Sony Z3v manual Super-vivid mode, Enhancing the sound output, High-resolution audio

Super-vivid mode

Sony’s super-vivid mode intensifies and saturates the colors for images to increase the sharpness and contrast.

To turn on Super-vivid mode

1 From your Home screen, tap .

2Find and tap Settings > Display >Image enhancement.

3Tap the Super-vivid mode radio button if it is not already selected.

Enhancing the sound output

You can enhance the sound of your device by manually enabling individual sound settings such as Equalizer and Surround sound. You can also enable the Dynamic normalizer to minimize volume differences between songs or videos. And you can listen to high-resolution audio using a regular headset (connected via the headset socket) or by connecting your device with a digital-to-analogue converter/amplifier (DAC/amp) either wirelessly or by cable via the micro USB port of your device.

To enhance the sound output manually

1 From your Home screen, tap .

2Find and tap Settings > Sound > Audio settings.

3 Mark the ClearAudio+ checkbox.

To adjust the sound settings manually

1 From the Home screen, tap .

2Find and tap Settings > Sound > Audio settings.

3 Unmark the ClearAudio+ checkbox if it is marked.

4 Tap Sound effects > Equalizer.

5 Adjust the sound settings by dragging the frequency band buttons up or down.

The manual adjustment of sound output settings has no effect on voice communication applications. For example, there is no change in the voice call sound quality.

To minimize volume differences using the Dynamic normalizer

1 From the Home screen, tap .

2Find and tap Settings > Sound > Audio settings.

3 Mark the Dynamic normalizer checkbox.

High-resolution audio

There are different ways to listen to your music and videos in high-resolution audio:

•Connect a headset to your device using the regular headset socket.

•Use the micro USB port with a supported cable to output the sound to a high-resolution digital-to-analogue converter/amplifier (DAC/amp) and then connect your headphones or speakers to it. For example, you can use the Sony PHA-2 Portable Hi-Res DAC/ Headphone Amplifier or the Sony TA-A1ES High-Resolution Audio Stereo Amplifier to get a much higher quality sound.

•Use the micro USB port with a supported cable to output the sound to a digital-to- analogue converter/amplifier (DAC/amp) and then connect this device to a home sound system (via the system’s amplifier).

•Stream the sound (wirelessly or via micro USB cable) from your device to an all-in-one high-resolution DAC amplifier/speaker system such as the Sony SRS-X9 Ultra Premium Hi-Res Bluetooth® Speaker.

You can also stream your music wirelessly to certain DAC/amp devices, such as the Sony MAP-S1, using, for example, Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi® or DLNA technology.

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