Adjusting the Sound, Adjusting the delay time

Home Theater Operations

Note

Pressing buttons other than MASTER VOL., RESET, CENTER +/–, REAR +/–, or BALANCE L/R cancels the test tone.

Adjusting the delay time

By adjusting the delay time you can enhance the spatial characteristics of the sound to obtain a theater-like presence regardless of the size of your room. If the rear speakers are close to your listening position, choose a longer delay time.

You can adjust the settings individually for DOLBY SUR, HALL and GAME.

Note

The delay time cannot be adjusted in PRO LOGIC 3CH mode.

1Choose any surround mode.

2Playback a program.

3Press DELAY on the remote once to display the current delay time.

4Press DELAY a few times to choose the delay time you prefer, either 15, 20, or 30 ms.

The factory setting is 20 ms.

To restore the delay time to the factory setting

Press DELAY and then RESET.

Resetting an entire surround mode

Press the button for the surround mode you want to reset (i.e., HALL) and then press RESET while the name of the surround mode is being displayed.

All of the adjustments in that mode, including the bass and treble, are reset to the factory settings.

Adjusting the Sound

Although this speaker system's sound quality is already adjusted. You can change the settings, as you like, for each surround mode individually. The following settings remain stored in their respective surround mode until you change them.

	+	+	+
	–	–	S.WOOFER +/–
	–	–	–
BASS +/–	+	+	TREBLE +/–
BASS +/–			TREBLE +/–

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BALANCE L/R

SUPER WOOFER

MODE (1, 2, OFF)

1Playback a program and choose a surround mode.

2Make the following sound adjustments according to your preference and/or the type of program you are watching.

	To	press

	adjust the super	S.WOOFER + or –
	woofer level

	adjust the bass level	BASS + or –

	adjust the treble level	TREBLE + or –

	adjust the balance	BALANCE L or R*

*Since BALANCE L and R control sound from the front speakers, they have little effect on DOLBY SUR when the source software has a high proportion of center-channel sound.

To restore the factory settings

Press RESET after pressing either S.WOOFER +/–, BASS +/–, TREBLE +/–, or BALANCE L/R.

SA-VA10 specifications

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