Parasound Halo C1 Controller manual Adjustments, Menus, And Setup, Navigating the Setup Menus

ADJUSTMENTS, MENUS, AND SETUP 23

As you’ve probably gathered from the many earlier references to this chapter, just about every aspect of the C 1 Controller’s operation is customizable to suit your preferences and your home theater system.

Don’t rush your setup; it might take a few hours or more. But this time will be amply rewarded with years of incredible performance and ease of operation.

If your system has been set up for you by your dealer or installer, you may still wish to read this chapter in case you want to make further changes yourself.

Navigating The Setup Menus	.	.	page 23	Display Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . page 34
Audio Setup	.	.	page 25	Trigger Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . page 35
Dolby/DTS, Bass Limiter, Presets, Treble				THX Audio Setup . . . . . . . . . . page 35
And Bass, LFE Level, Reverb.				THX EX Enable, Boundary Gain
Speaker Setup	.	.	page 27	Compensation, ASA (Advanced Speaker Array)
Level, Distance, Size, Aux (Programmable)				Halo Setup Software . . . . . . . . page 36
Channels, Autocalibration

Source Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . page 32

Inputs, Title, Preset Selection, Analog

Monitor, Balanced Inputs

Navigating the Setup Menus

You can set up the C 1 just the way you want it, with either the front-panel and remote controls or with a PC and downloadable HaloSetup software (page 36)

To get into Setup mode, press the MENU button on the front panel or on the Master remote. If the front-panel display screen is on and the C 1 is in status mode or in video preview mode with “Superimpose” selected, it will show the main menu, with a triangular cursor pointing to the setup menu that was selected most recently. If your primary viewing screen is also used for on-screen display (OSD), it will show the same information as the C 1 front-panel display.

(To turn the front-panel display on and change display modes, press the DISPLAY MAIN button on the front panel of the C 1. To select “Superimpose,” see Display Setup on page 34; for con- necting an on-screen display, see also page 49.)

Main Menu

Audio setup Speaker setup Source setup Display setup Trigger setup THX Audio setup

Exit

You can access specific setup menus by pressing the front-panel MENU button to advance to the next item on the list, or by pressing MENU on the Master remote, then rocking the remote’s thumbpad up or down, until the name of the setup you want appears on the second line of the built-in display or is indicated by the cursor ( ) on the video screen. (Note: Programming is much easier with the remote, which lets you scroll backward and for- ward through the list rather than simply forward.)

When you reach the setup menu you want, press the cen-

ter of the Master remote’s thumbpad (or turn the front-panel knob slightly clockwise) to display the next level of menus. Under Audio setup, for example, the front-panel display would show: