Sony STR-DE435: Enjoying Surround Sound

Using Surround Sound

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Using Surround Sound

The third type is “MUSIC”. When a sound field in this

Enjoying Surround Sound

type is selected, the receiver adds the reverberation to

the normal 2-channel stereo sound. You can apply

You can take advantage of surround sound simply by

these sound fields when playing a CD or watching TV

selecting one of the pre-programmed “sound fields”

programmes to obtain the surround effects of concert

that your receiver provides. You can enjoy the sound of

hall or a jazz club.

a movie theatre or concert hall in your own home. You

can even customize a sound field by adjusting its

To enjoy Dolby Pro Logic Surround sound fully, do the

parameters.

procedure on “Dolby Surround Setup” starting from

page 10 to select the centre mode and adjust the

Sound field are classified into three types.

speaker volume.

One type is “CINEMA”. The CINEMA type sound

SOUND FIELD

fields are designed for enjoying movies recorded on

ON/OFF

SOUND FIELD

TONE

videos or laser discs. Four sound fields are included in

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the CINEMA type and they are grouped into two

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types. PRO LOGIC sound field can be used to

reproduce plain surround sound. When you select the

PRO LOGIC sound field, the receiver obtains full

surround sound by using Dolby Pro Logic to decode

Dolby Surround encoded software. The surround

sound is reproduced in the exact way that the sound

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engineer of the software intended. Other sound fields

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in the CINEMA type are designed to add more

reverberation effects by incorporating Digital Cinema

Sound technology. When you select these sound fields,

the receiver adds the reflection and reverberation

effects that are typical in movie theatres to the decoded

Dolby Pro Logic Surround sound. You can enjoy the

sound that you would experience in the movie theatre.

Another type is “VIRTUAL”. Virtual mode allows you

to enjoy the surround sound environment using a

minimum of two front speakers to create non-existent

‘virtual’ speakers. The listener would be able to feel the

surround effects using only front speakers.

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