Dynamic Range: This setting allows you to take advantage of the programming present on some Dolby Digital recordings to reduce the volume of louder passages while maintaining intelligibility of quieter passages. This means that you may listen to programs at a level that allows the full impact of a soundtrack to be heard at a volume that is lower than you might otherwise use to avoid disturbing others. The Digital Lounge accomplishes this by compressing the audio to a greater or lesser degree, depending on which setting you choose. Three options are available:
•MINIMUM does not make any changes to the original playback, and should be used when the volume setting in the listening room may be as loud as you desire.
•MEDIUM applies a moderate amount of compression so that louder passages are a little bit quieter.
•MAXIMUM applies more compression so that louder passages are much softer.
Feel free to experiment with the settings at any time.
Delay Unit: This setting sets the measuring unit for Delay in either Feet or Meter.
If you have a digital video source or a digital video display that causes lack of lip sync you may use the A/V Sync adjust feature to delay the audio signal as it is sent to all channels (as opposed to the individual settings) so that the picture and sound are brought back together. Adjustments can be made in steps of 5ms, from 0ms up to 50ms.
Tone Control: Activates or De-activates the Bass and Treble settings. Once either the Bass or Treble Settings are changed, the Tone Control automatically switches to ON.
Bass Level: Sets the level of low frequencies.
Treble Level: Sets the level of high frequencies.
DVD Sound Mode: Sets the audio format of the DVD-disc playing (for other sources, see Surround Mode in each respective chapter). Once set to stereo, every surround format on a DVD will be converted to a pure stereo signal. Once set to Logic 7 or Dolby Pro Logic II, all stereo sig- nals on a DVD are forced into 5.1. This setting is recommended. Original will follow the surround format on the disc.
Audio Adjustment
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The Audio Adjustment Submenu contains the access to the manual speaker delay and the out- put level adjustment settings of the Digital Lounge as well as the automated EzSet/EQ setup. Follow the explanations in the Upper Menu Line on the bottom of your screen to make adjustments.
Automated Speaker Setup
Using EzSet/EQ
The Digital Lounge is one of the first receivers in its class to offer automated speaker setup and system calibration. This process greatly simplifies the installation of your new receiver by using a series of test signals and the power of an advanced digital signal processing system to eliminate the need for manual adjustment of speaker “size”, crossover, delay and output level settings, while adding the power of a multi-band parametric equalizer to smooth out any peculiarities in frequency response that may result from the characteristics of the listening room. With EzSet/EQ your new receiver even alerts you to errors in speaker connections that prevent a speaker from functioning.
With EzSet/EQ you are able to calibrate your system in a fraction of the time it would take to enter the settings manually, and with results that rival those achieved with expensive test equip- ment and time-consuming procedures. The end result is a system calibration profile that enables your new receiver to deliver the best possible sound, no matter what type of speakers you have or what the dimensions of your listening room are.
We recommend that you take advantage of the precision of EzSet/EQ to calibrate your system, but if desired you may also make any of the configuration settings manually, or trim the settings provided by EzSet/EQ by following the instructions on page 34.
If you wish to configure your DL manually, or if for some reason your EzSet/EQ microphone is unavailable, you may still do so by following the instructions on page 34.
Step 1: EzSet/EQ requires that your listening room have as little background noise as possible to avoid interfering with the measurement of tones produced by your Digital Lounge during the setup procedure. Turn off all loud fans, air conditioners and other equipment, and try to avoid making any noise during the process.
Step 2: The EzSet/EQ microphone should be placed in either your usual listening position or, if there is a large seating area, the center of the room, at the listeners’ ear level. You may find it convenient to use a camera tripod for stable placement of the EzSet/EQ microphone at the correct height. The microphone includes a thread- ed insert on the bottom for tripod mounting.
Step 3: Plug the EzSet/EQ microphone into the Digital Lounge’s Headphone Jack 4, making certain that the mini-plug is firmly connected. The microphone cable is approximately 7 meter long, which should accommodate most listening room situations. If required, you may use an optional extension cable, available at most electronics stores, for use in larger rooms. However, we rec- ommend that you avoid using extension cords for the microphone cable, as they may adversely affect the test results.
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Step 4: Once the microphone is properly posi- tioned and plugged in, first select the AUX input by pressing the OSD Button 8, followed by moving the M/N Navigation Buttons 9 until the AUX input is highlighted in dark blue. Press the Enter Button 6 to confirm. Next proceed to the SET-UP menu, and move the cursor to the Audio Adjustments line. Press the Enter Button
6to confirm. Next, press the M/N Navigation Buttons 9 to move the on-screen cursor to the EZSET/EQ SETUP menu line. Press the Enter Button 6 to move to the next screen.
