| 7.1 (TP) | MENU |
•TP stands for Theme Park. This configuration provides a symmetrical distribution of speakers surrounding the listener.
•Notice the speakers are numbered 1, 3, 2, 7, 8, 5, 4, and 6. Speakers 1 and 2 are Front L/R, speaker 3 is Front Center, speaker 4 is the Subwoofer, speakers 5 and 6 are Rear L/R, and speakers 7 and 8 are Side L/R.
Divergence
•This control continuously varies the center image from
•With a Divergence setting of “0” the center- panned channel is routed to the center speaker only (speaker 3).
•With a Divergence setting of “100” the center- panned channel is routed equally to the front left and right speakers (speakers 1 and 2).
Low Frequency Effect
•This control varies the channel send level to the subwoofer (speaker 4).
•This is the only control over channel levels to the subwoofer (speaker 4).
•The pan grid has no effect on this adjustment.
•With this control set to OFF there is no send level to the subwoofer.
•Unity gain is achieved when this control is set to “0.0”.
Right ClickRight click in the Panning window to reveal the Surround Menu. This menu provides opportunity to:
•Reset the channel surround parameters
•Undo previous action
•Open previously saved surround channel status
•Save existing surround channel parameters
•Cut, Copy, or Paste all channel settings
Surround Menu commands are only active on pannable channels. If a menu command is unavail- able, it will display in gray upon Menu activation. Menu selections are not available in the Master Fader bank.
Undo•This feature is available to Undo cut, copy, paste, arm, and reset commands.
•As an added aid, the Undo command specifies the target of its action.
•This feature does not undo changes in surround pan positioning.
Reset•Resets the selected channel to
•Deactivates all speaker selections.
•Sets Divergence status to “0” (center pan routes to speaker 3 only in surround or equally to L/R in stereo).
•Sets Low Freq Effect to 0.0 (unity gain).
•Reset affects only the selected morph setting (MEM A or MEM B).
•Channel settings that are reset are not stored on the Clipboard, and therefore they are not available for Paste functions. However, a reset can be reversed by selecting “Undo” in the Surround Sound window Menu or by pressing Ctrl+Z.
Open Surround…•This action opens the Surround Files folder where previously saved surround settings are stored.
•Highlight the desired setting and click Open or simply double click on the item to activate it for the selected channel.
Save Surround As…•Enables archival of specific surround positions.
•Opens the Surround folder and automatically names the file “Surround#X”.
•To rename the file, simply type the desired text into the
•Click Save to complete the action.
Cut•This action cuts all settings from the selected channel and resets it to the default settings. Pan is centered, speakers are deactivated, Depth of Center is set to “0”, and Low Freq Effect is set to “0.0”.
D8B Manual • Chapter 3 • page 76