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Mode Defaults

Setting Mode Defaults

2USING THE MASTER BUTTON, MOVE THE CURSOR DOWN TO VIDEO; THEN PRESS EITHER OF THE VOLUME +/– KEYS TO TOGGLE TO S-VIDEO

3PRESS ENTER TO SAVE YOUR CHANGE.

Repeat these programming steps in turn for any inputs which will be used in your system’s configuration.

The PAV also allows you to customize its default configuration for each surround mode. Although the most accurate reproduction will be achieved by leaving these adjustments disabled, their inclusion does allow you the option of tailoring the sound of various surround modes to suit your individual taste. For example, if you find yourself turning up the rear speakers whenever you watch a movie, and then turning them back down to their normal, calibrated setting for music, you may want to set the defaults for THX cinema and stereo surround accordingly.

We recommend living with the PAV and using it in its calibrated settings for a while before changing these defaults. There is an ad- justment period people go through when their system is upgraded during which it is difficult to make an accurate decision about sound quality. The best-known example of this is when someone first owns a high quality subwoofer: the tendency is to turn it up too loud initially (so one can “hear it”); as time goes by, most people find themselves gradually turning it down until it is ad- justed to a more accurate level that blends appropriately with the rest of the system. Similarly, there is a tendency to exaggerate the bass and surround channels in surround systems before one ad- justs to the multichannel experience.

Remember that ad hoc adjustments (to compensate for a poor recording, for ex- ample) on the PAV are easy to make. Simply touch the button for the speaker(s) you wish to adjust, and then raise or lower the volume. These offsets from the calibrated settings remain active until you deliberately change them, or until you press recall to restore the PAV to its calibrated settings.

The surround mode defaults simply automate this process. For each of the six surround modes of the PAV, you may create default offsets for center, rear, and sub channels. The PAV will simply enter these default settings for you as it switches from one surround mode to the next. As always, you may alter these set- tings as you see fit from the front panel or from the remote control. You may also return to the calibrated (no offsets) setting by pressing recall.

In addition, you may elect to automate the sub on/off toggle described in the section Programming the Remote Control. (Briefly, this toggle switches between the speaker setup described in the set speakers menu and one in which the front speakers are given a full range signal and the subwoofer is turned off.)

To change the default offsets for your various surround modes, you must first en- able this special feature for all six surround modes, then alter each as you like:

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