Sound and Volume Controls

Sound Control

IMPORTANT!

For proper surround sound, make sure the speakers and subwoofer are connected (see page 10).

Selecting surround sound

Press SURROUND (SURR.) to select : MULTI-channel, 3D SOUND 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 centre and surround speakers operate only when the DVD home cinema system is set to Multi-channel mode.

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

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 surround speakers.

Note:

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

Turning on/off clear voice effect

You can enhance the centre and surround sound outputs by activating the clear voice sound feature if you have selected Multi- channel as the surround mode.

Press VOICE on the remote to select “CLEAR VOICE ON”.

To turn off the setting, press VOICE again to select “CLEAR VOICE OFF”.

Changing subwoofer volume level

Press SUB +/- on the remote to adjust subwoofer volume level (-6dB to + 6dB).

Adjusting Bass/Treble level

The BASS (low tone) and TREBLE (high tone) features enable you to define the sound- processor settings.

1Press BASS or TREBLE.

The level indicator appears.

2Within five seconds, use the VOLUME control to adjust the Bass or Treble level (-3 to +3).

If the volume control is not used within five seconds, it will resume its normal volume control function.

Selecting digital sound effects

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

Press SOUND on the remote.

When playing movie discs, 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.

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 listen through the headphones

Connect the headphones plug to the n socket at the front of the DVD system.

The speakers will be muted.

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 the volume level.

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