Philips PSC805 manual Compact Control Panel

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4.2. Compact Control Panel

The Compact Control Panel contains the following controls:

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Master Volume

Master Volume controls the overall output level of the sound system. This volume control is synchronized with the volume knob on the Aurilium front panel.

Mute

This button toggles the sound on or off to attached speakers or headphones. It is synchronized with the mute button on the Aurilium box.

Resize

Resize Toggles between the compact mode (basic controls) and the expanded mode (for more advanced options).

Close

Closes the PSA2 control panel without affecting audio operation.

Default

Pushing the Default button resets most controls to a predefined functional state. All effects except 3D Effects are turned off. All playback mixer sliders except microphone are un-muted. Record sliders remain as set by user. Fader and volume sliders are set to their factory default levels, and Presets are set to Neutral.

Help

This button launches the on-line help system. It contains detail descriptions of all features of the PSA2 interface and its operation.

Reverb

This button toggles the QSound Environmental Modeling (QEM) on or off. However, some games apply their own environmental effects, which are not controlled by this button. Environmental modeling uses reverb (reflected sound) and delay to create the impression that the listener is in a particular environment.

QEM provides a wide range of high-quality environmental modeling effects that are selectable from the Visualization panel. By selecting a default environment, you impose the effects of that environment for music, movies, or games that do not use the EAX feature.

PSA2 responds automatically to games that use the EAX and EAX2.0 commands. These games automatically control the selection of environments (regardless of what is selected from the Visualization panel) to match various scenes and locations, and change these selections as

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