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Squirrel God
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Hi,
I have indicators on my receiver that light up to show the inputs (labelled 16 in the diagram below):
For 5.1 tracks, the L, C, R, RL, RR, and LFE light up, as you might expect.
For mono tracks, just the C lights up - again, nothing unusual there.
But for "Dolby Digital 2.0 / Dolby Surround" tracks (from DVD), I only get the L and R lighting up, whereas I would expect L, C, R and RC to light up, since a Dolby Surround soundtrack has 4 channels (or does it have 3 channels, L, R and RC - same as Dolby Pro Logic? )
I get the same situation with Dolby Pro Logic soundtracks from my TV (connected via the phono inputs on the back of the receiver). Here I would expect L, R and RC to light up, but again just the L and R light up.
Now I know that Dolby Surround and Dolby Pro Logic soundtracks actually encode all their channels within just 2 channels (L and R), so this is the only reason I can think of why only L and R light up on my receiver when playing these soundtracks. Am I right in thinking this? Is this normal? Is this what everyone else's receivers do? Or do I have a fault with my receiver's display?
Thanks in advance
I have indicators on my receiver that light up to show the inputs (labelled 16 in the diagram below):
For 5.1 tracks, the L, C, R, RL, RR, and LFE light up, as you might expect.
For mono tracks, just the C lights up - again, nothing unusual there.
But for "Dolby Digital 2.0 / Dolby Surround" tracks (from DVD), I only get the L and R lighting up, whereas I would expect L, C, R and RC to light up, since a Dolby Surround soundtrack has 4 channels (or does it have 3 channels, L, R and RC - same as Dolby Pro Logic? )
I get the same situation with Dolby Pro Logic soundtracks from my TV (connected via the phono inputs on the back of the receiver). Here I would expect L, R and RC to light up, but again just the L and R light up.
Now I know that Dolby Surround and Dolby Pro Logic soundtracks actually encode all their channels within just 2 channels (L and R), so this is the only reason I can think of why only L and R light up on my receiver when playing these soundtracks. Am I right in thinking this? Is this normal? Is this what everyone else's receivers do? Or do I have a fault with my receiver's display?
Thanks in advance