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*Speaker positioning should be achieved through Space Optimisation, however if Space Optimisation is disabled, the speaker distances may be configured from the [[Konfig_Manual#Dolby.2FDTS|Konfig > Dolby/DTS]] tab. | *Speaker positioning should be achieved through Space Optimisation, however if Space Optimisation is disabled, the speaker distances may be configured from the [[Konfig_Manual#Dolby.2FDTS|Konfig > Dolby/DTS]] tab. | ||
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Revision as of 11:40, 18 February 2019
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:
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
- 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.
Songcast Surround audio is NOT Songcasted to other rooms. Songcast will only support Stereo audio, if you DSM front panel is showing a Surround mode then this audio is not shared via Songcast.
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 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
- Speaker type set for
- 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.
