JVC LVT1321-010C Instructions Manual

29Creating realisticsound fieldsReproducing theater ambienceIn a movie theater, many speakers are located on the walls toreproduce impressive multi-channel sound, reaching you from alldirections.With these many speakers, sound localization and soundmovement can be expressed.Surround/DSP modes built in this receiver can create almost thesame Surround sound as you can feel in a real movie theater.Introducing the Surround modes■ Dolby Digital*Dolby Digital is a digital signal compression method, developed byDolby Laboratories, and enables multi-channel encoding anddecoding.• When Dolby Digital signal is detected through the digital input,the indicator lights up on the display.Dolby Digital 5.1CHDolby Digital 5.1CH (DOLBY DIGITAL) encoding method recordsand digitally compresses the left front channel, right front channel,center channel, left surround channel, right surround channel, andLFE channel signals (total 6 channels, but the LFE channel iscounted as 0.1 channel. Therefore, called 5.1 channel).Dolby Digital enables stereo surround sounds, and sets the cutofffrequency of the surround treble at 20 kHz, compared to 7 kHz forDolby Pro Logic. As such, the sound movement and “being-there”feeling are enhanced much more than Dolby Pro Logic.Dolby Digital EXDolby Digital EX (DOLBY D EX) is a digital surround encodingformat that adds the third surround channels, called “surroundback.”Compared to the conventional Dolby Digital 5.1CH, these newlyadded surround back channels can reproduce more detailedmovements behind you while viewing the video software. Inaddition, surround sound localization will become more stable.■ Dolby SurroundDolby Pro Logic IIDolby Pro Logic II is a multi-channel playback format to convert2-channel software into 5-channel (plus subwoofer). The matrix-based conversion method used for Dolby Pro Logic II makes nolimitation for the cutoff frequency of the surround treble andenables stereo surround sound.• This receiver provides two types of Dolby Pro Logic II modes—Pro Logic II Movie (PLII MOVIE) and Pro Logic II Music (PLIIMUSIC).When Dolby Pro Logic II is activated, the indicator lightsup on the display.PLII MOVIE Suitable for playing any Dolby Surround encodedsoftware. You can enjoy a sound field very closeto the one created with discrete 5.1-channelsounds.PLII MUSIC Suitable for playing any 2-channel stereosoftware. You can enjoy wide and deep sounds.* Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.“Dolby”, “Pro Logic”, and the double-D symbol aretrademarks of Dolby Laboratories.CONTINUED ON THE NEXT PAGEL RLS RSSBLCSWSBR(SB)