Sound and Volume Controls (continued)

E n g l i s h

Selecting surround sound

Press SURR on the remote to select : MULTI-CHANNEL or STEREO.

The availability of the various surround sound modes depends on the number of speakers used and the sound available on the disc.

The center and rear speakers operate only in Multi-channel surround mode.

The available output modes for Multi- channel include: Dolby Digital, DTS (Digital Theater Systems) Surround and Dolby Pro Logic II.

Stereo broadcasts or recordings will produce some surround channel effects when played in a surround mode.

However, mono (single channel sound) sources will not produce any sound from the rear speakers.

Helpful Hints:

You are not able to select the surround sound mode if the system setup menu is turned on.

Selecting digital sound effects

Select a preset digital sound effects that matches your disc’s content or that optimizes the sound of the musical style you are playing.

Press SOUND to select the available sound effect.

When playing movie discs or in TV mode, you can select :

CONCERT, DRAMA,ACTION or SCI-FI.

When playing music discs or while in TUNER or AUX/DI mode, you can select : ROCK, DIGITAL, CLASSIC or JAZZ (except for DivX/MP3).

Helpful Hints:

For flat sound output, select CONCERT or

CLASSIC.

Sound effect is not active during line-out connection.

Volume control

Adjust VOLUME control (or press VOL +/- on the remote) to increase or decrease the volume level.

"VOL MIN" is the minimum volume level and “VOL MAX” is the maximum volume level.

To turn off the volume temporarily

Press MUTE on the remote.

Playback will continue without sound and "MUTE" appears.

To restore the volume, press MUTE again, or increase/decrease the volume level.

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Philips HTS5500S/55, HTS5500C/55 user manual Selecting surround sound, Selecting digital sound effects, Volume control