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Insignia NS-R5101 5.1 Surround Sound A/V Receiver
www.insignia-products.com
4 Press or to adjust the tone.
Using surround sound
This receiver incorporates a sophisticated digital
signal processor that allows you to create
optimum sound quality and sound atmosphere in
your personal home theater.
Surround modes
DTS Digital Surround
DTS Digital Surround (also called simply dts) is
a multi-channel digital signal format which can
handle higher data rates. Discs bearing the
include the recording of up to 5.1 channels of
digital signals, which can be generally thought to
provide better sound quality due to the lower
audio compression required.
It also provides wide dynamic range and
separation, resulting in magnificent sound.
DTS 96/24
Conventional surround formats use sampling
frequencies of 48 or 44.1 kHz, which allows for a
maximum playback signal frequency of 20 kHz.
With DTS 96/24 the sampling frequency is
increased to 96 or 88.2 kHz to achieve a wide
frequency range of over 40 kHz. In addition, this
format has a resolution of 24 bits, resulting in the
same frequency band and dynamic range as
96 kHz/24 bit PCM signals.
As with conventional DTS surround, DTS 96/24
is compatible with a maximum of 5.1 channels.
DTS 96/24 is fully compatible with the
conventional DTS surround format, so
DTS 96/24 sources can be played using a
conventional DTS 5.1 channel decoder.
Manufactured under license under U.S. Patent #’s:
5,451,942; 5,956,674; 5,974,380; 5,978,762; 6,22,616;
6,487,535 & other U.S. and worldwide patents issued &
pending. DTS and DTS Digital Surround are registered
trademarks and the DTS logos, Symbol and DTS 96/24 are
trademarks of DTS, Inc. ©1996-2007 DTS, Inc. All Rights
Reserved.
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital is the multi-channel digital signal
format developed by Dolby Laboratories. Discs
bearing the includes the recording of up to
5.1 channels of digital signals, which can
reproduce much better sound quality, spatial
expansion, and dynamic range characteristics
than the previous Dolby Surround effect.
Dolby Pro Logic II surround
This mode applies conventional 2-channel
signals such as digital PCM or analog stereo
signals as well as Dolby Surround signals to
surround processing to offer improvements over
conventional Dolby Pro Logic circuits. Dolby Pro
Logic ll surround includes two modes as follows:
• Dolby Pro Logic ll MOVIE
When enjoying movies, this mode allows you
to further enhance the cinematic quality by
adding processing that emphasizes the
sounds of the action special effects.
• Dolby Pro Logic ll MUSIC
When listening to music, this mode allows you to
further enhance the sound quality by adding
processing that emphasizes the musical effects.
Dolby Pro Logic
Dolby Pro Logic is a specially encoded two
channel surround format which consists of four
channels (front left, center, front right and
surround). Sources bearing the
provide the theater-like surround sound.
The surround channel is monaural, but is played
through two surround speakers.
Manufactured under license from Dolby
Laboratories. Dolby, Pro Logic, and the
double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby
Laboratories.
The following modes apply conventional
2-channel signals such as digital PCM or analog
stereo signals to high performance Digital Signal
Processor to recreate sound fields artificially.
MATRIX
This mode reproduces delayed signals from the
surround channels to emphasize the sense of
expansion for music sources.
CHURCH
This mode provides the ambience of a church for
baroque, string orchestral, or choral group
music.
THEATER
This mode provides the effect of being in a
movie theater when watching a movie source.
HALL
This mode provides the ambience of a concert
hall for classical music sources such as
orchestral, chamber music, or an instrumental
solo.
STADIUM
This mode provides the expansive sound field to
achieve the true stadium effect when watching
baseball or soccer games.
Enjoying surround sound
Before surround playback, first perform the
speaker setup procedure on the SETUP menu
for optimum performance. (For details, refer to
“Modifying the speaker settings” on page 19.)
When the EXTERNAL IN is selected as an input
source, the surround modes cannot be selected.
When TUNER, AUX, TAPE, or, VIDEO3 is
selected as an input source, the auto surround
mode cannot be selected.
Notes
• The tone level can be adjusted within the range
of -10
~ +10 dB.
• In general, we recommend the bass and treble
to be adjusted to 0 dB (flat level).
• Extreme settings at high volume may damage
your speakers.
• To complete tone adjustment, or if the tone
display disappears, repeat this procedure.
DOLBY
D I G I T A L
Note
When the EXTERNAL INs are connected to the
6 CH decoder for a surround sound such as DTS
or Dolby Digital, you can enjoy the corresponding
surround sound too. (For details, see the
operator’s manual of the component to be
connected.)