Marantz SR9600 manual Dialogue Normalization Message, Re-Eq, Lip.Sync

ENGLISH	NIGHT MODE
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	Mode
	1.

1. Tap the Night on the remote control unit to turn on the Night mode.

Setting the Night mode to “ON” compresses the dynamic range in Dolby Digital only.

This softens loud passages such as sudden explosions, to help prevent disturbing others

late at night.

2. To turn off the Night mode, tap the Night again.

DIALOGUE NORMALIZATION

MESSAGE

Dialogue Normalization (Dial Norm) is a feature of Dolby Digital.

When playing back software which has been encoded in Dolby Digital, sometimes you may see a brief message on the FL display which will read "Dial Norm X dB" (X being a numeric value).

Dialogue Normalization serves to let you know if the source material has been recorded at a higher or lower level than usual. For example, if you see the following message: "Dial Norm + 4 dB" on the FL display, to keep the overall output level constant just turn down the volume control by 4 dB. In other words, the source material that you are listening to has been recorded 4 dB louder than usual.

If you do not see a message on the FL display, then no adjustment of the volume control is necessary.

RE-EQ

This menu is for turning THX Cinema Re-EQ™ on and off. The tonal balance of a film soundtrack will be excessively bright and harsh when played back over audio equipment in the home. This is because film soundtracks were designed to be played back in large movie theater environments.

Activating the Cinema Re-EQ™ mode when watching a film made for movie theaters corrects this and restores the correct tonal balance.

Cinema Re-EQ™ is therefore not necessary for material that was not designed for movie theaters (for example, sports programming, television shows, made for TV movies, etc.).

The Cinema Re-EQ™ mode can be activated only while in Dolby Pro Logic mode, or while decoding Dolby Digital or DTS-encoded material.

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Mode

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1. Tap the “Re EQ” on the remote control unit to

turn on the Re-EQ™ mode.

2. To turn off the Re-EQ™ mode, tap the “Re EQ”

again.

Note:

•The Re-EQ™ mode can be selected from the OSD menu system. (See page 41)

LIP.SYNC

Depending on the display component (TV, monitor, projector, etc.) connected to the SR9600, a time lag can occur between image signal processing and audio signal processing. Though minor, this time lag can interfere with movie and music enjoyment. The Lip.Sync mode delays the audio signal with respect to the image signal output from the SR9600 to correct the time lag between the sound and image.

1. Tap the A/V Amp and press the page up

button until page 5/8 is displayed. Tap the “L-

Sync” on the remote control unit.

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2. Select the time lag with the and cursor buttons on the remote control unit.

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The initial setting is “OFF” (0 ms). The time lag can be adjusted in 10 ms increments up to 200 ms. Watch the picture on the image device (e.g., TV, monitor, projector, etc.) as you adjust the time lag.

Note:

•The Lip.Sync mode is set to “OFF” (0 ms) in the Pure Direct and Source Direct mode. When the Pure Direct (or Source Direct) mode is deactivated, the previously set value of the Lip. Sync mode is automatically restored.

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