Audio adjustments

Audio control

You can adjust the following audio control items;

Display

Audio setting item

Range

“SubWoofer Level”

Subwoofer level

–15 — +15 (dB)

“Bass Level”

Bass level

–8 — +8 (dB)

“Middle Level”

Middle level

–8 — +8 (dB)

“Treble Level”

Treble level

–8 — +8 (dB)

“Equalizer PRO”*

 

 

 

“Bass Adjust”

 

 

 

 

“Bass Center FRQ”

Bass Center Frequency

60/ 80/ 100/ 200 (Hz)

 

 

“Bass Level”

Bass level

–8 — +8 (dB)

 

 

“Bass Q Factor”

Bass Q Factor

1.00/ 1.25/ 1.50/ 2.00

 

 

“Bass EXT”

Bass Extend

OFF/ ON

 

“Middle Adjust”

 

 

 

 

“Middle Center

Middle Center

0.5/ 1.0/ 1.5/ 2.5 (kHz)

 

 

FRQ”

Frequency

 

 

 

“Middle Level”

Middle level

–8 — +8 (dB)

 

 

“Middle Q Factor”

Middle Q Factor

0.75/ 1.00/ 1.25

 

“Treble Adjust”

 

 

 

 

“Treble Center

Treble Center

10.0/ 12.5/ 15.0/

 

 

FRQ”

Frequency

17.5 kHz

 

 

“Treble Level”

Treble level

–8 — +8 (dB)

“Preset Equalizer”

Preset Equalizer curve

“Rock”/ “Pops”/ “Easy”/

 

 

 

 

“Top40”/ “Jazz”/

 

 

 

 

”Powerful”/ “Natural”/

 

 

 

 

“User”

“Bass Boost”

Bass Boost

“Level1”/ “Level2”/

 

 

 

 

”Level3”/ “OFF”

“Loudness”

Loudness

“Level1”/ “Level2”/

 

 

 

 

“OFF”

“Balance”

Balance

Left 15 — Right 15

“Fader”

Fader

Rear 15 — Front 15

“SubWoofer”

Subwoofer output

OFF/ ON

“Detailed Settings”

 

 

 

 

“HPF”

High Pass Filter

Through/ 100/ 120/

 

 

 

 

150 (Hz)

 

 

“LPF SubWoofer”

Low Pass Filter

85/ 120/ 160/ Through

 

 

 

 

(Hz)

 

 

“SubWoofer

Subwoofer Phase

Reverse (180°)/

 

 

Phase”

 

Normal (0°)

 

 

“Supreme”

Supreme setting

ON/ OFF

 

 

“Audio Preset”

Audio Preset memory

Recall/ Memory

 

 

“Volume Offset”

Volume offset

–8 — ±0 (dB)

 

 

 

 

(AUX: -8 — +8)

*Function of KDC-X896/ KDC-X496.

Refer to <Audio preset memory> (page 9), <Audio preset recall> (page 9).

“User”: The customized Bass, Middle, and Treble settings are effective.

You can set Bass, Middle, and Treble levels for each source. About Supreme

Technology to extrapolate and supplement with proprietary

algorithm, the high-frequency range that is cut off when encoding at low bit rate (less than 128Kbps, Sampling frequency is 44.1kHz).

Supplementing is optimized by a compression format (AAC, MP3 or WMA) and processed according to bit rate.

The effect is negligible with music that is encoded at high bit rate or variable bit rate or music that has a minimal high frequency range.

1Select the source to adjust Press the [SRC] button.

2Enter the Audio control mode Press the Control knob.

3Select the audio item subject to adjustment Turn the Control knob to select the audio item subject to adjustment and then press the Control knob.

Press the [  ] button to return to the previous item.

4Adjust the value set for the selected audio item

Turn the Control knob to display the value to adjust, and then press the Control knob.

The previous item is displayed.

5Exit the Audio control mode Press and hold the [  ] button.

Audio preset memory

You can register the values set the Audio control items.

1Set the audio control items Refer to <Audio control> (page 8).

2Enter the Audio control mode Press the Control knob.

3Select the Audio preset memory mode

Select the following items using the Control

knob. 

“Detailed Settings” > “Audio Preset”

4Select the Audio preset memory

Turn the Control knob to select “Memory”, and then press the Control knob.

5Determine the selection

Turn the Control knob to select “YES”, and then press the Control knob.

“Memory Completed” is displayed.

6Exit the Audio Control mode Press and hold the [  ] button.

Register a pair of Audio preset memories. You cannot register them by source.

When you press the [Reset] button, audio control values of all sources will be set to the values registered here.

The following Audio control items can be registered.

“Bass Center FRQ”*, “Bass Level”, “Bass Q Factor”*, “Bass EXT”*, “Middle Center FRQ”*, “Middle Level”, “Middle Q Factor”*, “Treble Center FRQ”*, “Treble Level”, “SubWoofer Level”, “HPF”, “LPF SubWoofer”, “SubWoofer Phase”

*KDC-X896, KDC-X496 only

Contents

Audio preset recall

You can recall the Audio control items registered to the <Audio preset memory> (page 9).

1Select a source

Press the [SRC] button.

2Enter the Audio control mode Press the Control knob.

3Select the Audio preset memory mode

Select the following items using the Control

knob. 

“Detailed Settings” > “Audio Preset”

4Select the Audio preset recall

Turn the Control knob to select “Recall”, and then press the Control knob.

5Determine the selection

Turn the Control knob to select “YES”, and then press the Control knob.

“Recall Completed” is displayed.

6Exit the Audio Control mode Press and hold the [  ] button.

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