Enjoying the sound effects, The input sources and available listening modes, Checking the sound system of the playing source – Onkyo DR-C500 User Manual
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Stereo
Ч
Ч
Ч
Ч
Ч
DOLBY DIGITAL
×
DTS
×
PL II Movie/PL II Music
Ч
Ч
Orchestra
×
Unplugged
×
Studio
×
TV Logic
×
All Ch Stereo
×
Audio cassette,
Audio CD, VIDEO
CD, Record,
FM broadcast,
AM broadcast
Remote controller
Enjoying the Sound Effects
Using Dolby Pro Logic II/
Onkyo’s Original DSP Modes
Unit
SURROUND
SURROUND
DISC
DSP indicator
Press SURROUND on the remote
controller or the unit to choose
“PL II” or the DSP mode.
The current listening mode appears in the
display when the button is pressed once,
then each press of the button changes the
listening mode as follows:
Dolby PL II Movie
→ Dolby PL II Music
↑
↓
Stereo
Orchestra
↑
↓
All Ch Stereo
Unplugged
↑
↓
TV Logic
← Studio
• In the display, “PL II Movie” or “PL II Music”
appears and the
Ÿ PRO LOGIC II indicator
lights up.
• PL II and DSP mode cannot be selected
when “Speaker 2ch” is selected. (Only
“Stereo” can be selected.)
• Only “PL II Movie” or “PL II Music” can be
selected when “Speaker 3ch” is selected.
Note
• When the input source is monaural, such as AM radio ro TV, if you
set the surround mode to PLII Movie or PLII Music, sound
reproduction is concentrated around the center speaker. Surround
mode is especially suited for enjoyment of monaural sound.
The Input Sources and Available
Listening Modes
The available listening modes vary depending on the sound
type of the input source. The table below shows the
correlation between the input source types and listening
modes.
(
× marked listening modes can be chosen with a particular
type of a source.)
DVD video,
LD,
Digital (satellite)
broadcast
DVD video,
Audio CD,
Video tape,
LD
Listening
Modes
Analog/PCM
Dolby Digital
DTS
Possible
sources
Input Source Signals
Notes
• The listening mode is set to “Stereo” when the PCM sound whose
sampling frequency is higher than 48kHz is played. Such high-
resolution sounds are reproduced from sources such as DVD
video.
• When the input source is monaural, such as AM radio ro TV, if you
set the surround mode to PLII Movie or PLII Music, sound
reproduction is concentrated around the center speaker. Surround
mode is especially suited for enjoyment of monaural sound.
Checking the Sound System of the
Playing Source
The DVD Changer Receiver will automatically detect the
sound system when DOLBY DIGITAL Surround (
),
DTS Surround (
), or PCM/MP3 DIGITAL (2 channel digital
stereo) is played back. The corresponding sound system
indicator lights in the DVD Changer Receiver’s display.
DOLBY DIGITAL
DTS
DIGITAL (PCM/MP3)
Other
PCM
96mHz
2/0
Other
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