08Surround sound settings
Dynamic Range Control1
When watching Dolby Digital or DTS material at low volume, low level sounds — including some of the dialog
—can be difficult to hear properly. Using one of the Dynamic Range Control (DRC) settings can help by bringing up the low level sounds, while controlling high level peaks.
Dynamic Range Control works only with Dolby Digital soundtracks and some DTS soundtracks.
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1 | SETUP | Open the ‘Sound Setup’ menu. |
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| Select ‘D.R.C.’, then press ENTER. |
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| Select a setting. |
Select one of the following:
•D.R.C. Auto – Only available for Dolby TrueHD signals. Select D.R.C. High or D.R.C. Mid for signals other than Dolby TrueHD.
•D.R.C. High – Dynamic range is reduced (loud sounds are reduced in volume while quieter sounds are increased)
•D.R.C. Mid – Mid setting
•D.R.C. Off – No dynamic range adjustment (use when listening at higher volume)
4 ENTER Press to exit.
Dual mono setting2
Specifies how dual mono encoded Dolby Digital soundtracks should be played. You can also use this setting to switch the audio channel on
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1 | SETUP | Open the ‘Sound Setup’ menu. |
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| Select ‘Dual Mono’, then press ENTER. |
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| Select a setting. |
Select one of the following:
•CH1 Mono – Only channel 1 is played
•CH2 Mono – Only channel 2 is played
•CH1/CH2 – Both channels are played through the front speakers
4 ENTER Press to exit.
Note
1 This setting is effective for the speaker output. A similar adjustment feature is available on the HDD/DVD recorder — see Audio DRC on page 156.
2This setting is effective for the speaker output. A similar adjustment feature is available on the HDD/DVD recorder — see Switching audio chan- nels on page 111.
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