Bass Compensation
ADAPTiQ™
Treble Compensation
Dolby Digital 1+1
Mono Decoding
Center Channel
Audio Status
Range Compression
Movie EQ
Settings: Audio Setup (source)

Changing System Settings

Making audio adjustments

You can make some audio adjustments for each source individually. Figure 12 shows you how to get to the Audio Setup menu:

1.Press the Settings button. A menu of the available settings for the current source will be displayed on your TV screen.

2.Using the down navigation button (), scroll down the list and select (highlight) Audio Setup.

3.Press the Enter button and the audio settings will be displayed for the current source.

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Figure 12

The audio setup submenu

On

 

Mute

Mute

Off

 

All

 

SOURCE / INPUT

 

CD/DVD

FM/AM

Tape

 

TV Input

TV

VCR

AUX

 

Power

Power

Power

MENU / NAVIGATION

DVD

Guide

Exit

Settings

Menu

Tune

 

 

Seek

 

Enter

 

Channel

 

 

 

Chapter

 

 

Volume

Preset

 

 

 

Track

 

 

 

1

 

2

3

4

 

5

6

7

 

8

9

 

 

0

Previous

 

 

 

 

PLAYBACK

 

Stop

Pause

Play

Shuffle

 

 

Repeat

 

AUDIO

 

Speakers

 

Surround

2-3-5

 

-

+

Settings Settings (source)

Audio Setup

Enter

(Notes 1 and 2)

(Note 1) (Notes 1 and 3)

(Note 4)

Notes:

1. Does not appear for FM, AM, or CD.

2.Appears only when Dolby 1+1 is not available.

3.Appears only when a disc contains a Dolby Digital 1+1 audio track.

4.The ADAPTiQ™ audio calibration system may not be included with your LIFESTYLE® system. Contact your Bose® dealer.

Menu Item

Settings

What each setting does

 

 

 

Movie EQ:

On

Automatically sets bass and treble compensation for the proper playback of movie

 

 

sound tracks.

 

Off

Movie EQ mode is Off.

 

 

 

Range

On

Automatically adjusts the volume to allow you to hear soft sounds (particularly dialogue)

Compression:

 

and to prevent you from being overwhelmed by a loud special effect, such as an explo-

 

 

sion. This feature is normally engaged when you turn the system on to DVD, TV, VCR,

 

 

AUX, or TAPE.

 

Off

Range compression is off.

 

 

 

Dolby Digital 1+1:

1/2/Both

Selects Track 1, Track 2, or both of the Dolby Digital 1+1 (dual mono) audio tracks.

 

 

 

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