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 Dolby DP570 Multichannel Audio Tool User’s Manual Issue 4 Part Number 91753 ®.
 ii Dolb y ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Corporate Headquarters Dolby  Laboratories,  Inc. 100  Potrero  Avenue San  Francisco,  CA 94103 ‐ 4813 USA Telephone  415 ‐ 558 ‐ 0200 Fax  415 ‐ 863 ‐ 1373 www .
Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual iii Regulatory Notices FCC NOTE:  This  equipment  has  been  tested  and  found  to  comply  with  the  limits  for  a  Class  A  digital  devi ce,  pursuant  to  Par t  15  of  the  FCC  Rules.
iv Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 15. CAUTION:  T roubleshooting  must  be  performed  by  a  trained  technician.
Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual v IMPORTANT  SAFETY  NOTICE This  unit  complies  with  safety  standard  EN60065  as  appropriate.
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Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Au dio Tool User’s Manual vii Table of Contents List of Figures .................. ............. ............. ................ ............. ............. ................ ............. ............ ....... xiii List of Tables .
viii Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Au dio Tool User’s Manual Table of Contents 3.4.1 Reading the Default Status Display ... ....... ................ ............. ............. ................ ... 14 3.4.2 Viewing Status Screens .. ... ............. .
Table of Contents Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Au dio Tool User’s Manual ix 5.2.1 Setting the Dialogue Level ........ ................ ............. ................ ............. ................ ...42 5.2.2 Monitoring the Dialogue Level ...........
x Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Au dio Tool User’s Manual Table of Contents A.3.2 Setting the Master Trim ............. ............. ................ ................ ............. ................ ... 65 A.3.3 Setting the Master Volume ........ ....
Table of Contents Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Au dio Tool User’s Manual xi D.7 Extended Bitstream Information Parameters ....... ............. ............. ................ ............. ...... 99 D.7.1 Pref erred Stereo Downmix Mode ... ....... ..
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Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Au dio Tool User’s Manual xiii List of Figures Figure 1-1 DP570 Functional Blo ck Diagram ..... ............. ... .... ... ... ............. ... ... .... ... ............. ... ... ... .... .... ... 3 Figure 2-1 Monitor Configuration Tab .
xiv Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Au dio Tool User’s Manual List of Figures Figure C-6 User Presets Submenu . ... ............. ............. ................ ............. ............. ................ ......... ...... 77 Figure C-7 I/O Control Submenu .
Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual xv List of Tables Table 3-1 Front-Panel Navigation Buttons .................. ... ... .... ... ... ............. ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ............. .. . ... 12 Table 3-2 Shifted Key Functions .
xvi Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual List of Tables Table D-25 Lo/Ro Surround Downmix Level Settings .......................... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... .... ... . 1 01 Table D-26 Surround EX Mode Settings .
Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 1 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w The  Dolby ®  DP570  provides  unprecedented  control  and  refere nce  monitoring  for .
2 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Overview level,  Pro  Logic  decoding,  and  the  other  functions  controlled  by  metadata  and  experienced  by  consumers.
Principles of Operation Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 3 Figure  1 ‐ 1  Figure 1-1 DP570 Functional Block Diagram Emulator (DRC, dialnorm, downmix, P/L decode) Router AES Rcvr x4 AES Xmit x4 D/A x8 Trims x8 Output Bal.
4 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Overview The  Cat.  No.  548  Analog  Output  Ca rd  provides  an  anal og  monitor  section  and  some  additional  features  to  ease  interfacing  to  existing  mixing  and  monitoring  environments.
Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 5 Chapter 2 Getting Star ted This  chapter  describes  the  actions  necessary  to  begin  using  the  DP570  in  a  basic  configuration.
6 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Getting Star ted 2.3.1 V enting Dolby ®  professional  audio  products  are  designe d  to  operate  within  a  temperature  range  of  5°C  to  45°C.
Installing the Remote Softwar e Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 7 For  a  discussion  of  the  connector  types  used  for  the  V Ref  connection  on  the  DP570,  see  Appendix B .
8 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Getting Star ted 2.4.3 Hardware Connection To  connect  the  DP570  to  its  remote  control  device,  use  a .
Installing the Remote Softwar e Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 9 2.4.6 St arting the Remote Software To  start  the  rem ote  software: 1. Double ‐ click  the  program  icon. 2. Review  the  communication  settings,  and  modify  them  if  necessary .
10 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Getting Star ted 2.5 Selecting a Program Configuration The  first  st ep  in  monitoring  is  to  select  a  program  configuration  that  reflects  the  number  of  channels  within  the  program(s)  you  will  monitor .
Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 11 Chapter 3 Contr o lling the DP570 As  shown  in  Figure 3 ‐ 1 ,  you  can  control  the  DP570  in  three .
12 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Controlling the DP570 Figure  3 ‐ 2  Figure 3-2 Front-Panel Buttons 3.1.1 Main and Shif ted Fun ctions of the Buttons Most  of  the  buttons  hav e  tw o  functions:  a  main  function  and  a  shifted  function.
Menu Structures Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 13 3.1.5 Using the Program/Preset Buttons Under  normal  conditions,  when  the  Preset  button  is  no.
14 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Controlling the DP570 3.4.1 Reading the Default St atus Display The  default  display  when  the  unit  pow ers  up  is  the  top  screen  of  the  status  menu  shown  in  Figure 3 ‐ 3 .
Monitor ing Status Using the F ront P anel Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 15 Basic St atus Indicators The  indicators  shown  in  Figure 3 ‐ 4  display  the  basic  status  information  listed  in  Ta b l e 3 ‐ 3 .
16 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Controlling the DP570 Figure  3 ‐ 6  Figure 3-5 Channel Activity LED Indicators Channel  Activity  LED  indicator  meanings  are  detailed  in  Ta b l e 3 ‐ 4 .
Using the Setup Menu Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 17 3.5.2 Entering T ext In  certain  situations  you  will  be  prompted  to  enter  text.  In  the  text  entry  window ,  the  firs t  line  prompts  you  to  ent er  text.
18 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Controlling the DP570 3.6 Using the GPI/O Connector Yo u  can  use  this  port  to  connect  the  DP570  to  your  studio  console  or  existing  control  equipment.
Using the GPI/O Conn ector Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 19 be  edge ‐ trig gered.  The  Act ive  S tate  column  indicates  the  DP570  state .
20 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Controlling the DP570 Ta b l e 3 ‐ 8  lists  the  pins  av ailable  for  GPO  and  GPI  functions. GPO Setup Output  pins  4  and  7–19  in  Figure 3 ‐ 7  and  Ta b l e 3 ‐ 8  are  user ‐ defined.
Using the GPI/O Conn ector Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 21 Edge ‐ triggered  signals  are  either  positive  or  negativ e.  Lev el ‐ triggered  signals  are  either  high  or  low .
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Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 23 Chapter 4 Using the DP570 F eatures This  chapter  covers  each  distinct  feature  of  the  DP570  in  detail.
24 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Using the DP570 Featur es 4.3.1 Choosing the Source of Met adat a Normally  you  will  use  an  entire  metadata  stream  from  one  source,  but  that  is  not  required.
Gener ating and Adjusting Metadata Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 25 Yo u  can  manu ally  modify  most  of  these  va l u e s  on  the  metadata  tabs  of  the  DolbyRemote 570  application  shown  in  Figure 4 ‐ 1 .
26 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Using the DP570 Featur es 4.3.3 Using External Met adat a When  using  external  metadata,  make  certain  that  the  val u e s  are  correct  for  the  program.
T roubleshooting Metada ta Problems Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 27 4.4 T roubleshooting Met adat a Problems The  DP570  has  several  status  indicators  to  help  troubleshoot  metadata ‐ related  problems.
28 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Using the DP570 Featur es 4.7 Measuri ng and Setting the Dialogue Le vel The  dialogue  level  parameter,  also  known  as  dialogue  normalization  or  dialnorm ,  is  a  vital  element  in  audio  content  creation.
Measuring and Setting the Dialogue Le vel Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 29 va l u e  within  Dolby  E  and  Dolby  Digital  bitstreams.
30 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Using the DP570 Featur es Figure  4 ‐ 6  Figure 4-5 Short-term Measurements Since  the  short ‐ term  measuremen t  co.
Setting Dynamic Range Control Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 31 Figure  4 ‐ 7  To  measure  di alogue  lev el  using  the  remote  softw are,  use  the  controls  shown  in  Fig ure 4 ‐ 4  for  these  steps: 1.
32 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Using the DP570 Featur es and  Speech .  Each  profile  is  a  set  of  compression  parame ters  such  as  ratio,  attack,  and  release. For  detailed  information,  see  Secti on D.
User Presets Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 33 Figure  4 ‐ 9  Figure 4-7 User Preset Window 4.10.1 Authoring-Only Preset s Saving  an  authoring ‐ only  pr.
34 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Using the DP570 Featur es Example Yo u  set  the  emulator  to  Full  (no  downmix)  with  no  compression  (the  def ault  for  the  Custom  selection).
Channel Mapping and Input Routing Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 35 Figure  4 ‐ 10  The  DP570  input  rout er  enables  you  to  reroute  input  channels  to  conform  to  the  automatically  assigned  channel  mapping.
36 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Using the DP570 Featur es 4.13 Using an External Shaf t En coder to Control Master V olume The  master  vol um e  function  is  available  on  DP570s  that  hav e  the  Cat.
Stic ky Settings Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 37 Unity  Gain  mode  is  enabled  by  default.  To  turn  Unity  Gain  mode  off: 1. Click  Setup  in  the  Main  window  to  open  the  Setup  window .
38 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Using the DP570 Featur es 4.20 Master T rim and Master Volume The  Master  Tr i m  slider ,  Figure 4 ‐ 10 ,  allows  yo.
Dolby Pr o Logic I I Suppor t Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 39 Matrix  is  primarily  for  radio  rece ption  in  cars.
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Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 41 Chapter 5 Using the DP570 in DVD Master ing During  the  DVD  mastering  process,  it  is  important  to  experie.
42 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Using the DP570 in DV D M a s t e r i n g 5.2 T ypical T asks The  DP570  is  used  in  the  monit or  chain  to  emulate  a  consumer ʹ s  listening  environme nt.
Using the DP570 with Other Dolb y Equipment Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 43 Once  a  Dialogue  Lev el  val ue  has  been  selected,  either  short ‐ term  or  infinite  measurements  can  be  used  depending  on  you r  preference.
44 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Using the DP570 in DV D M a s t e r i n g 5.4 Most Import ant Met adat a The  following  hig hest ‐ priority  parameters  have  the  greatest  impact  on  your  wo rk .
Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 45 Chapter 6 Using the DP570 in Liv e Remote Br oadcast In  preparation  for  and  during  a  live  remote  broadcast, .
46 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Using the DP570 in Li ve Remote Broadcast Figure  6 ‐ 1  Figure 6-1 T y pical Live Remote Transmission Setup 6.
Ty p i c a l Ta s k s Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 47 Figure  6 ‐ 2  Figure 6-2 T ypical Downmix Parameters Further ,  you  can  assess  whether  the.
48 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Using the DP570 in Li ve Remote Broadcast 6.2.2 Monitoring the Dialogue Level As  you  wo r k,  check  the  dialogue  lev el  indicators—the  yell o w  numbers  shown  in  Figure 6 ‐ 3 —frequently .
Impor tance of Pr esets Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 49 •L t / R t  surround  downmix  lev el •L o / R o  Center  downmix  level •L o / R o  surround  mix  lev el 6.
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Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 51 Chapter 7 Using the DP570 in Postpr oduction The  DP570  can  be  used  in  a  var i e t y  of  postproduction  settings.  We  discuss  one  example.
52 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Using the DP570 in Postpr oduction 7.2 T ypical T asks The  DP570  is  used  in  the  monit or  chain  to  emulate  the  consumer ʹ s  listening  environment.
Using the DP570 with Other Dolb y Equipment Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 53 7.2.3 Monitoring Downmixes Once  a  Dialogue  Leve l  va l u e  has  been  .
54 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Using the DP570 in Postpr oduction 7.4 Most Import ant Met adat a The  following  hig hest ‐ priority  parameters  have  the  greatest  impact  on  your  wo rk .
Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 55 Chapter 8 Using the DP570 in Master Contr ol Dolby ®  E  encoding  is  commonly  used  to  distribute  multichannel.
56 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Using the DP570 in Master Control Figure  8 ‐ 1  Figure  8 ‐ 2  Figure 8-1 T ypical Master Control Setup 8.
Ty p i c a l Ta s k s Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 57 Figure  8 ‐ 3  Figure 8-2 T y pi cal Downmix Options Or ,  if  a  viewer  complains  about  the  audio  quality  on  a  mono  televi sion  when  viewing  a  5.
58 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Using the DP570 in Master Control 8.3 Using Unity Gain Mode Unity  Gain  mode  should  be  off  to  best  emulate  a  consumer ʹ s  listening  experience.
Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 59 Appendix A Configur ing a Monitor System Configuring  the  monitor  sys tem  to  establish  a  balance  between  .
60 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Configuring a Monitor System Figure  A ‐ 2  Figure A-2 Monitor Setup T ab A.1.2 Selecting Analog Outp ut s The  sys tem  automati cally  detects  the  presence  of  the  Cat  No.
Assign ing Monito r System Co nfigurat ion Settin gs Dolb y ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 61 •I f  no  subwoofer  is  av ailable,  redirect  the  LFE  channel  to  the  Left  and  Right  channel  decoder  outputs.
62 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Configuring a Monitor System A.1.4 Choosing Back Surround Speakers The  setting  records  the  number  of  back  surround  speakers  you  ha ve  in  you r  monitoring  system.
Setting Delay Values Dolb y ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 63 3. Click  Enabled  to  turn  Panorama  on.  It  is  disabled  by  default.
64 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Configuring a Monitor System Surround Delay C  minus  S  (C  –  S),  the  shorter  of  the  two  surr ound  speaker  distances,  equals  the  surround  delay  setting  in  ms.
Calibrating Speaker Playback Levels Dolb y ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 65 Figure  A ‐ 7  Figure A-7 Digital Reference Level A.3.2 Setting the Master T rim Set  the  Mast er  Tr i m  shown  in  Figure 4 ‐ 10  to  0 .
66 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Configuring a Monitor System A.3.5 Generating T est Noise The  DP570  generates  two  ki nds  of  test  noise:  pink  and  filtered.  Pink  noise  exerts  an  equal  sound  pressure  level  across  the  entire  spectrum.
Calibrating Speaker Playback Levels Dolb y ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 67 Figure  A ‐ 8  Figure A-8 Multichannel Trims Controls When  you  have  set  trim .
68 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Configuring a Monitor System A.3.10 Calibrating Emulator Output If  you r  DP570  does  not  include  the  Cat.
Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 69 Appendix B Connector Specifications This  appendix  gives  specifications  and  pinouts  for  all  the  connectors  used  on  the  DP570,  and  the  cables  that  can  be  used  to  connect  to  it.
70 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Connector Specifications B.4 Video Ref The  Vi de o Re f  connections  are  BNC  unbalanced  female  connectors  that  rece ive  NTSC  composite  programs  or  color  black  video.
Rear-Panel Remote Dolb y ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 71 B.8 Rear-Panel Remote This  is  a  9 ‐ pin  female  RS ‐ 485  D ‐ connector .  The  pinout  is  SMPTE  207M  electrical/mechanical  specification  compat ible.
72 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Connector Specifications B.1 1 Stereo/Mono/Solo Analog Output This  is  a  25 ‐ pin  female  D ‐ connector .
Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 73 Appendix C Fr ont-P anel Menus This  appendix  illustrates  the  unit  front ‐ panel  menus  as  trees.  The  Setup  men u  begins  on  this  page.
74 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Fr ont-P anel Menus C.3 Met adat a Params Submenu Figure  C ‐ 2  Figure C-2 Metadata Parameters Submenu.
Measure Contr ol Submenu Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 75 C.4 Measure Control Submenu Figure  C ‐ 3  Figure C-3 Measure Control Submen u Measure Control Set Dialogue.
76 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Fr ont-P anel Menus C.5 Monitor Control Submenu Figure  C ‐ 4  Figure C-4 Monitor Control Submenu C.
User Preset s Submenu Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 77 C.6 User Preset s Submenu Figure  C ‐ 6  Figure C-6 User Presets Submenu C.
78 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Fr ont-P anel Menus C.7.1 Router Config Submenu Figure  C ‐ 8  Figure C-8 Router Config Submenu C.
Monitor Conf ig Submenu Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 79 C.8 Monitor Config Submenu Figure  C ‐ 10  Figure C-10 Monitor Config Menu C.
80 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Fr ont-P anel Menus C.8.2 Speaker T rims Submenu Figure  C ‐ 12  Figure C-12 S peake r T rims Submenu Spe a ke r T r ims Master Tr i.
Status Menu Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 81 C.9 S t atus Menu Figure  C ‐ 13  Figure C-13 S tatus Menu Metadata Par ams En te r t o Vi e w 5 .
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Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 83 Appendix D A Guide to Dolb y Metadata Metadata  provides  unprecedented  capability  for  content  producers  to  deliver  the  highest  quality  audio  to  consumers  in  a  range  of  listening  environments.
84 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual A Guide to Dolby Metadata Dolby  E  is  a  professional  technology  us ed  for  broadcast  applications,  suc.
Metadata Overview Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 85 There  are  two  functional  classifications  of  metadata:  Professional—These  parameters  are  carried  only  in  the  Dolby  E  bits tream.
86 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual A Guide to Dolby Metadata Special Parame ters There  are  professional  parameters  in  the  Dolby  E  bitstream  that  are  not  under  direct  user  control,  such  as  Timecode  and  Pitch  Shift.
Dynamic Range Control Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 87 Dolby  Digital  consumer  decode rs  normalize  the  av erage  output  lev el—that  is , .
88 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual A Guide to Dolby Metadata The  Dolby  Digital  stream  carries  metad ata  for  the  tw o  possible  operating  modes  in  the  decoder .
Dynamic Range Contr ol Pr ofiles Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 89 In  some  situations  it  may  be  nec essary  to  further  constrain  signal  peaks  abov e  the  av erage  dialogue  level  so  that  there  is  less  than  20  dB  headroom.
90 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual A Guide to Dolby Metadata • Speech Max  Boost:  15  dB  (below  –50  dB) Boost  Range:  –50  to  –31 .
Downmixing Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 91 Set ‐ top  boxes,  used  to  receiv e  terre strial,  cable,  or  satell ite  digital  television.
92 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual A Guide to Dolby Metadata There  are  separate  metadata  pa rameters  that  govern  the  Lo/Ro  and  Lt/Rt  downmixes.
P arameter Definitions Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 93 each  program  contains  its  own  metadata.  The  default  setting  is  5.1+2.  Ta b l e D ‐ 3  shows  all  the  av ailable  configurations.
94 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual A Guide to Dolby Metadata Figure  D ‐ 3  LFE Channel The  status  of  the  LFE  Channel  parameter  indicates  to  a  Dolby  Digital  encoder  whether  an  LFE  channel  is  present  within  the  bitstream.
P arameter Definitions Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 95 Line Mode Compression Prof ile and RF Mode Compression Profile For  details  of  the  av ailable  profiles,  see  Section D.
96 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual A Guide to Dolby Metadata Center Downmix Level When  the  encoded  audio  has  thr ee  front  channels  (L,  C, .
P arameter Definitions Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 97 Audio Production Information This  parameter  indicates  whether  the  mixing  lev el  and  room  type  val u e s  are  va l i d .
98 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual A Guide to Dolby Metadata Original Bit stream This  parameter  indicates  whether  the  encoded  Dolby  Digital  bitstream  is  the  master  ver s io n  or  a  copy .
Extended Bitstream Information Par ameters Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 99 frequencies  above  12 0  Hz  that  wo u ld  cause  aliasing  when  decoded.
100 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual A Guide to Dolby Metadata AT S C  document  A/52.  The  revised  definitions  allow  more  information  to  be  carri ed  about  the  audio  program  and  also  allow  more  choic es  for  stereo  downmixing.
Extended Bitstream Information Par ameters Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 101 D.7.3 Lt/Rt Surround Downmix Level This  parameter  indicates  the  level  shift  applied  to  the  surround  channels  when  downmixing  to  an  Lt/Rt  output.
102 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual A Guide to Dolby Metadata D.7.6 Surround EX Mode This  parameter  is  used  to  identify  the  encoded  audio  as  material  encoded  in  Surround  EX TM .
Metadata Combinations Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 103 Center  Dwnmix  Lev –0.707  dB (–3  dB) N/A N/A –0.707  dB (–3  dB) –0.707  dB (–3  dB) Srnd  Dwnmix  Lev –0.707  dB (–3  dB) N/A N/A –0.
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Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 105 A/D  Converter  Type ................. .............. ............... 102 Analog  Output  Master  Volume ......... .............. ...... 17 Applications Digital  Television .
106 Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual Index LFE  Channel .................... .............. .............. .............. 94 LFE  Lowpass  Filter ............. .............. ................. ...... 98 Live  Remote  Broadcast .
Index Dolby ® DP570 Multichannel Audio T ool User’ s Manual 107 RF  Overmodulation  Protection ...................... ........ 95 Room  Type ............. .............. .............. ............... ........ 97 Safety ...................
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