Sherwood R-903 - Manual (Page 18)

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The following modes apply conventional 2-channel signals such as digital PCM or analog stereo signals to high
performance Digital Signal Processor to recreate sound fields artificially. Select one of the twelve provided
surround modes according to the program source you want to play.
Theater
This mode provides the effect of being in a theater -in-the
round when watching a play.
Movie
This mode provides the effect of being in a movie theater
when watching a movie.
Hall 1/2
This mode provides the ambience of a chamber hall for
chamber music or an instrumental solo (Hall 1) or a
concert hall for orchestral music or an opera (Hall 2).
Stadium
This mode provides the expansive sound field to achieve
the true stadium effect when watching baseball or soccer
games.
Church
This mode provides the ambience of a church for
baroque, string orchestral or choral group music.
Club 1/2
This mode creates the sound field of a jazz club with a
low ceiling and hard walls (Club 1) or a live house with a
relatively spacious floor (Club 2).
Arena 1/2
This mode provides the feeling of a live concert in a
medium - sized (Arena 1) or large (Arena 2) arena.
Game
Use this mode to enjoy video game sources.
Matrix
This mode reproduces a delayed signals from the
surround channels to emphasize the sense of expansion
for music sources.
Dolby Pro Logic
Dolby Pro Logic is a specially encoded two channel
surround format which consists of four channels ( front left,
center, front right and surround). Sources bearing the
“ ” provide the theater-like surround sound.
The surround channel is monaural, but is played through
both surround speakers.
Dolby Pro Logic II surround
This mode applies conventional 2- channel signals such as
digital PCM or analog stereo signals as well as Dolby
Surround signals, etc. to surround processing to offer
improvements over conventional Dolby Pro Logic circuits.
Dolby Pro Logic II surround includes two modes as follows:
Dolby Pro Logic II Cinema
When enjoying movies, this mode allows you to further
enhance the cinematic quality by adding processing that
emphasizes the sounds of the action special effects.
Dolby Pro Logic II Music
When listening to music, this mode allows you to further
enhance the sound quality by adding processing that
emphasizes the musical effects.
Dolby Virtual
This mode employs sophisticated digital processing to
create the illusion of “phantom” speakers, this mode allows
you to experience surround sound effects from Dolby
Digital, Dolby Surround or 2-channel (recorded in digital
PCM or analog stereo) sources, through just a single pair
of front speakers.
Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.
“Dolby”, “Pro Logic”, “Surround EX” and the double-D
symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
MPEG Multichannel
This mode is a surround system which faithfully
reproduces the ambience and dynamics of movie
soundtracks and music alike. Though the number of audio
channels is 5.1 which is same as Dolby Digital, discs
bearing the “ ” provides much better at
locating individual sounds to the correct and stable position
in the sound stage.
When using the 7 CH DIRECT INPUTs to playback the
sound from an additional multichannel decoder for
surround sound, you can enjoy the corresponding surround
sound, too. For details, refer to the operating instructions of
the component to be connected.