Listening to your system | 05 |
Setting the effect options
When using surround effects, there are a number of settings you can adjust.
1Press EFFECT/CH SEL repeatedly to select the setting you want to adjust.
Depending on the current status / mode of the receiver, certain options may not appear. Check the table below for notes on this.
2Use the LEVEL +/– buttons to set it as necessary. See the table below for the options available for each setting. The defaults, if not stated, are listed in bold.
3Press EFFECT/CH SEL again to adjust other settings.
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Center | Spreads the center channel between | 0 to 7 |
Widtha | the front right and left speakers, | Default: 3 |
(Applicable | making it sound wider (higher |
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Dimensiona | Adjusts the surround sound balance | |
| from front to back, making the sound | Default: 0 |
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| more forward (positive settings). |
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THX | STANDARD ADV.SURR F.S.SURRSTEREO/ |
MULTI OPE AUTOSURR ACOUSTIC EQ SIGNAL SEL
SHIFT EFFECT/CHSEL | LEVEL |
RECEIVER
•While listening to a source, press STEREO/F.S.SURR for stereo playback.
Press repeatedly to switch between:
•STEREO – The audio is heard with your surround settings and you can still use the Midnight, Loudness, and Tone functions.
•F.S.SURR FOCUS – See Using Front Stage Surround Advance below for more on this.
•F.S.SURR WIDE – See Using Front Stage Surround Advance below for more on this.
Using Front Stage Surround Advance
The Front Stage Surround Advance function allows you to create natural surround sound effects using just the front speakers and the subwoofer.
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THX | STANDARD ADV.SURR F.S.SURRSTEREO/ |
Panoramaa | Extends the front stereo image to | OFF |
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Center | Adjusts the center image to create a | 0 to 10 |
Imageb | wider stereo effect with vocals. | Default: 3 |
(Applicable | Adjust the effect from 0 (all center |
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using a center | speakers) to 10 (center channel sent |
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speaker) | to the center speaker only). |
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MULTI OPE AUTOSURR ACOUSTIC EQ SIGNAL SEL
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•While listening to a source, press STEREO/F.S.SURR to select Front Stage Surround Advance modes.
•STEREO – See Listening in stereo above for more on
Effect | Sets the effect level for the currently | 10 to 90 |
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Sound Delay Some monitors have a slight delay | 0.0 to 6.0 | |
| when showing video, so the | (frames) |
| soundtrack will be slightly out of sync | 1 second = |
| with the picture. By adding a bit of | 25 frames |
| delay, you can adjust the sound to | (PAL) |
| match the presentation of the video. |
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a. Only available with 2 ch sources in Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music/Dolby Pro Logic II Music mode.
b.Only available with 2 ch sources in Neo:6 Music mode.
Listening in stereo
When you select STEREO, you will hear the source through just the front left and right speakers (and possibly your subwoofer depending on your speaker settings). Dolby Digital, DTS and WMA9 Pro multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo.
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•F.S.SURR FOCUS – Use to provide a rich surround sound effect directed to the center of where the front left and right speakers sound projection area converges.
•F.S.SURR WIDE – Use to provide a surround sound effect to a wider area than FOCUS mode.1
FOCUS position (Recommend) | WIDE position | ||
Front left | Front right | Front left | Front right |
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Note
1When using F.S.SURR WIDE, a better effect can be obtained if Auto MCACC Setup is performed. For more on this, refer to Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC) on page 8.
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