Adjusting the Listening Modes—Continued

Audio Adjust

With the Audio Adjust functions and settings, you can adjust the sound and listening modes as you like.

1 RECEIVER

Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE

MODE button, followed by the

 

[SETUP] button.

 

The main menu appears onscreen.

S

 

E

 

T

 

UP

 

Tone Control Settings

You can adjust the tone (bass and treble) of the front, center, surround, and surround back speakers individu- ally. For the subwoofer, you can adjust the bass.

■Bass

You can boost or cut low-frequency sounds from –10 dB to +10 dB in 1 dB steps.

■Treble

You can boost or cut high-frequency sounds from –10 dB to +10 dB in 1 dB steps.

Note:

2

ENTER

ENTER

Use the Up and Down []/[ ] buttons to select “3. Audio Adjust,” and then press [ENTER].

The Audio Adjust menu appears.

3.Audio Adjust

1.Tone Control 2.Direct 3.Multiplex/Mono 4.PLx/Neo:6 5.Dolby EX 6.Theater-Dimensional 7.LFE Level

•The tone control circuits are bypassed when the Direct or Pure Audio listening mode is selected.

Adjusting the Tone on the AV Controller

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MASTER VOLUME

STANDBY/ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STANDBY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZONE 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZONE 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PURE AUDIO

AUDIO SEL

 

DVD

VCR/DVR

 

CBL/SAT

GAME/TV

AUX 1

AUX 2

TAPE

TUNER

CD

PHONO

 

DISPLAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PUSH TO OPEN

 

ZONE 2

OFF

LEVEL

TONE

HDMI OUT

STEREO

THX

 

 

 

TUNING

RETURN

 

SETUP MIC

 

AUX 2 INPUT

 

 

 

 

TUNING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHONES

POWER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RT/PTY/TP MEMORY

MODE

SETUP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLEAR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZONE 3

 

 

 

DIGITAL INPUT

 

LISTENING MODE

 

 

 

 

ENTER

 

S VIDEO

VIDEO

L AUDIO

R

DIGITAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNING

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

Use the Up and Down [ ]/[ ]

 

 

 

 

buttons to select an item, and

 

 

then press [ENTER].

 

ENTER

The screen for that item appears.

 

 

ENTER

4

Use the Up and Down [

]/[

]

 

 

buttons to select an option, and

 

use the Left and Right [

]/[

]

 

ENTER

 

 

 

buttons to change it.

 

 

The Audio Adjust menu items are explained below.

ENTER

5

 

When you’ve finished, press the

 

 

 

 

[SETUP] button.

S

 

Setup closes.

ET

UP

1

 

Press the AV controller’s [TONE]

 

 

 

TONE

button repeatedly to select Bass

 

 

or Treble for Front, Center, Sur-

 

 

round, SurrBack, or Subwoofer.

 

 

 

2

 

Use the Up [ ] and Down [ ]

 

 

 

 

buttons to adjust.

 

 

 

Notes:

•The tone cannot be adjusted on the AV controller when the Direct or Pure Audio listening mode is selected.

•The tone control settings do not apply to the THX lis- tening modes.

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