Sunfire TGP-5(E) User Manual

User's Manual

Addendum

This addendum sheet replaces 

page 44 of your owner's manual. A 

new feature has been added to the 

TGP-5, see DTS(5.1), third paragraph.

For multi-channel sources, the 

TGP-5 will automatically select the 

correct mode from one of these:

      DOLBY DIGITAL                         

          DOLBY DIGITAL EX                   

          DTS                                            

          DTS-ES MATRIX                        

          DTS-ES DISCRETE 

Dolby Digital and DTS are “5.1” 

sur round systems with fi ve main chan-

 nels: left front, center, right front, left 

sur round, and right surround. Each 

channel can play the full frequency 

range and is independent of the 

other chan nels. The “.1” denotes the 

sub woof er channel which plays the 

low frequency effects (LFE), also in de -

pen dent of the other channels.

Dolby Digital EX and DTS ES offer 

"Extended Surround." Both systems 

offer a surround back channel which 

effectively fi lls in the otherwise empty 

soundspace behind you.

If you want to try one of the modes 

on the previous page, you should se-

lect a 2-channel output from your DVD 

player's options menu.

NOTE: In your DVD player's audio 

setup menu, set the digital output 

to BITSTREAM. If this is not set 

correctly, the TGP-5 cannot de-

code the digital information. 

This mode is available if the 

TGP-5 au to mat i cal ly detects a 

Dolby Digital en cod ed source on 

the currently selected input. You 

should look for the Dolby Digital 

Logo on DVDs, LaserDiscs and 

other sources. 

Many DVDs have the option of 

a Dolby Surround, Dolby Digital 

or Stereo soundtrack. Follow the 

instructions in your DVD player's 

manual to output Dolby Digital 

bitstreams. Dolby Digital must 

often be selected from the Disc's 

menu.

Dolby Digital EX mode is primarily 

for playback of Dolby Digital Sur-

round EX encoded soundtracks. 

One advantage over Dolby Digital 

playback is that it fi lls in the area 

behind you with a completely 

separate full-range channel.

The TGP-5 has the option of con-

necting one or two surround back 

speakers. The calibration and 

speaker size options can create a 

seamless surround fi eld.

If you have no surround back 

speakers, the extra information 

is sent to the standard surrounds 

and no material is lost. (Set the 

surround back speakers to OFF in 

the SPEAKER SIZE menu).

The TGP-5 will also create the 

surround back channel if you are 

playing a 5.1 source.

Besides Dolby Digital and Dolby 

EX, you may change the Mode 

during Dolby Digital playback us-

ing the Mode keys on the remote 

or front panel, to Dolby Pro Logic 

IIx Music and Dolby Pro Logic IIx 

Movie. These two modes create 

enhanced stereo back surrounds. 

Listen to each Mode to fi nd which 

sounds best on a given movie. 

Dolby Digital uses a maximum 

of 5.1 channels and does not 

support surround back chan-

nels. Dolby EX supports a mono 

surround back channel (or dual-

mono surround back channels if 

both left and right surround backs 

are used). Dolby Pro Logic IIx 

Movie is not an optional mode 

when the surround back channel 

is confi gured for only one speaker.

Dolby Digital plus Pro Logic IIx 

Movie or Music uses the Dolby 

Pro Logic IIx decoder to create a 

stereo surround back soundfi eld 

from the stereo content of the left 

and right surrounds. For example, 

Dolby Pro Logic IIx Movie directs 

or "steers" some of the left sur-

round signal to the left surround 

Surround Modes for Multi-Channel Sources

back, whereas Dolby Pro Logic 

IIx Music lets the left surround 

remain intact and fi lls in the left 

surround back with additional 

material.

Although movies are encoded 

with either Dolby Digital or Dolby 

EX, many sound even better 

when using the Dolby Pro Logic 

IIx modes. Try it out.

This mode is available if the TGP-

5 automatically detects that a DTS 

en cod ed source is present at one 

of it’s digital inputs. Look for the 

DTS Logo on DVDs, LaserDiscs, 

CDs and other sources.

Make sure that you set your 

player to output DTS bitstreams. 

DTS must also be selected on the 

disc's menu.

NOTE: Besides DTS 5.1, you 

also can press the Mode keys 

on the remote or front panel and 

play DTS 5.1 with Pro Logic IIx 

Music processing to create stereo 

back surround channels. Pressing 

either Mode key again will return 

you to stock DTS 5.1 playback.

All DTS-ES sources have the 

surround back channel matrixed 

in the left and right surrounds. 

Newer DVD releases also have a 

discrete surround back channel, in 

addition to the same information 

matrixed.

DISCRETE ES sources: the 

TGP-5 DTS-ES discrete decoder 

will decode the discrete surround 

back channel. It also removes the 

surround back matrix from the left 

and right surrounds, and restores 

them to be fully independent 

channels.

MATRIX ES sources: If there is no 

discrete surround back channel, 

the TGP-5 decodes the matrixed 

surround back channel from the 

left and right surrounds, and 

restores them to be fully indepen-

dent channels.