Insignia NS-HTIB51A 5.1 Channel Home Theater System

Setting the level calibration (Level Cal menu)

 

 

The Dimension setting lets you move the sound

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

field forward or backward when using the Dolby

 

 

Note

 

 

 

 

Pro Logic II Music listening mode. Higher settings

 

 

 

This setting is made automatically by the Audyssey

 

 

move the sound field backward. Lower settings

 

 

 

2EQ® Room Correction and setup function. See

 

 

move it forward. If the stereo image feels too wide,

 

 

 

“Using the Audyssey 2EQ® room correction and

 

 

or there’s too much surround sound, move the

 

 

 

speaker setup” on page 12.

 

 

sound field forward to improve the balance.

 

Lets you adjust the level of each speaker with the

 

 

Conversely, if the stereo image feels like it’s in

 

 

 

mono, or there’s not enough surround sound, move

 

built-in test tone so that the volume of each

 

 

 

 

 

it backward.

 

speaker is the same at the listening position.

 

 

 

 

 

The Center Width setting lets you adjust the width

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Option

Configuration

 

 

 

of the sound from the center speaker when using

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the Dolby Pro Logic II Music listening mode.

 

Left, Center, Right,

-12 dB to 0 dB to +12 dB, in 1 dB steps.

 

 

 

Normally, if you’re using a center speaker, the center

 

Surround Right,

 

 

 

 

channel sound is output by only the center speaker.

 

Surround Left

 

 

 

 

(If you’re not using a center speaker, the center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

channel sound is distributed to the front left and

 

Subwoofer

-15 dB to 0 dB to +12 dB, in 1 dB steps.

 

 

 

 

 

right speakers to create a phantom center). This

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

setting controls the front left, right, and center mix,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

allowing you to adjust the weight of the center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

channel sound.

 

 

Notes

 

 

 

 

 

• The speaker level setting is disabled while

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Submenu

Configuration

 

 

 

 

 

headphones are connected, or the receiver is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

muted, or the Audio TV OUT setting is set to ON.

 

 

Panorama

On– Turns the Panorama function on.

 

 

 

• Speakers that you set to No or None in the

 

 

Off–Turns the Panorama function off.

 

 

 

 

speaker configuration (Sp Config menu) cannot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

be selected.

 

 

Dimension

–3 to 0 to +3

 

 

 

 

• The center speaker and subwoofer level settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Center Width

0 to 3 to 7

 

 

 

 

made by using AUDIO are saved here as the

 

 

 

 

 

 

default settings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setting the DTS options (Center Image submenu)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tip

 

 

 

 

 

If you’re using a handheld sound level meter, adjust

 

 

The DTS Neo:6 Music listening mode lets you create

 

 

 

the level of each speaker so that it reads 75 dB SPL at

 

 

6-channel surround sound from 2-channel stereo

 

 

 

the listening position, measured with C-weighting

 

 

 

 

 

and slow reading.

 

 

sources. With this setting, you can specify by how

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

much the front left and right channel output is

Adjusting the audio (Audio Adjust menu)

 

 

 

attenuated in order to create the center channel.

 

With the audio adjust settings you can adjust the

 

 

A value 0 is only audible from the center speaker. A

 

 

 

value of more than 0 is audible from the left and

 

sound and listening modes to your taste.

 

 

 

 

 

right speakers as well.

Setting the Multiplex (Input Ch(Mux) submenu) and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mono (Input Ch(Mono) submenu)

 

 

Submenu

Configuration

 

 

The multiplex setting determines which channel of

 

 

Center Image

0 to 2 (default) to 5

 

a stereo multiplex source is output. Use it to select

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

audio channels or languages with multiplex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sources, multilingual TV broadcasts, and so on.

 

Adjusting the Audyssey settings (Audyssey, Dynamic

 

The mono setting specifies the channel to be used

 

EQ®, Dynamic Volume, and Reference Level submenus)

 

for playing any 2-channel digital source, such as

 

 

Audyssey 2EQ is a room equalization solution that

 

Dolby Digital, or 2- channel analog/PCM source in

 

 

 

 

 

calibrates any audio system so that it can achieve

 

the Mono listening mode.

 

 

 

 

 

optimum performance for every listener in a large

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Option

Settings

 

 

 

listening area. Based on several room

 

 

 

 

measurements, 2EQ calculates an equalization

 

 

 

 

Main (default)–The main channel is output.

 

 

 

Multiplex

 

 

solution that corrects for both time and frequency

 

Sub–The sub channel is output.

 

 

response problems in the listening area and

 

 

 

 

M/S–Both the main and sub channels are output.

 

 

performs a fully automated surround system setup.

 

 

 

 

L+R–Both the left and right channels are output.

 

 

 

With Audyssey Dynamic EQ®, you can enjoy great

 

Mono

Left–Only the left channel is output.

 

 

 

sound even when listening at low volume levels.

 

 

 

 

Right–Only the right channel is output.

 

 

 

Audyssey Dynamic EQ solves the problem of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

deteriorating sound quality as volume is decreased

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

by taking into account human perception and room

Setting the Dolby options (Panorama, Dimension, and

 

 

acoustics. It does so by selecting the correct

Center Width submenus)

 

 

frequency response and surround volume levels

 

These settings only apply to 2-channel stereo

 

 

moment-by-moment, so that the content sounds

 

 

 

the way it was created, at any volume level — not

 

sources.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

just at reference level.

 

The Panorama setting lets you broaden the width

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of the front stereo image when using the Dolby Pro

 

 

 

Note

 

 

 

Logic II Music listening mode.

 

 

 

 

 

The setting is stored individually for each input

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

selector.

 

 

 

 

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