Input Config.
The audio and video settings on this page of the Setup menu can be tailored specifically and independently to the currently selected input.
When a different input is selected on the Input line, all the input-specific settings for that input are displayed below it. These settings are applied to the named Input only and are stored in memory and recalled each time the unit is powered up and whenever that input is selected.
Input – The currently selected input connectors to which the settings below relate.
Name – The display name of the input. You can change the name of any input to more closely match your setup. For example, if you had two satellite receivers, you could connect the main receiver to the Sat audio and video input connectors and change the Name to ‘SAT 1’. You could then connect the second satellite receiver to the VCR audio and video input connectors, but change the VCR Name to ‘SAT 2’. It is then clearer to users of your AVR500/AVR600/AV888 which inputs they wish to select when scrolling though.
Lip Sync – Each input can have its own setting to add a time delay between the audio and video signals to compensate for the sound and picture not being synchronised. This is normally required when video processing is used in the system for scaling or
de-interlacing video. The range of lip sync delay is –5 to +220 milliseconds.
The lip sync adjustment can only correct for delayed video. If the audio is late set lip sync to its minimum.
Mode – Sets the initial audio decode mode for stereo sources on this input.
<Last Mode recalls the last used setting for this input when a stereo source was applied. See section ‘Multichannel source modes’ on page 41 for more information.
Ext. Mode – Sets the initial audio decode mode for multichannel digital sources on this input.
<Last Mode recalls the last used setting for this input when a stereo source was applied. See section ‘Multichannel source modes’ on page 41 for more information.
Treble –
Bass –
These allow you to alter the bass and treble tone controls for all currently active speakers for each individual
input. For example, if your PVR source sounds a little bass light, you can always correct for this by selecting PVR on the Input line at the top of this menu and add 2 or 3dB to the Bass control. Then, whenever the PVR input is selected, the bass is automatically boosted for as long as that input is selected.
Room EQ – When the Auto Speaker Setup function is run it also calculates Room Equalisation coefficients to remove some of the worst effects of resonant frequencies of the room at the listening position. By default Room EQ is not applied to any of the source inputs, however you can enable them on a per-input basis as you wish.
<Not Calculated: (Information only) Auto Speaker Setup has not been run or has errors so cannot be selected.
<On: Room EQ is applied to the current source.
<Off: Room EQ is not applied to the current source.
Input Trim – Sets the maximum analogue input signal level (sensitivity) on this input before the ADC (Analogue-to-Digital converter) signal path clips. Options are 0.5, 1, 2 and 4 volts RMS maximum input. The default is 2Vrms maximum.
For example, analogue sources with low output levels may benefit by choosing the 1V maximum setting, or the 0.5V maximum setting if the source has a very low output. This helps maximise signal-to-noise performance of the unit and also helps keep the various analogue sources sounding about the same level for any given volume control setting.
Dolby Volume –Dolby Volume is an intelligent system that improves the perceived audio frequency response at lower listening levels and corrects for volume inconsistencies between sources (e.g. a rock radio station and a DVD) and between programming (e.g. a TV show and advertisement breaks).
<Off: (default) Dolby Volume is not applied to this input.
<Cinema: enables Dolby Volume for this source and configures the input for audio which comes mostly from movie soundtracks.
<Music: enables Dolby Volume for this source and configures the input for audio which comes from other sources (CD, TV, Satellite, Tuner, etc.).
Dolby Leveller – This setting of Dolby Volume controls how closely quiet and loud sources and programme content are matched to each other, based on the
ear’s perception of loudness. The range of values is 0 (minimal levelling) to 10 (maximum levelling). The default setting is 9, however we recommend
experimenting with lower values if all your source material is more closely matched in level. If the Volume Leveller function is set off, no level matching between sources and programme material is performed. Note however that turning the Dolby Leveller setting of Dolby Volume to ‘Off’ is not the same as turning the entire function of Dolby Volume to ‘Off’, as volume related frequency response processing is still active. See Dolby Volume on page 48 for more information.
DV Calib. Offset – The Calibration Offset parameter of Dolby Volume allows you to compensate for speaker efficiencies and listening position. The default value is 0 and this should normally produce a good result when the speaker levels of the AVR600 (or AV888 and amplifier combination) are set using a sound pressure level meter.
See the Dolby Volume section on page 48 for further information on Calibration Offset.
Surround EX – Sets how the unit should configure its decode mode when a Dolby Digital EX bitstream is received. Note that this setting only applies if you have Surround Back loudspeakers. You may wish to experiment with these two decode modes to see which you prefer with Dolby Digital EX encoded material. Options are Auto DD EX, Auto PLIIx and Manual.
<Auto DD EX: When a Dolby Digital EX-flagged bitstream is detected, the decode mode automatically changes to Dolby Digital EX. This can be temporarily overridden by pressing the MODE button on the remote or front panel.
<Auto PLIIx: When a Dolby Digital EX-flagged bitstream is detected, the decode mode automatically changes to Pro Logic IIx Movie. This can be temporarily overridden by pressing the MODE button on the remote or front panel.
<Manual: The received Dolby Digital EX is treated as if it is an ordinary Dolby Digital stream in that it does not automatically select the EX or PLIIx decode modes. Instead, the previously used decode mode for a multichannel digital source on this input is applied. However, either of the EX or PLIIx decode modes can be applied manually by pressing the MODE button.
Stereo Mode – If you have configured your system to have a subwoofer, then you have the flexibility to choose how bass information is distributed between the front left/right speakers and the subwoofer when listening to stereo (two channel only) analogue and digital sources. Choose the option which gives you the most solid, even sounding bass. If you are using
a subwoofer for stereo, please also see Sub Stereo below to set the level of the subwoofer. For best results test with a set-up disc or live programme material. This setting can be used to override your normal speaker settings in the Spkr Types menu whenever the unit plays stereo material. It is quite common to find that two channel stereo music listening is best done with a slightly different sub/ speaker setting than for surround movies.
<As Spkr Types: When an analogue or digital stereo source is played, your normal speaker configuration (as in Spkr Types menu) is used to reproduce the signal.
<Left/Right: Full frequency stereo information. All audio is sent to the front left and right speakers only without any bass redirection. You can use this setting if you consider your front left/right speakers to be able to handle the full frequency range of music.
If you have set your front left/right speaker size as Small in the Spkr Types setup page, you may wish to use this option to override the setting to Large for stereo music listening, if you have full frequency range left/right speakers.
It can often be beneficial to set full frequency range speakers to Small in the Spkr Types setup page for use with movies, if you have a subwoofer in your system. Doing so may deliver more impact on movie soundtracks as subwoofers are designed to handle reproduction of high bass content. However you may find that for stereo music a better overall result is obtained by not using the subwoofer and effectively treating the front left/right speakers as Large.
<Left/Right+Sub: Full frequency range stereo is fed to the front left and right speakers and extracted bass is sent to the subwoofer. In this case the low frequency information is effectively duplicated.
<Sat+Sub: Use this setting if you really do have Small satellite front left and right speakers, or if you prefer the overall sound of bass being handled by the subwoofer. Full bass management is used so that analogue and digital stereo sources are fed to the DSP where the bass is filtered off front left and right and redirected to the subwoofer.
NOTE
The Stereo Mode function is not available when using an analogue source in Stereo Direct mode.
