RCA STAV3860 owner manual Listening in Surround Sound, Listening in Dolby PRO Logic Mode

LISTENING IN SURROUND SOUND

LISTENING IN DOLBY PRO LOGIC MODE

To really appreciate what the STAV-3860 can do, sit back and experience a movie encoded in Dolby Digital or Dolby Surround with five speaker surround sound creating theater-like sound effects in your

living room. When choosing software, look for the mark on DVD discs, laser discs, and video tapes (sometimes, unmarked software is also recorded in Dolby Surround).

To enjoy Dolby Digital surround sound from DVD discs, you'll need to have connected your DVD player (or Dolby Digital decoder) to the receiver's 5.1 channel inputs (see page 10), and set the receiver to DVD 5.1CH input mode. See "Listening in DVD 5.1 Channel Imput Mode" on page 21.

Many video tapes feature Dolby Surround/Pro Logic. The STAV-3860 takes advantage of this to provide dramatic and realistic surround sound. The effect can be further enhanced by choosing a Pro Logic with DSP mode. Follow the steps on this page when playing Dolby Surround or Dolby Pro Logic material.

When using any of these modes, it's really important that your speakers are set up correctly (see pages 11–12), and that you've worked through the steps in Setting Up for Surround Sound on pages 13–15.

	SOURCE			CD	TUNER
	POWER
		TAPE		SOURCE SELECT
	$ ASMS		$	! SEARCH !
	1		2	3	4
	@		*DECK 2 &		#
3	5		6	7	8
	EFFECT			DISC/STATION
	9		0	@	#
	D. ACCESS				CLASS
			TUNING
			DECK 1
	T.TONE			&
	FM/AM				MPX
2			TUNING
	SORROUND	2		DSP MODE	MUTING
	CH SELECT		CHANNEL
			LEVEL
1	RECEIVER			FL	VOLUME
		FUNCTION DIMMER
	POWER

STAV-3860

AUDIO/VIDEO SYSTEM REMOTE OSR

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1Press the2button(DOLBY PRO LOGIC on the receiver). Pressing repeatedly changes the Pro Logic mode in the following sequence:

3		DOLBY PRO	PRO LOGIC
			3 with
		LOGIC	THEATER 1
	SURR OFF 2		PRO LOGIC	2
			with

THEATER 2

2Press the SURROUND button.

This starts the process of setting the effect level.

3Use the EFFECT +/– to adjust the DSP effect level PRO LOGIC with THEATER 1 and PRO LOGIC with THEATER 2.

You can adjust the effect level within an range of 10–90 (the default settinig is 50).

memo	• You need to input mode/distance/level settings
	specifically for your Pro Logic mode (see pages 13–
	15).

•If you turn the speakers off PRO LOGIC goes off as well. When you turn the speakers back on, PRO LOGIC will NOT go back on.

•If you try and turn PRO LOGIC on when the speakes are off, SP OFF will flash on the display, informing you that you can't turn on PRO LOGIC when the speakers are off.

•You can't use the tone controls, or the DIRECT function with PRO LOGIC mode.

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