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Dear HITACHI customer
Congratulations on your purchase of the very latest state of the art
technology. At Hitachi we pride ourselves on producing high quality televisions
with outstanding picture and audio capabilities, coupled with Hitachi’s
reputation for superior reliability. You should enjoy many years of trouble free
operation from your TV. Take some time to read this Users Guide thoroughly,
and if you encounter any difficulty, firstly refer to the Trouble Shooting Guide at
the rear of this manual. In the unlikely event of a problem occurring with your
TV, contact your dealer immediately.
...notes on digital sound
Your Hitachi television is capable of decoding advanced forms of digital
audio (such as Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG and PCM) coding that makes it
possible to reproduce high-quality digital sound. Being the next step forward
from analogue sound, digital sounds sonic realism and listener involvement
will change the way you experience sound from your Hitachi television. Digital
sound works by delivering at maximum 5 separate audio channels - left,
right, centre, left surround, right surround and also a LFE (Low Frequency
Effects) channel. These independent channels allow for a more precise
localisation of sounds and a more convincing, realistic ambience.
Dolby Digital
Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”, ”Pro Logic”
and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential
Unpublished Works. ©1992 - 1997 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved.
DTS
Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems, Inc. US Pat. No.
5,451,942 and other world wide patents issues and pending. “DTS” and “DTS
Digital Surround” are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. © 1996 Digital
Theater Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Software Notice
It is prohibited for the end user of this product to copy, reverse engineer
or reverse compile the software included therein save to the extent permitted
by law.
