Panasonic SC-ST1 Sound field, Dolby Digital and DTS, Dolby Pro Logic, Speaker level adjustments

Sound field

		AV SYSTEM	TV	VCR/AUX
	SLEEP	TV/VIDEO	TUNER/BAND	DVD/CD	DVD/CD
	FL DISPLAY
FL DISPLAY	DIMMER
		1	2	3
	PLAY MODE
–MIX 2CH	MIX 2CH
		4	5	6
	REPEAT
		7	8	9
	POSITION	CANCEL	=>10/ENTER
	MEMORY
			0
	SKIP		SLOW/SEARCH
	CH
	TOP MENU			MENU
	DIRECT			PLAY LIST
erw q	NAVIGATOR
ENTER		ENTER
	DISPLAY			RETURN
	TV VOL			TV VOL
VOLUME		VOLUME
– +		C.S.M	SUBWOOFER
	MUTING		SFC	LEVEL	CH SELECT
	S.SRND	PL	C.FOCUS	TEST
% PL			CH SELECT
	FM MODE	ZOOM	GROUP	AUDIO	–TEST
	SETUP

¡Dolby Pro Logic, Super Surround, Center Focus and Subwoofer Level adjusting (\ pages 25–27) cannot be used if headphones are connected (“ERROR” appears on the display).

¡You may experience a reduction in sound quality when these sound field systems are used with some sources. If this occurs, turn the sound field system off.

Dolby Digital and DTS

¡Dolby Digital and DTS are digital encoding systems used on DVD to carry surround sound. Both were originally developed for use in cinemas.

¡This unit automatically recognizes and decodes these systems.

Software encoded with Dolby	Software encoded with DTS
Digital can be identified with	can be identified with this
this mark.	mark.

Play a Dolby Digital or DTS source.

The Dolby Digital or DTS indicator lights.

DIGITAL DTS

■To down-mix Dolby Digital or DTS (multiple-

channel) signals to 2 channels

Press and hold [–MIX 2CH].

MIX2ch ON

To cancel, press and hold [–MIX 2CH] again.

To check the current setting

Press [FL DISPLAY].

When “D.MIX” flashes on the display DVD-A

The DVD-Audio Contains multiple-channel signals that cannot be down-mixed.

Note

You cannot use the “MIX 2ch” setting in the following cases: When using headphones

When Dolby Pro Logic is on When Super Surround is on

Dolby Pro Logic

Dolby Pro Logic is a decoding system that was developed to get a better sense of presence from sources encoded with Dolby Surround. The feeling of position has been improved by the addition of a separate center speaker channel.

Software encoded with Dolby Surround can be identified with this mark (DVD, CD, Video CD, Laser Disc, Video tape).

1 Press [% PL]. PL

2 Play a Dolby Surround source.

To cancel

Press [% PL] again.

Note

This does not work when playing multi-channel Dolby Digital.

Speaker level adjustments

If the level of the speakers appears to be different while listening to a source, adjust the level of the speakers to the same apparent level.

1 Press and hold [–TEST] to output a test signal.		operations
■ Adjust using test signal
Preparation
¡Press [DVD/CD].		quality
Lch: Front left
Cch: Center
Rch: Front right
RSch: Right surround		field/sound
L, R:	–16 dB to 0 dB
LSch: Left surround
2 Press [VOLUME, –] or [+] to set the volume level normally
used for enjoying the source.
3 Press [e] (to increase) or [r] (to decrease).		Sound
C, RS, LS:	–10 dB to +6 dB

To stop the test signal, press and hold [–TEST] again.

■To adjust speaker level during play

1 Press [CH SELECT] to select the speaker.

¡Turn off the Super Surround setting when using Dolby Digital, DTS (\ page 26).

Each time you press the button:

Lch / Cch /Rch /RSch /LSch /SWch , SWch: Subwoofer

¡“Sch” is displayed on the unit when using the Super Surround setting.

Sch: Surround speakers

2Press [e] (to increase) or [r] (to decrease).

L, R: –16 dB to 0 dB

C, RS, LS, S: –10 dB to +6 dB

SW:–10 dB to +10 dB

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