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 a high quality multichannel experience.
Remember that ad hoc adjustments (to compensate for a poor recording, for ex- ample) on the system are always 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 change them again, or until you press recall to restore the AVP2 to its calibrated settings, or until the AVP2 locks onto a new signal (as when you change inputs).
The surround mode defaults simply automate the manual process. For each of the surround modes of the AVP2, you may create default offsets for center, sur- rounds, backs, and sub channels (as appropriate for the system configuration you have set up). The system 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 to leaving the subwoofer in its default setting (as determined by the set speakers menu settings), you may also elect to force on or force off the subwoofer. This effectively allows you to change the speaker configuration for each surround mode, at least as far as bass management is concerned. Thus, if you prefer to use a pair of high quality speakers full range for music, but wish to add a subwoofer only for movies, you can have the system handle these details for you automatically when switching among surround modes.
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In addition, you may select to operate the AVP2 in an extra bass mode, wherein all deep bass is sent to all speakers capable of reproducing it. This may in fact exaggerate the deep bass somewhat, as compared to the director’s intention. But it also solves the problem of your subwoofer having nothing to do during a Dolby Pro Logic soundtrack, when the main speakers are all designated as full range.
If you are using Dual Drive™ surround speakers, you may also set a default of either bipole or dipole for each surround mode, as appropriate.
To change the default offsets for your various surround modes, you must first en- able this special feature for all surround modes, then alter each as you like:
1FROM THE SETUP MENU, SELECT “SURROUND DEFAULTS” AND ENABLE THE FEATURE
After selecting surround defaults from the setup menu, you will see a screen that looks like this:
SURROUND MODE DEFAULTS
DEFAULTS: DISABLED
