Manual

Listening Mode Description
THX
Founded by George Lucas, THX develops stringent standards that ensure
movies are reproduced ill movie theaters and home theaters just as the direc-
tor intended. THX Modes carefully optimize the tonal and spatial character-
istics of the soundtrack for reproduction ill the home-theater environment.
They can be used with 2-channel matrixed and multichannel sources. Sur-
round back speaker output depends on the source material and the selected
listening mode.
THX Cinema
THX Cinema mode corrects theatrical soundtracks for playback in a home
theater euviroumeut. In this mode, THX Loudness Plus is configured for
ciuema levels and Re-EQ, Timbre Matching, and Adaptive Decorrelatiou
are active.
THX Music
THX Music mode is tailored for listening to music, which is typically mas-
tered at significantly higher levels than movies. In this mode, THX Loud-
uess Plus is configured for music playback and only Timbre Matching is
active.
THX (;ames
THX Games mode is meaut for spatially accurate playback of game audio,
which is often mixed similarly to movies but in a smaller euviroumeut. THX
Loudness Plus is configured for game audio levels, with Timbre Matching
active.
The combiuatiou of Dolby Pro Logic II/IIx*3 and THX Cinenm/Music/
(;ames modes can be used.
The combination of Dolby Pro Logic IIz Heighff4 and THX Cinema/
Music/Games modes can be used.
The combination of DTS Neo:6 and THX Cinema/Music/Games modes
can be used.
THX Select2 Cinema
This mode expands 5.l-channel sources for 7.1- channel playback. It does
this by analyzing the composition of the surround source, optimizing the
ambient and directional sounds to produce the surround back channel out-
put.
THX Select2 Music
This mode is designed for use with music. It expands 5. l-channel sources
for 7. l-channel playback.
THX Select2 Games
This mode is designed for use with video games. It can expand 5. l-channel
sources for 6.1/7. l-channel playback.
THX Surround EX
This mode expands 5. l-channel sources for 6.1/7.1 - channel playback. It's
especially suited to Dolby Digital EX sources. THX Surround EX, also
known as Dolby Digital Surround EX, is a joint development between
Dolby Laboratories and THX Ltd.
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