Surround sound settings, Using the Setup menu

07Surround sound settings

Chapter 7 Surround sound settings

Using the Setup menu

From the Setup menu you can access all the surround

sound settings of the system1, including channel levels, speaker distances, dynamic range adjustment and dual mono audio playback.

Use the following buttons to use the Setup menu.

		TIMER REC	REC MODE
SETUP	/TUNE+	SR+ ONETOUCHCOPY
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/ST–	ENTER	/ST+	MENU
MCACC	/TUNE–	TEST TONE	VIDEO IN

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Channel level setting

The Auto MCACC feature (see page 16) should give you the best surround sound setup. However you may find that by further adjustment of the channel levels you can improve the surround sound in your listening room.

This method of setting the channel levels allows you to listen to a source and adjust the levels of each playback channel. Note that the channel level settings for stereo playback are independent of the settings for surround sound playback.

A further method of setting the channel levels is to use the test tone method. See Adjusting the channel levels using the test tone on page 25 for more on this.

1Select stereo or multichannel playback for a source.

2Press SETUP.

3	Use the	(cursor left/right) buttons to select
CH LEVEL, then press ENTER.
4	Use	(cursor left/right) to select a channel;

(cursor up/down) to adjust the level of that channel.

¥You can adjust the level of each channel by ± 10 dB.

¥If the system is in Stereo or Virtual mode, or a stereo source is playing in Auto mode, you will not be able to adjust the center or surround channels.

5Press ENTER when you’re finished.

¥If you use the Auto MCACC feature again, it will overwrite the settings you have made here.

Speaker distance setting

The Auto MCACC feature (see page 16) should give you the best surround sound setup. However you may find that by further adjustment of the speaker distance settings you can improve the surround sound in your listening room.

Set the distance of each speaker from your normal listening position.

1	Press SETUP.
2	Use the	(cursor left/right) buttons to select
DISTANCE, then press ENTER.
3	Use	(cursor left/right) to select a speaker;
	(cursor up/down) to adjust the distance.

Adjust the following speakers:

¥L Ð Front left speaker

¥C Ð Center speaker

¥R Ð Front right speaker

¥SR Ð Surround right speaker

¥SL Ð Surround left speaker

¥SW Ð Subwoofer

Each speaker can be adjusted from 0.3 m to 9.0 m.

4Press ENTER when you’re finished.

¥If you use the Auto MCACC feature again, it will overwrite the settings you have made here.

Dynamic Range Control

When watching Dolby Digital or DTS material at low volume, low level soundsÑincluding some of the dialogÑcan be difficult to hear properly. Using one of the Dynamic Range Control (DRC) settings can help by bringing up the low level sounds, while controlling high level peaks.

Dynamic Range Control works only with Dolby Digital soundtracks and some DTS soundtracks.

1	Press SETUP.
2	Use the	(cursor left/right) buttons to select
DRC, then press ENTER.
3	Use	(cursor up/down) to select a setting.

Select one of the following:

Note

1 There are other settings you can adjust from the Setup menu; these are explained in Listening to the radio on page 22 and Additional informa- tion on page 29.

07Surround sound settings

Chapter 7