Using Surround Sound
Getting the Most Out of Dolby Pro Logic Surround Sound
To obtain the best possible Dolby Pro Logic Surround sound, first select the center mode according to your speaker system. Then, adjust the sound parameters of the PRO LOGIC sound field.
Note that you must have at least one additional pair of speakers and/or one center speaker to do the following adjustments.
SOUND FIELD
ON/OFF
CTR MODE GENRE MODE
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| SURROUND PARAMETER |
| LEVEL | ||||||||||||||||
indicator | DPC |
| MODE |
Selecting the center mode
The receiver offers you four center modes: PHANTOM, 3 CHANNEL LOGIC, NORMAL, and WIDE. Each mode is designed for a different speaker configuration. Select the mode that best suits your speaker system configuration.
1Press SOUND FIELD ON/OFF to turn on the sound fields.
2Press GENRE to select the PRO LOGIC sound field.
3Press CTR MODE repeatedly until the center mode you want appears in the display. Select the center mode by referring to the following chart.
If you have | Select | So that |
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Front and rear | PHANTOM | The sound of the |
speakers, no |
| center channel is |
center speaker |
| output from the front |
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| speakers. |
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Front and center | 3 CH LOGIC | The sound of the rear |
speakers, no rear | (3 Channel | channel is output |
speaker | Logic) | from the front |
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| speakers. |
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Front and rear | NORMAL | The bass sound of the |
speakers, and a |
| center channel is |
small center |
| output from the front |
speaker |
| speakers (because a |
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| small speaker cannot |
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| bass). |
GENRE
SOUND FIELD ON/OFF
MODE
DPC MODE
DIGITAL PROCESSING CONTROL
0) = + 
9 ( p P r
TEST TONE
REAR LEVEL (+/–)
CENTER LEVEL (+/–)
Front and rear | WIDE | For “complete” |
speakers, and a |
| Dolby Pro Logic |
center speaker |
| Surround sound. |
equivalent to your |
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front speakers |
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Adjusting the speaker volume
The test tone feature lets you set the volume of your speakers to the same level. (If all of your speakers have equal performance, you don’t have to adjust the speaker volume.)
Using the controls on the remote lets you adjust the volume level from your listening position.
1Press TEST TONE on the remote.
You will hear the test tone from each speaker sequentially.