a digital signal compression method, developed by
Dolby Laboratories, and enables multi-channel encoding and
decoding (1 channel up to 5.1 channel—total 6 channels, but the
LFE channel 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 IIx enables multi-channel playback.
• When Dolby Digital signal is detected through the digital input,
the
Dolby Pro Logic IIx
Dolby Pro Logic IIx is a newly introduced multi-channel playback
format to convert not only multi-channel software but 2-channel
software into 6.1 channel (or 7.1 channel) that developed from
Dolby Pro Logic II. The matrix-based conversion method used for
Dolby Pro Logic IIx makes no limitation for the cutoff frequency of
the surround treble.
• This receiver provides two types of Dolby Pro Logic IIx modes—
Pro Logic IIx Movie (PLIIx MOVIE) and Pro Logic IIx Music
(PLIIx MUSIC).
When Dolby Pro Logic IIx is activated, "PLIIx MOVIE" or
"PLIIx MUSIC" appear and the
on the display.
PLIIx MOVIE Suitable for playing any Dolby Surround encoded
PLIIx MUSIC Suitable for playing any 2-channel stereo software.
Dolby Pro Logic II
Subwoofer
Dolby Pro Logic II is a multi-channel playback format to convert
2-channel software into 5.1 channel.
• This receiver provides two types of Dolby Pro Logic II modes—
Pro Logic II Movie (PLII MOVIE) and Pro Logic II Music
(PLII MUSIC).
When Dolby Pro Logic II is activated, the
indicator lights up on the display.
Right front speaker
PLII MOVIE Suitable for playing any Dolby Surround encoded
(R)
PLII MUSIC
Right surround
Dolby Pro Logic
speaker (RS)
Dolby Surround encoding format records the left front channel, right
front channel, center channel, and surround channel (monaural)
signals into 2 channels.
The Dolby Pro Logic (PRO LOGIC) decoder built in this receiver
decodes these 2-channel signals into 4 original channel signals (plus
subwoofer)—matrix-based multi-channel reproduction.
• When Dolby Pro Logic is activated, the
lights up on the display.

Introducing the Surround Modes

1 and Dolby Surround
indicator lights up on the display.
DIGITAL
software. You can enjoy a sound field very close to
the one created with discrete 6.1-channel sounds.
You can enjoy wide and deep 6.1-channel sounds.
software. You can enjoy a sound field very close to
the one created with discrete 5.1-channel sounds.
Suitable for playing any 2-channel stereo
software. You can enjoy wide and deep sounds.
indicator lights up
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