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3 Touch ￿ or ￿ to select the equalizer band to adjust.

Each time you touch ￿ or ￿ selects equalizer bands in the following order:

Low — Mid — High

4 Touch ￿ or ￿ to select the desired center frequency.

Low: 40 — 80 — 100 — 160 (Hz)

Mid: 200 — 500 — 1K — 2K (Hz)

High: 3.15K — 8K — 10K — 12.5K (Hz)

5 Touch ￿ or ￿ to adjust the level of the equalizer band.

Each time you touch ￿ or ￿ increases or decreases the level of the equalization band. 12dB to –12dB is displayed as the level is increased or decreased.

6 Touch ￿ or ￿ to select the desired [Q]. Touch ￿ or ￿ until the desired the curve char- acteristics appears in the display.

Wide2 — Wide1 — Narrow1 — Narrow2

❒To adjust other bands, repeat step 2 to step 6.

Setting the simulated sound stage

You can select the desired effect from various simulated sound stage, such as Music Studio or Dynamic Theater. You can also adjust a listener positioning effect.

Setting a stage that fits your image

1 Touch [Staging] in the Audio Settings menu.

2 Touch desired stage setting.

❒The [Living Room] setting that empha- sizes midrange sound hardly has any effect near the maximum volume level.

❒When you set staging other than [Off], the high pass filter (HPF) setting turns [Off].

➲“Using the high pass filter” ➞ Page 150

Adjusting a position effect

You can select a listener position that you want to make as the center of sound effects.

1 Touch [Staging] in the Audio Settings menu.

2 Touch [Position].

3 Touch desired position.

Using balance adjustment

You can select a fader/balance setting that pro- vides an ideal listening environment in all occu- pied seats.

1 Touch [FAD/BAL] in the Audio Settings menu.

The FAD/BAL screen appears. When Rear SP (the subwoofer controller setting in System Settings menu) is Sub.W, the Balance will be displayed instead of FAD/BAL.

➲“Setting the rear output and subwoofer controller” ➞ Page 156

2 Touch ￿ or ￿ to adjust front/rear speaker balance.

Each time you touch ￿ or ￿ moves the front/ rear speaker balance towards the front or the rear.

Front: 15 to Rear: 15 is displayed as the front/rear speaker balance moves from front to rear.

When the rear output setting is Rear SP Sub.W, you cannot adjust front/rear speaker balance.

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