Specifying information about your system

Configuring the surround controller

If none of the standard settings exactly matches your requirements choose the one that is closest, and then use the 541 Surround Controller’s configuration menus, called Config, to make the necessary changes to the appropriate parameters.

The procedures for doing this are described in the following sections of this chapter.

To specify the type of centre speaker

Switch off the surround controller, using the power switch on the back panel.

Switch off any power amplifiers that are connected to the surround controller.

Switch on the power again while holding down the Display key on the front panel.

The display will show:

Config

 

 

 

Press > or < until you see a

 

 

 

 

Centre Norm

 

 

 

 

display such as:

 

 

 

Press A or V to step between the alternative options, as shown in the following table:

Option

Description

Norm

Normal centre speaker; bass handled

 

by left and right main loudspeakers.

Wide

Wide-range centre speaker, with good

 

bass response.

Phan

No centre present; phantom centre

 

signal created by left and right main

 

loudspeakers.

When you have chosen the Centre option you want to use proceed to the next step.

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