Getting Started

Enjoying sound from all speakers and various sound effects

 

 

 

Recommended modes to enjoy TV audio or stereo

 

 

 

sources from all speakers:

 

 

 

≥PLII MOVIE

 

 

 

≥PLII MUSIC

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VOL

≥S.SRND

 

 

VOL

Selecting sound mode

Playing Discs

SURROUNDSOUND

SURROUND SOUND

OK

1 SOUND

2 While the selected mode is displayed

Select a sound mode.

Each time you press the button:

EQ: Equalizer

SUBW LVL: Subwoofer Level

C.FOCUS: Center Focus

Make settings.

Refer to the following for setting details of each sound effect.

OK

SETUP W.SRD

SETUP, W.SRD

Equalizer

You can select sound quality settings. Each time you press [2, 1]: HEAVY: Adds punch to rock.

Operations

─CH SELECT

-CH SELECT

CLEAR: Clarifies higher sounds.

SOFT: For background music.

FLAT: Cancel (no effect is added).

Subwoofer level

Other

≥The following sound effects may not be available or may have no effect with some sources, or when headphones are used (B 39).

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

Enjoying surround sound effects

You can adjust the amount of bass. The unit automatically selects the most suitable setting according to the type of playback source.

SUB W 1 ,# SUB W 2 ,# SUB W 3 ,# SUB W 4

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≥The setting you make is retained and recalled every time you play the same type of source.

Center Focus

(Effective when playing audio containing center channel sound or when “ÎPL ” lights in the main unit display.)

Reference

SURROUND

While “MANUAL” is displayed

SURROUND OUTPUT indicator on the main unit will light up when there is surround sound effect.

Each time you press the button:

STANDARD:

Sound is output as it was recorded/encoded. Speaker output varies depending on the source.

MULTI–CH:

You can enjoy sound from the front speakers, as well as the surround speakers even when playing a 2-channel sound or non-surround sound.

MANUAL: (B below)

Select other surround modes.

Each time you press [2, 1]:

PLII MOVIE §

Suitable for movie software, or softwares recorded in Dolby Surround.

PLII MUSIC §

Adds 5.1-channel effects to stereo sources.

S.SRND

You can enjoy sound from all speakers with stereo sources. (Surround output will be in mono.)

STEREO

Sound will only be output to the front speakers and the subwoofer from any source.

II

You can make the sound of the center speaker seem like it is coming from within the TV.

C.FOCUS ON,------.C.FOCUS OFF

Whisper-mode Surround

You can enhance the surround effect for low volume 5.1-channel sound. (Convenient for late night viewing.)

W.SRD

≥“(( ))” lights when there is effect.

 

 

 

 

Each time you press the button:

WHISPER-MODE SRD ON



WHISPER-MODE SRD OFF

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§“ÎPLII” lights in the main unit’s display when there is effect.

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