Panasonic SC-HT880 manual Sound field and sound quality, Center Focus, Dolby Pro Logic, Press SFC

Sound field and sound quality
SLEEP	TV/AV TUNER/BAND DVD/CD		DVD/CD	SHIFT		C.FOCUS	Center Focus
						SFC
1	2	3		(Discs where the dialogue is recorded in the center channel)
		CH
4	5	6		You can make the sound of the center speaker
		VOLUME
	8			seem like it is coming from within the television.
7		9
	0	-/--	VOLUME	Press [SHIFT]i[C.FOCUS].
CANCEL		S10
SKIP		SLOW/SEARCH
TOP MENU		MENU
DIRECT		PLAY		DIGITAL		DISC TUNED	T G S.SRND D.MIX SLP MONO STCT	L	C R
NAVIGATOR		LIST		PL	DTS			LS	RS
3, 4, 2, 1
		ENTER		CD	MODE			S	LFE
				DS PS PTY		W		RND 12
FUNCTIONS		RETURN		DVD	RAM			PGM PRG
								H.BASS

	TV VOL		TV VOL		Each time you press the button:
SUBWOOFER LEVEL	SUBWOOFER SUPER SRND	C.FOCUS	MIX 2CH	MIX 2CH, PL
	LEVEL H.BASS	SFC	PL		C FOCUS ON,------.C FOCUS OFF
	ZOOM	SUBTITLE	SETUP
SUPER SRND, H.BASS				C.FOCUS, SFC
	QUICK OSD MANUAL SKIP	AUDIO	MUTING

Sound field and sound quality

FL DISPLAY	ANGLE/PAGE	REPEAT	PLAY MODE
	GROUP
SHIFT	ADVANCED	PLAY SPEED	TEST
	DISC REVIEW QUICK REPLAY		CH SELECT

SHIFT TEST, CH SELECT

[Note]

≥When connected with headphones, the following sound field systems have no effect. (Excluding Sound Field Control)

≥You may experience a reduction in sound quality when these sound field systems are used with some sources. If this occurs, turn the sound field system off.

≥If you turn on Super Surround, Dolby Pro Logic II is canceled and vice versa.

C.FOCUS	Sound Field Control
SFC

Changes the sound quality.

Press [SFC].

Each time you press the button:

FLAT: Cancel (no effect is added) (factory preset).

HEAVY: Adds punch to rock.

CLEAR: Clarifies higher sounds.

SOFT: For background music.

DISCO: Reverberates sound to make you feel like you are in a disco.

LIVE: Makes vocals more alive.

HALL: Expands sound to make you feel like you are in a hall.

≥This does not work when Super Surround is turned on. ≥This also works when Dolby Pro Logic II is turned on.

MIX 2CH	Dolby Pro Logic II
PL

Dolby Pro Logic II is an advanced decoder that derives 5-channel surround (Left and Right Front, Center, Left and Right Surround) from any stereo program material, whether or not it has been specifically Dolby Surround encoded.

Press [ÎPLII].

DIGITAL		DISC	TUNED
PL	DTS
CD	MODE
RDS PS PTY		W
DVD	RAM

Each time you press the button:

MOVIE: Movie software, recorded in Dolby Surround.

MUSIC: Stereo sources

OFF: Cancel

≥This works only in DVD/CD mode.

≥“ÎPLII” lights when there is effect.

SHIFT	MIX 2CH	Down-mixing
	PL

You can output the down-mixed 2 channel signals when necessary .

To check the current setting

Press [SFC].

SUPER SRND	Super Surround
SHIFT H.BASS

Adds surround effects to stereo sound.

Press [SHIFT]i[SUPER SRND].

ED T G S.SRND D.MIX SL

Each time you press the button:

MUSIC: Adds surround effects to stereo sources.

MOVIE: Use this mode when playing movie software.

PARTY: Sound is in stereo regardless of the direction you are facing.

OFF: Cancel

≥You can adjust the volume of the surround speakers to get the best surround effect (➜ page 25, Speaker level adjustments).

RQT7978 ≥Super Surround does not work when playing a DVD recorded with

24 a multi-channel source.

Press [SHIFT]i[MIX 2CH].

DIGITAL DISC TUNED T G S.SRND D.MIX SLP MONO STCT L C R

PL	DTS	LS	RS
CD	MODE	S	LFE
RDS PS PTY W		RND 12
DVD	RAM	PGM PRG
		H.BASS

Each time you press the button:

MIX 2CH ON,------.MIX 2CH OFF

≥When “D.MIX” flashes on the display, the disc contains multiple- channel signals that cannot be down-mixed. [DVD-A]