Enjoying the Sound Effects

Choosing Theater-Dimensional Mode

Theater-Dimensional mode is the technology which controls the characteristics of the sounds reaching the listener’s left and right ears, therefore, there is a sweet spot where you can best experience the Theater-Dimensional effects. You need to adjust the location of the sweet spot and these other factors for the best possible Theater-Dimensional effect.

Listening angle

(“Lisng. Angle” appears in the

display.)

Left speaker

Right speaker

L L

R R

Listening

angle

40°

20°

The longer the distance between the two speakers is, the wider the angle is.

Virtual Surround Level

(“V. Surr Level” appears in the

display.)

Dialog mode

(“Dialog Mode” appears in the

display.)

The listening angle is the angle at the listening position where the two lines from the left and right speakers meet.

You need to adjust the listening angle in the following cases:

•If you set “Speaker 2ch” or “Speaker 3ch” in “Speaker Setup” on pages 29 and 30. Consider the listening angle as being formed from the left and right front speakers since the virtual surround signals are output from the front speakers.

•If you cannot place the surround speakers in the correct position.

–Place each surround speaker on top of or on the outer side of each front speaker of the same side.

–Consider the listening angle as being formed from the left and right surround speakers since the virtual surround signals are output from the surround speakers.

Set “Lisng. Angle” to one of the following settings, which you feel is most effective (the listening angles in parentheses are the ideal degrees):

•Normal (30°)

•Wide (40°)

•Narrow (20°)

This parameter adjusts the virtual surround level.

Set “V. Surr Level” to one of the following 7 values, which you feel is most effective:

–3, –2, –1, 0, 1, 2, and, 3

The dialog in the film may sound less clear because of the music or other sounds depending on the movie or scene.

In such a case, set “Normal” to “Enhance.” (The factory setting is “Normal” which is the normal mode.)

Notes

•This function emphasizes the dialog in the center channel since the dialog sound, in most films, is allocated to the center channel. Therefore, if the dialog is not in the center channel, the sound will not be enhanced.

•Depending on the type of source, this mode is not very effective.

46