Alpine VPA-B222R owner manual Adjustment Procedure for Dolby Surround, Setting the Speakers, 32-EN

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Adjustment Procedure for Dolby Surround

Make the adjustments described below in order to reproduce Dolby Digital and DTS sound with greater accuracy.

Adjustment procedure

1

Speaker Setup (page 36)

 

(Turning the speakers to be used on and off and

 

setting their response)

2

Adjusting the speaker levels (page 38)

 

(Adjusting the signal output level to the various

 

speakers)

3

Mixing bass sound to the rear channel

(page 37)

 

(Achieving smooth sound in the rear seat by mixing

 

the front audio signals with the rear speaker signals)

4

Adjusting the acoustic image (page 37)

(Adjusting the acoustic image to achieve a sound as

 

if the centre speaker were directly in front of the

 

listener)

5

Achieving powerful high volume sound

(page 38)

 

(Achieving energetic sound with even greater power,

 

like the sound in a movie theater)

6

Adjusting the DVD Level (page 38)

 

(Adjust the volume (signal level) in the Dolby Digital,

 

Pro Logic II, DTS and PCM modes)

7

Storing Settings in the Memory (page 38)

(Storing all the settings and adjustments made on the

 

VPA-B222R (not only the above settings/adjustments)

 

in the memory)

In case of combining the Automatic adjustments, etc.

We recommend to make the Automatic adjustments before the Dolby Surround adjustments.

Setting the Speakers

1 Check that Defeat mode is off (page 12).

2 Press and hold TA/RTN/SETUP for at least 2 seconds.

The SETUP screen is displayed.

3 Press the joystick up or down to select AP SETUP, then press the joystick right.

The AP SETUP screen is displayed.

4 Press the joystick up or down to select SPEAKER SEL, then press the joystick right.

5 Press the joystick left or right to set the connected speaker.

FRONT1: OFF/FULL (Full Range)/TW (tweeter)

FRONT2: OFF/ON

REAR: OFF/ON

CENTER: OFF/ON

SUBWOOFER: OFF/MONO/STEREO

6 Repeat step 4 and 5 to set all other speakers.

7 Press TA/RTN/SETUP to return to the previous screen.

Set any unconnected speakers to OFF.

Settings above can be carried out even when the speaker is set to OFF in “Speaker Setup” (page 36).

To use the subwoofer in MONO with PXA-H700 or PXA-H701 connected, connect the subwoofer to the subwoofer output terminal of PXA-H700 or PXA-H701.

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Alpine VPA-B222R owner manual Adjustment Procedure for Dolby Surround, Setting the Speakers, 32-EN