Audio Adjust Functions—Continued
The Audio Adjust functions are explained below.
■Bass
With this function you can boost or cut
■Treble
With this function you can boost or cut
■Late Night (Dolby Digital)
With this function you can reduce the dynamic range of Dolby Digital material so that you can still hear quiet parts even when listening at low volume
Late Night=Off | no effect |
Late Night=Low | small reduction in dynamic range |
Late Night=High | big reduction in dynamic range |
Note that the impact of the Late Night function depends on the Dolby Digital material that you are playing, and with some material there will be little or no effect.
This function is automatically cancelled when you set the
■Cinema Filter
With this function, you can soften the harshness, or bright- ness sometimes experienced with movie soundtracks, which are typically mixed for reproduction in a movie theater.
■Center Image (DTS Neo:6 Music)
The DTS Neo:6 surround format derives its
Center Image: 5 ...........nothing is subtracted from the left
and right channels.
Center Image: 0 ...........the left and right channel levels
are halved
This function has no effect on the level of the center speaker.
■Panorama (Pro Logic II Music)
With this function, you can extend the front stereo image to the surround speakers to provide a “wraparound” effect, especially useful when not much sound is being output by the surround speakers.
■Dimension (Pro Logic II Music)
With this function, you can move the soundfield backward or forward.
Dimension: 3 | the soundfield is in the normal |
| position. |
Choose a lower setting to move the soundfield forward. Choose a higher setting to move it backward.
If the stereo image is too wide, or there’s too much surround information, try moving the soundfield forward to achieve a better balance. If the stereo image is too narrow, or it sounds almost like it’s in mono, try moving the soundfield backward.
■Center Width (Pro Logic II Music)
In Pro Logic II decoding, the
Center Width: 0 | the |
| only by the center speaker. |
Center Width: 7 | it’s output only by the front left |
| and right speakers (“phantom” |
| center). |
In home theaters, adding some width to the center channel can improve the balance between the center and front left and right speakers. Most stereo material will benefit from appro- priate use of this function.
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