Fine Tuning Your Surround Sound
Surround speakers distance setting
Set the distance from the surround speakers to the listening position.
Follow steps 1&2 on page 29 (if necessary).
Use the +/– buttons to choose the surround speakers from the main listening position (within a range from 1 foot [0.3m] to 30 feet [9m]).
Press SETUP to advance to the next receiver setting mode.
Press ENTER if you want to exit the setting mode.
•The default setting is “6 feet (1.8m)”.
•One step equals about 1 foot (0.3m).
•When “SURR.
•If you do the Room Setup (see page 28) after the settings here, those will take precedence.
Dynamic range control setting
Dynamic range is the difference between the loudest and softest sounds in any given signal. The dynamic range control helps you playback sounds so the quieter sounds are audible yet the louder sounds don’t get distorted. It does this by compressing the dynamic range. When watching a movie at low volume, setting this function enables low level sounds to be heard more easily but you won’t be jolted by louder sounds.
Dual mono setting
Dual mono has two different audio channels in it. You can use it to listen to soundtracks that have one language on one channel and a different language on the other.
The dual mono setting can only be used when listening to discs that have dual mono software encoded in them, for example some Dolby Digital discs. As of now these are not that widely used.
The ch1 setting plays channel 1 through your center speaker. If you have selected no Center speaker in the speakers setting (or are in a 2 ch listening mode) then you will hear ch1 out of both front speakers. The ch2 setting plays channel 2 through your center speaker. If you have selected no Center speaker in the speakers setting (or are in a 2 ch listening mode) then you will hear channel 2 out of both front speakers. In the L. c1 R. c2 setting the speakers will play the soundtrack independently of each other. The left front speaker will play channel 1 and the right front speaker will play channel 2.
Follow steps 1&2 on page 29 (if necessary).
Use the +/– buttons to choose the Dual mono setting (ch1, ch2 or L. c1 R. c2).
Press SETUP to advance to the next receiver setting mode.
Press ENTER if you want to exit the setting mode.
•The default setting of this feature is “ch1”.
Follow steps 1&2 on page 29 (if necessary).
Use the +/– buttons to choose the dynamic range control (OFF, MAX, or MID).
Dynamic range control is operative only when a Dolby Digital soundtracks with this feature encoded into it is being played back. For other sources use the MIDNIGHT mode (see page 37) to achieve the same effect.
Press SETUP to advance to the next receiver setting mode.
Press ENTER if you want to exit the setting mode.
•The default setting is “OFF”.
•When listening at high volume, set to OFF.
•For best results at low volumes, set to “MAX” for maximum dynamic range compression.
•Dynamic range control is expressed as DRC in the display.
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