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Because the DC-2 is designed to be customized for your system and your
listening space, the information required for installation is extensive.
The Owner's Manual is designed to assist you in installing, calibrating and
operating the DC-2. It should be used in conjunction with the remote control
when configuring the system to perform optimally in your environment.
This manual was written with the underlying assumption that the installer
is familiar with audio/video system installation. An Installation
Worksheet is provided at the end of this manual for documentation of the
settings arrived at during the calibration procedure.
Glossary of Terms
The DC-2 can be easily integrated with the various types of loudspeaker
systems currently available, including those that are THX certified. By
adhering to the rigorous THX Ultra specification, the DC-2 includes THX
enhancements for optimizing playback of matrix-encoded film soundtracks
as well as Surround EX for those recorded in the Dolby Digital and DTS
discrete formats. These enhancements ensure that film soundtracks, which
are typically mixed for the acoustics of large theaters, sound as the filmmak-
ers intended when played back in the relatively small environment of a
home theater.
Although the DC-2
performs very complex signal processing, a great deal
of effort has gone into making the technology behind the effects as transpar-
ent as possible to the user. To understand the overall organization of the
unit, it is helpful to define those few terms which are unique to the DC-2.
AC-3 FX The term AC-3 FX (Dolby Digital Effects) is used to describe all of
the effects which are compatible with Dolby Digital input signals. Any AC-
3-capable software and/or source components should be labeled with a
badge, similar to the one on the DC-2 front panel (AC-3 and DTS versions).
DTS FX The term DTS FX (Digital Surround Effects) is used to describe all
of the effects which are compatible with DTS Digital Surround input
signals. Any DTS-capable software and/or source components should be
labeled with a badge, similar to the one on the DC-2 front panel (AC-3 and
DTS versions).
Downmix describes the process of creating a two-channel output from a
multichannel (>2) signal. Downmixing is necessary to maintain compatibil-
ity between multichannel formats and devices such as Dolby Digital and
DTS, and two-channel formats and devices, such as stereo tape decks and
VCRs.