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THX Ultra2/Select2 Plus
Befo
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e any home theat
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e component can be THX Ult
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a2/Select2 Plus
ce
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tified, it must inco
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po
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ate all the featu
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es above and also pass a
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igo
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ous se
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ies of quality and pe
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fo
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mance tests. Only then can a
p
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oduct featu
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e the THX Ult
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a2/Select2 Plus logo, which is you
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gua
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antee that the Home Theat
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e p
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oducts you pu
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chase will give you
supe
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b pe
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fo
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mance fo
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many yea
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s to come. THX Ult
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a2/Select2 Plus
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equi
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ements cove
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eve
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y aspect of the p
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oduct including p
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e-
amplifie
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and powe
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amplifie
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pe
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fo
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mance and ope
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ation, and
hund
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eds of othe
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pa
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amete
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s in both the digital and analog domain.
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THX Surround EX
THX Su
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ound EX - Dolby Digital Su
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ound EX is a joint development
of Dolby Labo
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ato
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ies and the THX Ltd. In a movie theate
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, film
soundt
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acks that have been encoded with Dolby Digital Su
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ound EX
technology a
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e able to
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ep
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oduce an ext
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a channel which has been
added du
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ing the mixing of the p
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og
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am. This channel, called
Su
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ound Back, places sounds behind the listene
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in addition to the
cu
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ently available f
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ont left, f
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ont cente
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, f
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ont
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ight, su
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ound
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ight,
su
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ound left and subwoofe
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channels. This additional channel
p
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ovides the oppo
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tunity fo
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mo
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e detailed imaging behind the
listene
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and b
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ings mo
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e depth, spacious ambience and sound
localization than eve
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befo
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e. Movies that we
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e c
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eated using the
Dolby Digital Su
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ound EX technology, when
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eleased into the home
consume
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ma
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ket may exhibit wo
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ding to that effect on the
packaging. A list of movies c
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eated using this technology can be
found on the Dolby web site at www.dolby.com.
Only amplifie
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and cont
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olle
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p
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oducts bea
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ing the THX Su
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ound EX
logo, when in the THX Su
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ound EX mode, faithfully
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ep
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oduce this
new technology in the home.
This p
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oduct may also engage the “THX Su
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ound EX” mode du
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ing
the playback of 5.1 channel mate
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ial that is not Dolby Digital
Su
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ound EX encoded. In such case the info
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mation delive
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ed to the
Su
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ound Back channel will be p
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og
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am dependent and may o
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may
not be ve
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y pleasing depending on the pa
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ticula
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soundt
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ack and the
tastes of the individual listene
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.
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Boundary Gain Compensation™
Depending on the listene
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’s and the subwoofe
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’s position, the listene
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may expe
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ience an excessive bass effect. This featu
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e compensates
fo
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excessive bass
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esulting f
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om a bounda
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y gain effect. This featu
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e
is designed to ope
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ate when used with a subwoofe
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ce
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tified to THX
Ult
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a2/Select2™ specifications.
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THX Loudness Plus Description
THX Loudness Plus is a new volume cont
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ol technology featu
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ed in
THX Ult
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a2 Plus™ and THX Select2 Plus™ Ce
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tified amplifie
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s. With
THX Loudness Plus, home theate
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audiences can now expe
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ience the
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ich details in a su
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ound mix at any volume level. A consequence of
tu
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ning the volume below Refe
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ence Level is that ce
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tain sound
elements can be lost o
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pe
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ceived diffe
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ently by the listene
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. THX
Loudness Plus compensates fo
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the tonal and spatial shifts that occu
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when the volume is
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educed by intelligently adjusting ambient
su
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ound channel levels and f
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equency
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esponse. This enables use
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s
to expe
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ience the t
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ue impact of soundt
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acks
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ega
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dless of the volume
setting. THX Loudness Plus is automatically applied when listening in
any THX listening mode. The new THX Cinema, THX Music, and THX
Games modes a
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e tailo
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ed to apply the p
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ope
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THX Loudness Plus
settings fo
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each type of content.
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ASA Description
ASA is a p
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op
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ieta
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y THX technology which p
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ocesses the sound fed
to 2 side and 2 back su
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ound speake
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s to p
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ovide the optimal
su
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ound sound expe
r
ience. When you set up you
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home theate
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system using all eight speake
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outputs (Left, Cente
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, Right, Su
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ound
Right, Su
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ound Back Right, Su
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ound Back Left, Su
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ound Left and
Subwoofe
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), be su
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e to go to the THX Audio Set-up sc
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een and choose
the setting that most closely co
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esponds to the speake
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spacing,
which will
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e-optimize the su
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ound sound-field. ASA is used in th
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ee
modes; THX Ult
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a2 Cinema, THX Ult
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a2 Music and THX Ult
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a2 Games.
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THX Ultra2/Select2 Cinema
THX Ult
r
a2/Select2 Cinema mode plays 5.1 movies using all 8
speake
r
s giving you the best possible movie watching expe
r
ience. In
this mode, ASA p
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ocessing blends the side su
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ound speake
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s and
back su
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ound speake
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s p
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oviding the optimal mix of ambient and
di
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ectional su
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ound sounds.
DTS-ES (Mat
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ix and 6.1 Disc
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ete) and Dolby Digital Su
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ound EX
encoded soundt
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acks will be automatically detected in Ult
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a2/Select2
Cinema mode if the app
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op
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iate flag has been encoded.
Some Dolby Digital Su
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ound EX soundt
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acks a
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e missing the digital
flag that allows automatic switching. If you know that the movie that
you a
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e watching is encoded in Su
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ound EX, you can manually select
the THX Su
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ound EX playback mode, othe
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wise THX Ult
r
a2/Select2
Cinema mode will apply ASA p
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ocessing to p
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ovide optimum
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eplay.
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THX Ultra2/Select2 Music
Fo
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the playback of multi-channel music the THX Ult
r
a2/Select2
Music mode should be selected. In this mode THX ASA p
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ocessing is
applied to the su
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ound channels of all 5.1 encoded music sou
r
ces
such as DTS, Dolby Digital and DVD-Audio to p
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ovide a wide stable
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ea
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soundstage.
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THX Ultra2/Select2 Games
Fo
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the playback of ste
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eo and multi-channel game audio the THX
Ult
r
a2/Select2 Games mode should be selected. In this mode THX
ASA p
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ocessing is applied to the su
rr
ound channels of all 5.1 and 2.0
encoded game sou
r
ces such as analog, PCM, DTS and Dolby Digital.
This accu
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ately places all game audio su
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ound info
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mation,
p
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oviding a full 360 deg
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ee playback envi
r
onment. THX Ult
r
a2/Select2
Games mode is unique as it gives you a smooth t
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ansition of audio in
all points of the su
rr
ound field.
THX, the THX logo, Ultra2 Plus and Select2 Plus are trademarks of THX
Ltd. which may be registered in some jurisdictions. All rights reserved.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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