Sony DAV-HDX686W manual Settings for the audio, Other Settings, Audio Setup, xSPEAKER FORMATION

Settings for the audio

[AUDIO SETUP]

AUDIO SETUP

SPEAKER FORMATION:
AUTO CALIBRATION:
AUDIO DRC:	OFF
TRACK SELECTION:	OFF

x[SPEAKER FORMATION]

You can select the position of the speakers for better surround sound. For details, see “Getting Optimal Surround Sound for a Room”

(page 79).

x[AUTO CALIBRATION]

You can calibrate the appropriate settings automatically. For details, see “Calibrating the Appropriate Settings Automatically” (page 80).

x[AUDIO DRC] (DVD VIDEO only)

You can compress the dynamic range of the sound track. [AUDIO DRC] is useful for watching movies at low volume late at night.

[OFF]: No compression of dynamic range.

[STANDARD]: The system reproduces the sound track with the kind of dynamic range that the recording engineer intended.

[MAX]: The system compresses dynamic range fully.

Note

• [AUDIO DRC] works only for Dolby Digital.

x[TRACK SELECTION] (DVD VIDEO only)

You can give the sound track which contains the highest number of channels priority when you play a DVD VIDEO on which multiple audio formats (PCM, DTS, Dolby Digital, or MPEG audio) are recorded.

[OFF]: Off.

[AUTO]: The system selects the sound track automatically according to the priority.

•When you set the item to [AUTO], the language may change. The [TRACK SELECTION] setting has higher priority than the [AUDIO] settings in [LANGUAGE SETUP] (page 60). (Depending on the disc, this function may not work.)

•If PCM, DTS, Dolby Digital sound, and MPEG audio have the same number of channels, the system selects PCM, DTS, Dolby Digital sound, and MPEG audio in this order.

Other Settings

[SYSTEM SETUP]

SYSTEM SETUP

SCREEN SAVER:		ON
BACKGROUND:	JACKET PICTURE
PARENTAL CONTROL:
MULTI-DISC RESUME:		ON
RESET:

x[SCREEN SAVER]

You can reduce the damage to the display device (ghosting). Press any button (e.g., H) to cancel the screen saver.

[ON]: The screen saver image appears if you do not operate the system for about 15 minutes. [OFF]: Off.

x[BACKGROUND]

You can select the background color or picture on the TV screen.

[JACKET PICTURE]: The jacket picture (still picture) appears, but only when the jacket picture is already recorded on the disc (CD- EXTRA, etc.). If the disc does not contain a jacket picture, the [GRAPHICS] picture appears.

[GRAPHICS]: A preset picture stored in the system appears.

[BLUE]: The background is blue.

[BLACK]: The background is black.

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