Bryston SP2 owner manual Setting the BPLM with Pink Noise, Setting the BPLM without Pink Noise

. 2: Next. .move .the .cursor .to .“LVL”. .Hit .‘SELECT’ .- . You .are .now .in .the .Level .Trim .Menu. .

. 3: Move. .the .cursor .to .the .speaker(s) .you .want . to .change .the .level .for .using .the .arrow .keys . (L, .C, .R, .RS, .LS, .RB, .LB, .SUB). .Hit .‘SELECT’. .

Now .you .can .adjust .the .Level .for .the .selected . speaker .using .the .arrow .buttons. .

. 4: Hit. .‘SELECT’ .when .finished, .and .repeat .Step .3 . to .change .the .Level .Trim .for .any .of .the .other . speakers. .

Setting the THX Subwoofer Limiter or “Bass Peak Level Manager”

To .diminish .the .chance .that .your .subwoofer .will . overload .from .the .large .amount .of .bass, .often . present .in .the .LFE .channel .the .system .uses .a .Peak . Management .circuit .which .works .with .the .data . you .supplied .during .speaker .setup .to .help .match . the .subwoofer .output .to .your .specific .subwoofer’s . capabilities. .Please .note .that .the .factory .default . for .the .BLPM .is .-10 .dB .since .the .capabilities .of . your .specific .subwoofer .are .unknown. .In .the .SP2 . setup .and .calibration .section .above, .the .final .step . you .should .have .performed .was .to .set .the .BLPM . for .your .sub-woofer’s .specific .capabilities. .

Setting the BPLM with Pink Noise

. 1: Enter. .the .main .menu .by .pressing .on .one .of . the .menu .buttons. . Move .the .cursor .to .“OS”. . Hit .‘Select’ .- .You .are .now .in .the .Other .Settings . (Optical/THX) .Menu.

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. 2: Move. .the .cursor .to .‘BPLM’. .Hit .Select. .

[BPLM=Bass .Peak .level .Manager] .You .will .see . the .following .screen.

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. 3: Hit. .‘SELECT’ .and .you .will .see .the .adjustment . screen .picture .below .appear, .and .you .will .hear .

a.low .level .Pink .Noise .signal .coming .from .your . subwoofer .and/or .large .speakers.

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Now .you .can .adjust .the .value .of .the .subwoofer . limiter .(-24 .to .0 .dB). .Slowly .increase .the .level .by . pressing .the .“>” .button .(display .counting .up .from . -24) .until .you .hear .overload/ .distortion/bottoming/ popping .from .your .sub-woofer(s). .When .you .do, . reduce .the .value .shown .by .1dB .and .Hit .‘SELECT’ . to .save .the .setting. .You .can .always .return .to .this .

menu .to .make .further .adjustments .if .needed. .

Setting the BPLM without Pink Noise

To .adjust .the .BPLM .setting .without .running .the . Noise .routine, .Enter .the .BPLM .as .above, .but .when . the .SP2 .prompts .“Do .BPLM .Routine?”, .use .the . arrow .keys .to .select .‘NO’ .and .hit .‘SELECT’. .This . will .bring .up .the .numeric .value .of .the .BPLM .setting . without .the .noise .signal. .You .can .now .adjust .the . value .using .the .arrow .keys, .and .hit .‘SELECT’ .when . finished. .

Caution: .If the BPLM is set to “OFF” or “0”, the Bass Limiting function is disabled. In this case, you may run the risk of speaker damage due to bass overload. Please be sure that your speaker system can handle high bass levels before disabling the BPLM. .

Enabling DTS-ES 6.1 Decoding

DTS-ES .Discrete .6.1 .will .only .operate .on .DTS . source .bitstreams .that .have .a .discrete .sixth .chan- nel .encoded. .If .the .Back .Speakers .are .turned .on . via .the .speaker .config .menu .(See .Speaker .con- fig .on .page .19.) .and .the .input .bitstream .permits, . DTS-ES .Discrete .6.1 .will .be .detected .and .enabled . automatically. .

. DTS-ES .Matrix .6.1 .processing .creates .back . channel .material .from .material .contained .in .the . surround .channels .of .DTS .5.1 .bitstreams. .Some . DTS .material .has .been .formatted .so .that .when .

DTS-ES .Matrix .6.1 .processing .is .applied, .specific . material .will .be .placed .on .the .back .channels, .while . other .specific .material .remains .on .the .surround . channels. .To .control .when .DTS-ES .Matrix .6.1 .pro- cessing .will .be .applied, .change .the .ES .Control .set- ting .as .follows: .

. 1: First. .enter .the .main .menu .by .pressing .on .any . one .of .the .menu .buttons .(< .- .> .or .SELECT) .

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. 2: Next. .move .the .cursor .to .“OS”. .Hit .‘SELECT’; . You .are .now .in .the .‘Other .Settings’ .menu.

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. 3: Move. .the .cursor .to .“ES”. .Hit .‘SELECT’; .you .can . now .change .the .ES .Control .setting.

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The .options .available .in .this .menu .are:

. ● . DISABLE: . DTS-ES .will .not .be .decoded

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