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Introduction to home theater
You are probably used to using stereo
equipment to listen to music, but may not be
used to home theater systems that give you
many more options (such as surround
sound) when listening to soundtracks.
Home theater refers to the use of multiple
audio channels to create a surround sound
effect, making you feel like you're in the
middle of the action or concert. The sur-
round sound you get from a home theater
system depends not only on the speakers
you have set up in your room, but also on the
source and the sound settings of the system.
DVD-Video has become the basic source
material for home theater due to its size,
quality, and ease of use. Depending on the
DVD, you can have up to seven different
audio tracks coming from one disc, all of
them being sent to different speakers in your
system. This is what creates a surround
sound effect and gives you the feeling of
‘being there’.
This receiver will automatically decode Dolby
Digital, DTS or Dolby Surround DVD-Video
discs. In most cases, you won’t have to make
changes for realistic surround sound, but
other possibilities (like listening to a CD with
multi-channel surround sound) are explained
in Playing sources, starting on page 43.
General disc compatibility
This player was designed and engineered to
be compatible with software bearing one or
more of the following logos.
DVD-Video
Video CDAudio CD CD-R CD-RW
Other formats, including but not limited to
the following, are not playable in this player:
• DVD-Audio, SACD, Photo CD, DVD-
RAM, DVD-ROM, CD-ROM*
(*except those that contain MP3 files
formatted as specified in the MP3 audio
compatibility section)
• DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW discs (Audio
CDs and Video CDs) recorded using a
DVD recorder, CD recorder or personal
computer may not be playable on this
machine. This may be caused by a
number of possibilities, including but
not limited to: the type of disc used; the
type of recording; damage, dirt or
condensation on either the disc or the
player’s pick-up lens.
CD-R/RW compatibility
• This unit will play CD-R and CD-RW
discs recorded in CD Audio or Video CD
format, or as a CD-ROM containing MP3
audio files. However, any other content
may cause the disc not to play, or create
noise/distortion in the output.