Creating Realistic Sound Fields

 

TV

 

 

AUDIO

 

 

 

DIMMER

SLEEP

 

 

 

L-F.BLANCE-R

CENTER

 

 

1

2

3

4

 

 

REAR

SUBWOOFER

 

 

5

6

7

8

 

 

BASS

TREBLE

 

 

9

0

MEMORY

CANCEL

 

 

DVD

FM/AM

AUX

SOUND

SOUND

TEST TONE

TV

CH

CONTROL TESTTONE

 

 

 

 

TV

 

 

 

TVVOL

TV/VIDEO MUTING

 

 

 

AUDIOVOL

 

 

 

TOP

 

 

 

 

 

MENU

 

 

MENU

 

 

 

ENTER

 

3/2

 

 

 

 

 

CHOICE/TIME

 

ON SCREEN

 

 

 

 

/

STEP

 

 

 

 

DOWN -TUNING - UP

 

 

AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE

ZOOM

 

 

SLOW

RETURN

PL

REPEAT

PL II

 

PROGRESSIVE

 

FM MODE

 

 

 

RM-STHA25J

 

 

 

DVD THEATER SYSTEM

 

Using the Test Tone

You can check whether each speaker is connected properly.

From the remote control ONLY:

1Press PL II repeatedly to activate all thespeakers.

The audio channel indicators light up on the display as follows when all the speakers are activated:

L C R

SW

LS RS

•You can also activate all the speakers by loading a digital multichannel disc.

2 Press TEST TONE.

 

 

TESTTONE

The test tone comes out of the speakers in the following

order:

 

 

 

Left front speaker

 

 

Center speaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right front speaker

Subwoofer

Left rear speaker Right rear speaker

■To adjust speaker output level

You can adjust the output level of the center speaker, rear speakers, and subwoofer while listening to the test tone.

Press 3/2 while the test tone is coming out of

 

the speaker you want to adjust.

 

The speaker output level appears on the display.

ENTER

3: Increases the output level (to +06 dB).

 

2: Decreases the output level (to –06 dB).

 

To stop the test tone, press TEST TONE again.

Notes:

•You cannot use this function while playing back a disc. Stop the disc playback to use this function when the source is DVD/CD.

•If no sounds come out of a speaker, check the speaker’s connection (see pages 6 and 7).

•You cannot adjust the output level of rear speakers separately. See “Adjusting the Sound” below to adjust the balance of rear speakers.

Adjusting the Sound

You can adjust the sound balance and the tone.

It is recommended to turn on your TV and make adjustments from your actual listening point.

You can adjust the following settings:

 

FRONT BALANCE: To adjust the output balance for the front

Balance

 

speakers (from –00 to –06, OFF*).

 

 

 

 

 

 

REAR BALANCE:

To adjust the output balance for the rear

 

 

speakers (from –00 to –06, OFF*).

 

 

 

 

CEN LEVEL:

To adjust the output level of the center

Output

 

speaker (from –06 dB to +06 dB).

 

 

 

 

 

 

REAR LEVEL:

To adjust the output level of the rear

level

 

speakers (from –06 dB to +06 dB).

 

 

S/W LEVEL:

To adjust the output level of the

 

 

subwoofer (from –06 dB to +06 dB).

 

 

 

 

BASS:

To adjust the output level of the bass

 

Tone

 

tone (from –10 dB to +10 dB, at 2 dB

 

step).

 

 

 

 

 

 

TREBLE:

To adjust the output level of the treble

 

 

tone (from –10 dB to +10 dB, at 2 dB

 

 

step).

 

 

 

 

C-DLY:

To adjust delay time for the center

 

Delay

 

speaker when the digital multichannel

 

surround is activated (from 0 msec to 5

 

 

 

 

msec).

 

 

 

 

R-DLY:

To adjust delay time of the rear speakers

 

 

for each surround mode.

 

 

 

* When you set to OFF, no sound comes out from the speaker.

Notes:

You can also adjust the output level (CEN LEVEL, REAR LEVEL, and S/W LEVEL) while using the test tone. See “Using the Test Tone” on the left column.

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