Yamaha RX-SL100RDS owner manual Editing Sound Field Parameters, What is a sound field

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EDITING SOUND FIELD PARAMETERS

What is a sound field

What really creates the rich, full tones of a live instrument are the multiple reflections from the walls of the room. In addition to making the sound “live”, these reflections enable us to tell where the player is situated, and the size and shape of the room in which we are sitting.

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For details on how to change parameter settings, see page 39.

■Elements of a sound field

In any environment, in addition to the direct sound coming straight to our ears from the player’s instrument, there are two distinct types of sound reflections that combine to make up the sound field:

Early reflections

Reflected sounds reach our ears extremely rapidly (50 ms

–100 ms after the direct sound), after reflecting from one surface only — for example, from the ceiling or a wall. Early reflections actually add clarity to the direct sound.

Reverberations

These are caused by reflections from more than one surface — walls, ceiling, the back of the room — so numerous that they merge together to form a continuous sonic “afterglow”. They are non-directional, and lessen the clarity of the direct sound.

Direct sound, early reflections and subsequent reverberation taken together help us to determine the subjective size and shape of the room, and it is this information that the digital sound field processor reproduces in order to create sound fields.

If you could create the appropriate early reflections and subsequent reverberations in your listening room, you would be able to create your own listening environment. The acoustics in your room could be changed to those of a concert hall, a dance floor, or virtually any size room at all. This ability to create sound fields at will is exactly what YAMAHA has done with the digital sound field processor.

Sound field parameter descriptions

You can adjust the values of certain digital sound field parameters so the sound fields are recreated accurately in your listening room. Not all of the following parameters are found in every program.

 

HALL

JAZZ

ROCK

ENTERTAIN

2

 

1

2

3

4

 

MUSIC TV THTR

MOVIE 1

MOVIE 2

 

5

6

7

8

 

 

q/DTS

NIGHT

EX/ES

STEREO

 

 

9

0

+10

ENT

 

 

TV

AV

EFFECT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CODE SET

 

 

REC

FREQ/RDS

EON

 

 

 

 

s

AUDIO

 

 

DISC SKIP

MODE PTY SEEK START

 

 

w

 

e

f

 

 

A/B/C/D/E

 

d PRESET u

 

 

b

p

a

 

 

TITLE

 

 

MENU

 

 

LEVEL

 

 

SET MENU

 

 

CH

ENTER

CH

3,4

 

–

 

 

+

 

RETURN

 

 

DISPLAY

 

TEST

 

 

 

 

TV VOL

 

VOLUME

 

 

 

MUTE

 

 

1

 

AMP

 

 

DVD/CD

VCR

VIDEO 1

 

 

DTV/CBL

TUNER

VIDEO 2

 

 

MUTE

INPUT

–

+

 

 

 

 

CH

 

 

 

TV MODE

 

 

RX-SL100

1Press AMP on the remote control.

AMP

2Press one of the sound field program group buttons to select the desired sound field program.

HALL JAZZ ROCK ENTERTAIN

1 2 3 4

MUSIC TV THTR MOVIE 1 MOVIE 2

5 6 7 8

q/DTS

9

 

INFORMATION

ADDITIONAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

English

 

 

 

 

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Contents RX-SL100RDS Special Instructions for U.K. Model For U.K. customersContents Features Please check that you received all of the following parts Supplied accessoriesInstalling batteries in the remote control Getting StartedFront panel Controls and FunctionsRemote control AMP mode SET Menu Using the remote controlHandling the remote control Volume +Front panel display Speaker placement Speaker Setup10 mm 3/8 Return the tab to secure the wireSpeaker connections Cable tagsImpedance Selector switch Impedance Selector switchSurround Back terminals Speaker connectionsFront terminals Surround terminalsConnecting AV components Before connecting componentsConnecting other components Connecting a TVDigital audio connections Video 2 jacks on the front panelOptical out DVD player DTV or Included White Black Connecting the antennasConnecting the AM loop antenna Frequency Step Asia and General Models onlyFront panel Remote control Connecting the powerTurning on the power Connecting the AC powerBasic Setup Using Basic setupSpeaker Set Up Press k/n repeatedly to select Yes or No, then press Enter Speaker LevelPress k/n repeatedly to select Room Size, then press Enter EnterMemory back-up Basic operations Press STANDBY/ON to turn on the powerAdjust the volume to the desired output level PlaybackSelecting sound field programs Remote control operationTo listen with headphones Silent Cinema Press Mute on the remote controlListening at night Press DSP, then rotate VOLUME/SELECT within 5 secondsPress Night on the remote control Front panel operationLights TuningAutomatic and manual tuning Automatic tuningDisappears Manual tuningFM appears on the front panel display Presetting stationsAutomatically presetting FM stations Hold down VOLUME/SELECT for more than 6 secondsTune into a station Selecting preset stationsManually presetting stations See page 22 for tuning instructionsReceiving RDS stations Press u Preset d to select the desired program type Changing the RDS modeTo cancel this function Press PTY Seek Mode to set this unit in the PTY Seek modeEON function To change the Standby Scart setting RecordingThen For music Sound Field Program DescriptionsFor Hi-Fi DSP programs Type ButtonFor movie For CINEMA-DSP programsFor audio VideoAdvanced Operations Using the sleep timerSetting the sleep timer Canceling the sleep timerOperation Advanced Enjoying 2-channel softwarePRO Logic PRO Logic EnhancedPress k/n repeatedly to select Input Mode, then press h Virtual Cinema DSPInput Mode Press AMP to select the AMP mode Press l / h to adjust the speaker output levelDisplaying information about the input Source Using the test tone Press Test on the remoteControl Input menu SET MenuBasic menu Sound menuChanging parameter settings Press AMP, then press SET Menu to enterPress k/n repeatedly to select a menu, then press h HP Tone Control Headphone tone Sound menuCenter SP. GEQ Center speaker graphic Equalizer SP Tone Control Speaker tone controlSpeaker Set Speaker set SP Distance Speaker distance LFE Level Low-frequency effect levelDynamic Range Dynamic range Choices VCR, VIDEO1, DTV/CBL, DVD/CD Input menuInput Assign Input assignment Optical InputOption menu Input Mode Input modeTuner Freq/Step Tuner frequency step Display Dimmer Display dimmerMemory Guard Memory guard Audio Mute MuteControlling other components Remote Control FeaturesControl area Controlling this unitHold down Code SET while doing steps 2 Setting manufacturer codesDefault codes Setting a codeENT Controlling other componentsWhat is a sound field Editing Sound Field ParametersElements of a sound field For 6ch Stereo Delay DelayDimension Dimension DSP Level DSP levelGeneral TroubleshootingOne side can be Sound suddenlyGoes off Only the speaker onStandby mode Or DTS indicator onVolume level Switches toTuner Remote control Does not work orFunction properly Glossary Virtual Cinema DSP PCM Linear PCMSampling frequency and number Quantized bits Specifications VCR WC19140-1

RX-SL100RDS specifications

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