User Manual Sony LBT-D260 Compact Hifi Stereo System

The two most common connections used to hear TV sound
from the A/V receiver or home theater system speakers are:

Option 1: HDMI® connection using the ARC feature
Option 2: Connection using an HDMI cable, Coaxial Digital,
Optical Digital, or Audio cable
Which option you use will depend on the connection ports on
your products. If your TV and audio system both support the
ARC feature, we recommend using Option 1 to connect your
products, otherwise use Option 2.

The Audio Return Channel (ARC) connects your TV and audio
system with a single High Speed HDMI® cable and eliminates
the need for an additional composite audio or optical cable.

Connecting an ARC-compatible audio system to an ARC-
compatible TV allows the following:

Send audio from the TV to the audio system.
View and listen to movies and other content sent from the audio
system and viewed on the TV.

Surround sound consists of multi-channel audio. Different
surround sound types encode and decode this audio differently.

Dolby® ProLogic technology
This consists of four discrete channels of audio (left, right,
center and rear). This matrix multi-channel sound is encoded
down to two channels for distribution, and then is decoded back
to four channels when played back on a stereo source that
decodes Dolby ProLogic technology surround.

Dolby ProLogic II technology
Processes the standard four channel Dolby ProLogic technology
signal to reproduce 5.1 channel surround.

Dolby Digital (AC3, 5.1) technology
This is a multi-channel surround system that contains 6 discrete
channels of audio (left front, right front, center, left rear, right
rear and LFE subwoofer). Dolby Digital technology is commonly
referred to as 5.1 (five point one) surround sound because it
contains 5 full bandwidth (20 - 20,000 Hz) for the front, center
and rear speakers, and one low frequency effects (LFE)
subwoofer channel that is referred to as .1 (point one).

DTS™ Digital Theater Sound
This is an encode/decode system that delivers 6 discrete
channels (5.1) of high quality 20 bit audio. Each of the 5.1
channels of decoded 20 bit DTS audio is superior to the linear
16 bit PCM audio used for conventional compact discs. DTS
audio data is not as compressed as Dolby Digital technology.
The same amount of audio encoded in Dolby Digital technology
will use less disc space than if it was encoded in DTS.

DTS ES Matrix
This is actually a 5.1-channel format with the back surround
audio channel matrixed into those of the right and left surround.
The back surround channel is matrixed in similar fashion as the
front center channel is matrixed into the front right and left
channels in the Dolby Surround Pro-Logic technology. As such,
the back surround channel is not discrete and therefore is not a
true '6.1' format. DTS-ES Matrix is compatible with THX
Surround EX equipment. DTS-ES Matrix is completely
backwards compatible with DTS 5.1 equipment.

DTS ES Discrete 6.1
This is a true 6.1-channel format, as the back surround audio
channel is discretely encoded into the DTS bitstream. This
format offers better stabilization over the surround channels for
complete 360-degree sound localization and surround pans (i.e.,
movement of sound in the surround channels from one side to
another). A data flag signals the decoder (usually part of the
receiver or pre-amplifier) that the bitstream contains an extra
discrete back surround channel. For backwards compatibility,
DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 back surround channel is ignored by DTS
5.1 equipment.

DTS Neo:6

This is a 7.1 configuration with two rear-center speakers that
play in mono. The DTS Neo:6 works a lot like Dolby Pro Logic IIx
where you can take stereo content and up-convert the sound to
5.1 or 6.1 channel surround sound format.

DTS 96/24

This allows the delivery of 5.1 channels of 24-bit, 96 kHz audio
and high-quality video on the DVD Video format. DTS 96/24 also
can be placed in the video zone on DVD-Audio discs, making
these discs playable on all DTS-compatible DVD players. This
format is implemented as a core DTS stream along with an
extension containing the deltas which enables the 96/24 sound
reproduction.

DTS-HD High Resolution Audio

DTS-HD High Resolution Audio and DTS-HD Master Audio
compose the DTS-HD extension to the original DTS audio
format. This is a lossy compression that delivers up to 7.1
channels of sound at a 96 kHz sampling frequency and 24-bit
depth resolution. This format is supposed to be an alternative
for DTS-HD Master Audio when disc space may not allow it.
DTS-HD High Resolution Audio is selected as an optional
surround sound format for Blu-ray Disc™ (BD) and HD DVD
media, with constant bit rates up to 6.0 Mbit/s and 3.0 Mbit/s
respectively.

DTS-HD Master Audio

This is a lossless audio codec, previously known as DTS++ and
is steadily becoming the standard for Blu-ray lossless audio. It is
the second of two DTS-HD audio formats. This format supports
an unlimited number of surround sound channels, and can
downmix to 5.1 and 2-channel. This format also can deliver
audio quality at bit rates extending from DTS Digital Surround up
to lossless (24-bit, 192 kHz).