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Linn Surround Module

Direct decoding of surround streams from HDMI / HDMI-ARC / TOSLINK / SPDIF is supported with the addition of a Linn Surround module mounted onto the HDMI-2 board within the DSM.

The Linn Surround module is sold only as an upgrade to any:

Selekt or Akurate or Klimax DSM

• with Exakt capability and
• fitted with a HDMI-2 board.

List of products that support the surround upgrade module

Selekt Products

• All variants of Selekt DSM (upgraded with Selekt HDMI switching module)

Akurate Products

• Akurate DSM (Exakt variant) (upgraded with HDMI-2 board)
• Akurate DSM (4K compatible)
• Akurate DSM (Katalyst variant)
• Akurate Exakt DSM (upgraded with HDMI-2 board)
• Akurate Exakt DSM (4K compatible)
• Akurate System Hub

Klimax Products

• Klimax DSM (Exakt variant) (upgraded with HDMI-2 board)
• Klimax DSM (KATALYST variant)
• Klimax Exakt DSM (4K compatible)
• New Klimax DSM
• Klimax System Hub

• The HDMI-2 boards have been fitted as standard since September 2016 and are available as an upgrade to all Akurate and Klimax DSM's.

Sneaky/Sekrit/Kiko & Majik Products
This Linn Surround Module upgrade is either not available or is not supported in these products.

• Supported codecs on HDMI, HDMI-ARC, TOSLINK and SPDIF connections

• Dolby Digital,
• Dolby Digital Plus,
• Dolby TrueHD,
• DTS,
• DTS-HD Master Audio,
• DTS-HD,
• DTS Neo:6....

Dolby Atmos and DTS-X are not supported.

• Available from the Konfig > Dolby/DTS tab are Neo:6 mode selection, and ‘Dynamic Range Compression’ (formerly known as Midnight Movie Mode on earlier Linn products).

• Speaker positioning should be achieved through Space Optimisation, however if Space Optimisation is disabled, the speaker distances may be configured from the Konfig > Dolby/DTS tab.

Speaker configurations:
To reduce the Exakt hardware requirements for extra channels, it is possible to configure an ExaktBox or ExaktBox-I to drive one non-Exakt speaker per channel, up to a maximum of 8 channels, using either a 6 x channel passthrough or [[[Surround_Sound#Introduction|8 x channel passthrough]] Exakt filter.
Space Optimization will be supported for this configuration, but not Space Optimisation+ (for Exakt speakers).

• Speakers can be driven from any combination of:

• Direct analogue output from the DSM
• Exakt Speaker
• Exaktbox configured with crossovers for one or two speakers
• Exaktbox configured for surround playback

Speaker type set for

6 x Channel Passthrough for 5.1ch or

8 x Channel Passthrough or 7.1ch

• Linn Selekt DSM cartridge(s)

Examples of speaker setups can be found HERE

Some information for setup in Konfig can be found HERE

Setup via IR handset:

• Use the left/right handset joystick control to adjust the Lipsync. (make sure that in Konfid the "delay mode" for that source is set for "Video Sync"
  
• Press the Up/Down buttons to adjust the LFE (sub-woofer) settings.