Denon AVR-5803 User Manual

[ Notice on Dolby Pro Logic IIx and HDCD compatibility ]

We greatly appreciate your purchase of this DENON product.
The AVR-5803 is compatible with Dolby Pro Logic IIx and HDCD playback.
As such, a number of functions have been added, as described below.

• Also refer to the AVR-5803’s operating instructions.

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Feature

2 Dolby Pro Logic II x compatibility

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Dolby Pro Logic II x furthers the matrix decoding technology of Dolby Pro Logic II to decode audio signals recorded on two chan­nels into up to 7.1 playback channels, including the surround back channel. Dolby Pro Logic II x also allows 5.1-channel sources
to be played in up to 7.1 channels.

The mode can be selected according to the source. The Music mode is best suited for playing music, the Cinema mode for
playing movies, and the Game mode for playing games. The Game mode can only be used with 2-channel audio sources.

2 Dolby Pro Logic II Game mode compatibility

• In addition to the previously offered Music and Cinema modes, the AVR-5803 also offers a Game mode optimum for games.

2 HDCD®(High Definition Compatible Digital®) decoder

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HDCD is an encoding/decoding technology that greatly reduces the distortion that occurs upon digital recording while main­taining compatibility with the conventional CD format, thus expanding the dynamic range and achieving a high resolution.
Conventional CDs and HDCD compatible CDs are identified automatically to select the optimum digital processing.

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Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”,“Pro Logic”,“Surround EX” and the double-D sym­bol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

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®

, HDCD

®

, High Definition Compatible Digital®and Microsoft®are either registered trademarks or trade-

marks of Microsoft Corporation, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. HDCD system manufac­tured under license from Microsoft Corporation, Inc. This product is covered by one or more of the following: In
the USA: 5,479,168, 5,638,074, 5,640,161, 5,808,574, 5,838,274, 5,854,600, 5,864,311, 5,872,531, and in
Australia: 669114. Other patents pending.

Selecting the surround mode

(1) For 2-channel sources

Press the DOLBY SURROUND button to set the Dolby Surround mode.
The PLIIx mode is set when the “SB CH OUT” surround parameter is set to “ON”, and the
PLII mode is set when this parameter is set to “OFF”.
Select the desired mode from among the “MODE” parameters under the surround para­meters.
The decoder switches as described below.

• When the “SB CH OUT” parameter is set to “ON”

• When the “SB CH OUT” parameter is set to “OFF”

1 To play in the PLIIx mode, set “Sp.Back” at the system setup to “1Spkr” or “2Spkr”.

PLII CINEMA PLII MUSIC PLII GAME

PL

PLIIx CINEMA PLIIx MUSIC PLIIx GAME

Please see page 57 of the main unit’s operating instructions.

HDCD playback

When an HDCD-compatible CD is played with digital connections, the surround modes shown below are displayed (abbreviat­ed), indicating that HDCD decoding processing is being performed.

Display:““

STEREO HDCD

Surround speaker backup

The surround speaker setting (A, B or A+B) can be set separately for each of the different types
of surround modes (Cinema, Music, Game and Multi-Channel). The surround backup speaker’s
setting can also be set separately for each of these types of surround modes.

Surround parameters

The “SW ATT” parameter for reducing the level of the subwoofer channel when playing in the
EXT.IN input mode has been added. Depending on the player you are using, the subwoofer
channel’s playback level may seem too high. If so, set “SW ATT” to “ON”.
For Denon players, use with the original settings.

DTS NEO:6 MUSIC mode

The settable range for the “CNTR IMAGE” (center image) parameter is now 0.0 to 1.0, and the initial value is now 0.3.

Printed in Japan 511 4139 105

(2) For multi-channel sources

Press the DOLBY SURROUND button to set the Dolby Surround mode.
Select the desired mode from among the “SB CH OUT” parameters under the surround para­meters. The mode can be selected even during playback in the DTS surround or MPEG2 AAC
mode. The decoder switches as described below.

*MTRX : when playing DTS signals, the mode is set to “ES MTRX” or “ES DSCRT”.

To play in the PLIIx Music mode, set “Sp.Back” at the system setup to “1Spkr” or “2Spkr”.
To play in the PLIIx Cinema mode, set “Sp.Back” at the system setup to “2Spkr”.

PL

II

x CINEMA

PL

II

x MUSIC

NON MTRX OFF

*MTRX

• Use digital connections to connect to an HDCD compatible
player.

NOTES:

Please see page 21 of the main unit’s operating instructions.

Please see page 44 of the main unit’s operating instructions.

Please see page 59 of the main unit’s operating instructions.

About the DIRECT mode

A “Subwoofer” (ON/OFF) parameter for controlling the subwoofer has been added.

Please see page 45 of the main unit’s operating instructions.