Integra RDC-7.1 Listening Mode Setup, 103, Mono Setup Sub-menu, Multiplex Setup Sub-menu

Listening Mode Setup

This menu allows you to configure the listening mode settings including audio effect and playback options.

Mono Setup Sub-menu

This sub-menu allows you to configure the audio effect and playback options when you play a source in the Mono listening mode.

a. Re-EQ/Academy

This option allows you to configure whether the Re-EQ or Academy effect is applied or not. Use these effects when you do not want to overemphasize the treble sound. This option can also be set for Zone 2.

Off (Default): The effects are not applied.

Re-EQ On: Adjusts the soundtrack in which the treble is overemphasized, so that the sound is optimized for home theater.

Academy On: Lowers the treble level and filters the noise when the source contains emphasized treble sound and too much hiss, such as an old mono audio movie recorded onto videotape.

b. Input Channel

This option configures the output method when you play the stereo input source in the Mono listening mode. This option can also be set for Zone 2.

Auto L+R (Default): The same audio signals are output from the left and right speakers.

Left: When you play an input source with different languages recorded on each channel, the left channel is output from the left and right speakers.

Right: When you play an input source where different languages are recorded on each channel, the right channel is output from the left and right speakers.

c. Output Speaker

This option configures the speakers to use when playing the source in the Mono listening mode. Select the speakers you want to use.

Center A (Default): Outputs the source only from the center speaker configured to “Speaker A.”

Center B: Outputs the source only from the center speaker configured to “Speaker B.”

Center A+B: Outputs the source from the center speakers configured to “Speaker A” and “Speaker B.” Front L/R A: Outputs the source from the front speakers configured to “Speaker A.”

Front L/R B: Outputs the source from the front speakers configured to “Speaker B.”

Front L/R A+B: Outputs the source from the front speakers configured to “Speaker A” and “Speaker B.” Note that this option is not available when the front speakers are in Bi-amp configuration.

•When the “(Speaker B) Front L/R” is set to an option other than “Main A” in the Speaker Configuration sub-menu, the available options will be “Center A,” “Center B,” “Center A+B,” and “Front L/R A.”

•When the “(Speaker A) Center” is set to “Not Used” in the Speaker Configuration sub-menu, the available options will be “Front L/R A,” “Front L/R B,” and “Front L/R A+B.” In this case, the default setting is “Front L/R A.”

•When the “(Speaker B) Center” is set to an option other than “Main A” in the Speaker Configuration sub-menu, the available options will be “Center A,” “Front L/R A,” “Front L/R B,” and “Front L/R A+B.”

•When the “(Speaker A) Center” is set to “Not Used” and the “(Speaker B) Front L/R” is set to an option other than “Main A” in the Speaker Configuration sub-menu, this setting will not be displayed.

d. Subwoofer

This option configures the subwoofer to use when playing the source in the Mono listening mode. Select the terminal to which the subwoofer you want to use is connected. This setting can be made when the “(Speaker A) Subwoofer” is set to an option other than “Not Used” in the Speaker Configuration sub-menu. However, when the “(Speaker B) Subwoofer” is set to an option other than “Main A” in the Speaker Configuration sub-menu, the available options will be “A” or “Not Used.”

A (Default): Outputs the source only from the subwoofer connected to the SUBWOOFER PRE OUT A terminal.

B:Outputs the source only from the subwoofer connected to the SUBWOOFER PRE OUT B terminal. A+B: Outputs the source from the subwoofers connected to SUBWOOFER PRE OUT A and SUBWOOFER PRE OUT B terminals.

Not Used: No subwoofers are used for playback.

Multiplex Setup Sub-menu

This sub-menu allows you to configure the audio effect and playback options when you play a source in the D.F. Multiplex listening mode.

a. Re-EQ/Academy

This option allows you to configure whether the Re-EQ or Academy effect is applied or not. Use these effects when you do not want to overemphasize the treble sound. This option can also be set for Zone 2.

Off (Default): The effects are not applied.

Re-EQ On: Adjusts the soundtrack in which the treble is overemphasized, so that the sound is optimized for home theater.

Academy On: Lowers the treble level and filters the noise when the source contains emphasized treble sound and too much hiss, such as an old mono audio movie recorded onto videotape.

Setup Menu

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