Onkyo TX-SE550 appendix To enjoy Surround mode or Stereo mode, Selecting a Surround mode

To enjoy Surround mode or Stereo mode

SURROUND MODE

When you play a

DOLBY DIGITAL source:

Dolby Pro Logic

Dolby Digital

Live

Dolby Digital (Stereo)

Hall

Arena

Stereo

Selecting a Surround mode

1.Press an Input Selector button to select the desired sound source.

2.Press the SURROUND MODE button repeatedly until the desired Surround mode name appears.

The display changes in the order shown on left each time you press the button.

•If you are using the remote controller, press the SUR MODE

button to select the desired Surround mode.

• If DOLBY PRO LOGIC is selected during playback of a DOLBY DIGITAL source, the Surround mode automatically changes to DOLBY DIGITAL and the DOLBY DIGITAL indi- cator lights up on the display.

• If you have set the surround speaker parameter for the speaker setup (see page 14) to “NO,” STEREO or 3 STEREO will be selected for Surround mode. Only the “STEREO” setting is available if you have set both surround speaker and center speaker parameters to “NO”.

3. Play the selected sound source.

Follow the steps below to adjust the speaker volume to the desired level:

1.Press the CHSEL button to select a speaker.

2.Press the LEVEL π/† buttons to adjust the level.

You can adjust the level in the range of –12dB to +12dB.

If you adjust the level to +1dB or higher, the overall volume

level will not reach the maximum level when you set the MAS- TER VOLUME control to its maximum. Refer to the Note on page 16 for more information.

When you turn off the power, the level will be reset to the origi- nal level (the value you set using the test tone).

When you press the TEST TONE button after you set the level, the current level will be used as the value set via the test tone.

				MIDNIGHT THEATER
					Re-EQ
								MASTER VOLUME
STANDBY/ON								PARAMETER SELECTOR
			STANDBY
POWER	KEY CONTROL	VOCAL						PARAMETER CONTROLLER
		CANCEL	SCAN GROUP	1 2 3 4 5 6 7	8	9	0 /10	DIRECT TUNING TUNING
ON OFF

1

MIC LEVEL

2

ECHO LEVEL

A SPEAKERS

B

SURROUND MODE

MIDNIGHT THEATER

Re-EQ

MEMORY FM MUTE/MODE

KARAOKE

CLEAR

BASS

TREBLE

MIN

MAX MIN

MAX MIN

MAX

C D

PHONES

1

MIC

2

3-D BASS

MULTI CH INPUT

DVD

VIDEO 1

VIDEO 2

TAPE(MONITOR)

FM

AM

PHONO

A/V KARAOKE CONTROL RECEIVER TX-SE550

Setting the Surround mode parameters

Midnight Theater

If you play a movie at a low volume at night, set this parameter to “ON” to narrow the dynamic range of the sound to make it easier to hear.

The Midnight Theater function works only with source material that contains necessary Dolby Digital information.

Press the MIDNIGHT THEATER button during Dolby Digital playback. The MIDNIGHT THEATER indicator appears on the display. To cancel the MIDNIGHT THEATER function, press the MIDNIGHT THEATER button again.

•The Midnight Theater function is available only in Dolby Digi- tal Surround mode.

•When you turn off the power, the MIDNIGHT THEATER func- tion will be turned off.

Cinema Re-Equalization

Re-Equalization takes the edginess or “brightness” out of your home cinema sound, compensating for the fact that sound mixed for theaters will sound too bright when played back through speak- ers in the home environment.

Press the Re-EQ button, the Cinema Re-Equalizer indicator appears on the display. To cancel the Re-EQ function, press the Re- EQ button again.

•The Cinema Re-EQ function is available only in Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic Surround and Multi channel input modes.

LFE (Low Frequency Effect) Level Attenuation

If the bass range is too loud, set this parameter to “–10 dB” to decrease the Low Frequency Effect in the low-frequency channel by 10 dB.

Use the Speaker Setup procedure described on page 14 to switch the LFE level between 0dB and –10dB.

•The LFE Level Attenuation function is available only in Dolby

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