The DC-1 Setup menu allows you to customize the system defaults to suit a wide range of possible system configurations. Each of the five entries in the Setup menu will be discussed in detail in this section.
Select SETUP from the main menu to display the Setup menu. Use MENU
▲and ▼ to step the cursor through the Setup menu selections. Once an item is highlighted, pressing SELECT will display a sub-menu for that item. With the sub-menu displayed, MENU ▲ and ▼ once again highlight menu
items. Press SELECT, then use MENU ▲ and ▼ to adjust the settings of any item over its available range. Press DONE to exit any sub-menu; press DONE again to return to the Setup menu.
The DC-1 has eight analog stereo audio inputs, each of which can be associated with any of the five video and four digital audio inputs. Selecting Input Configuration from the Setup menu displays a sub-menu which lists these inputs and allows you to select them individually for adjustment. Each input has an identical parameter sub-menu. VCR 1 is shown below as an example.
For optimal performance, the unit must be driven to its full input level without overloading. Despite industry attempts at standardization, differ- ent sources have a wide range of output levels. To compensate for this, each of the eight DC-1 analog inputs can be assigned a different input gain, assuring optimum performance and consistent volume, regardless of the source. For use with a calibration tone, the Dolby reference point is indi- cated by an enlarged tick mark on the on-screen level meters.
The DC-1 has an auto level function which monitors the analog input level and automatically optimizes the input gain (AUTO). When activated, this feature controls the input gain. If the signal level is too high and causes an input overload, input gain is automatically decreased to a point which does not cause an overload. When the signal level remains low (>12dB below clipping for 2.5 minutes), the input gain is incremented in 1dB steps to maximize dynamic range.
