Teac PowerMax-950 User manual - Surround Sound
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Surround Sound
Since the unit is equipped with front, center, rear and subwoofer amplifiers, Dolby
Digital and Dolby Pro • Logic effects can be reproduced. You can enjoy the feeling
of a movie theater, concert hall or ball game ground in your own room.
ing your room into a home theater.
Dolby Digital technology is implement-
ed in such media as laser discs, DVDs
(digital video discs), CATV (cable tele-
vision), DBS (direct broadcasting),
and HDTVs (high definition televi-
sions).
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Dolby Pro • Logic Surround
Many motion pictures produced have
been released in the 4-channel "Dol-
by Stereo" sound, with music, dia-
logue, and surround effects and am-
bience emanating from the sides and
the rear of the theater.
The motion picture masters are used
for production of stereo VHS, VHS Hi-
Fi, Beta Hi-Fi, and stereo laser discs
that you can buy or rent at your video
store.
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Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital is a new-generation dig-
ital audio format for multi-channel
Surround audio. With this digital au-
dio format, you can create a five chan-
nel full-range system which is a de-
veloped version of the conventional
surround system (left, center, right,
and two surround channels).
Adding to its five full-range channels,
Dolby Digital supports an LFE (low
frequency effect) channel, which is
used solely for low frequency sounds
independent of the other channels.
Dolby Digital is therefore sometimes
referred to as a “5.1” channel format
since its LFE channel is indicated as
0.1.
This fully discrete 5.1 channel Dolby
Digital system can reproduce sound
of a wide and dynamic range, chang-
MODE
FRONT
L R
CENTER
REAR (SURROUND)
L R
SUBWOOFER
Dolby Digital
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Dolby Pro • Logic
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Stereo
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Speaker Driving by Mode