Cinema EQ

Soften the treble range of movie soundtracks for better understanding.

[Selectable items] ON OFF

DRC

Compress dynamic range (difference between loud and soft sounds).

[Selectable items] Auto Low Middle High OFF

This can be set in the Dolby TrueHD mode.

Dimension

Shift sound image center to front or rear, to adjust playback balance.

[Variable range]

0

~

3

~

6

Center Width

Assign center channel signal to front left and right channels for wider sound.

[Variable range]

0

~

3

~

7

Delay Time

Adjust delay time to control sound stage size.

AFDM

Auto-select surround mode by source.

This function only works for software containing a special identification signal.

If the software being played is recorded in Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES, it is played in 6.1-channels. If not, it is played in 5.1-channels.

[Selectable items] ON OFF

Example : Playing Dolby Digital software (with EX flag)

•When “AFDM” is set to “ON”, the surround mode is automatically set to the DOLBY D + PLgx C mode.

•To play in the DOLBY DIGITAL EX mode, set “AFDM” to “OFF” and “SB CH Out” to “MTRX ON”.

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D.COMP

Compress dynamic range (difference between loud and soft sounds).

[Selectable items] OFF Low Middle High

When playing DTS sources, this is only displayed for compatible software.

LFE

Adjust the low-frequency effects level (LFE).

[Variable range]

–10dB

~

0dB

For proper playback of the different program sources, we recommend setting to the values below.

•Dolby Digital sources: “0 dB”

•DTS movie sources: “0 dB”

•DTS music sources: “–10 dB”

Center Image

Assign center channel signal to front left and right channels for wider sound.

[Variable range]

0.0

~

0.3

~

1.0

Panorama

Assign front L/R signal also to surround channels, for wider sound.

[Selectable items] ON OFF

[Variable range]

0 ms

~

30 ms

~

300 ms

Effect

Switch effect signal for multi-surround speakers on and off.

[Selectable items] ON OFF

Effect Level

Adjust effect signal level.

[Variable range]

1

~

10

~

15

Set to a lower level if the positioning and sense of phase of the surround signals seems unnatural.

Room Size

Determine size of acoustic environment.

[Selectable items] Small Medium small Medium Medium large Large

NOTE

“Room Size” does not indicate the size of the room in which sources are played.

Some Dolby Digital EX sources do not include EX flags. If the playback mode does not switch automatically even when “AFDM” is set to “ON”, set “SB CH Out” to “MTRX ON” or “PLIIx CINEMA”.

SB CH Out (for Multi-channel sources)

Select playback mode for surround back channels.

[Selectable items]

NON MTRX MTRX ON PLIIx CINEMA z1 PLIIx MUSIC z2 ES MTRX z3 ES DSCRT z4 DSCRT ON OFF

z1: This can be selected when “Surround Back” is set to “2spkrs” at the GUI menu “Manual Setup” – “Speaker Setup” – “Speaker Configuration” setting (vpage 28).

z2: This can be selected when “Surround Back” is set to “2spkrs” or “1spkr” at the GUI menu “Manual Setup” – “Speaker Setup” –“Speaker Configuration” setting.

z3: This can be selected when playing DTS sources.

z4: This can be selected when playing DTS sources including a discrete 6.1-channel signal identification signal.

SB CH Out (for 2-channel sources)

Determine whether to use surround back speakers.

[Selectable items] ON OFF

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