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Listening to your system

Setting the Audio options

There are a number of additional sound settings you can make using the AUDIO PARAMETER menu. The defaults, if not stated, are listed in bold.

Important

• Note that if a setting doesn’t appear in the AUDIO

PARAMETER menu, it is unavailable due to the current

Setting/What it does

Option(s)

EQ (Acoustic Calibration EQ)

ON

Switches on/off the effect of Acoustic

 

OFF

Calibration EQ.

 

 

 

S.DELAY (Sound Delay)

0.0 to 9.0

Some monitors have a slight delay when

(frames)

showing video, so the soundtrack will be

1 second = 30

slightly out of sync with the picture. By adding

frames (NTSC)

Setting/What it does

DRC (Dynamic Range Control)

Adjusts the level of dynamic range for movie soundtracks optimized for Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD and DTS-HD Master Audio (you may need to use this feature when listening to surround sound at low volumes).

Option(s)

AUTOe

MAX

MID

OFF

source, settings and status of the receiver.

RECEIVER SLEEP SOURCE

INPUT

1 Press RECEIVER , then press AUDIO PARAMETER. 2 Use / to select the setting you want to adjust.

Depending on the current status/mode of the receiver, certain options may not be able to be selected. Check the table below for notes on this.

3 Use / to set it as necessary.

See the table below for the options available for each setting.

4 Press RETURN to confirm and exit the menu.

a bit of delay, you can adjust the sound to

Default: 0.0

match the presentation of the video.

 

 

 

MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESSa

M/L OFF

The MIDNIGHT allows you to hear effective

MIDNIGHT

surround sound of movies at low volumes.

 

LOUDNESS

The LOUDNESS is used to get good bass and

 

treble from music sources at low volumes.

 

 

 

S.RTV (Sound Retriever)b

OFFc

When audio data is removed during the

 

ON

compression process, sound quality often

 

suffers from an uneven sound image. The

 

Sound Retriever feature employs new DSP

 

technology that helps bring CD quality sound

 

back to compressed 2-channel audio by

 

restoring sound pressure and smoothing

 

jagged artifacts left over after compression.

 

 

 

DUAL MONOd

CH1 – Channel 1

Specifies how dual mono encoded Dolby

is heard only

 

Digital soundtracks should be played.

CH2 – Channel 2

 

is heard only

 

 

 

CH1 CH2 – Both

 

channels heard

 

from front

 

speakers

 

 

F.PCM (Fixed PCM)

OFF

This is useful if you find there is a slight delay

 

ON

before OFF recognizes the PCM signal on a

 

CD, for instance.

 

When ON is selected, noise may be output during playback of non-PCM sources. Please select another input signal if this is a problem.

LFE ATT (LFE Attenuate)

0 (0 dB)

Some Dolby Digital and DTS audio sources

 

5 (–5 dB)

include ultra-low bass tones. Set the LFE

 

10 (–10 dB)

attenuator as necessary to prevent the ultra-

low bass tones from distorting the sound from

15 (–15 dB)

the speakers.

 

20 (–20 dB)

The LFE is not limited when set to 0 dB, which

 

is the recommended value. When set to –15

** (OFF)

dB, the LFE is limited by the respective

 

degree. When OFF is selected, no sound is

 

output from the LFE channel.

 

 

 

SACD G. (SACD Gain)f

0 (0 dB)

Brings out detail in SACDs by maximizing the

+6 (+6 dB)

dynamic range (during digital processing).

 

 

 

HDMI (HDMI Audio)

AMP

Specifies the routing of the HDMI audio signal

 

THRU

out of this receiver (AMP) or through to a TV

 

(THRU). When THRU is selected, no sound is

 

output from this receiver.

 

 

 

A.DLY (Auto Delay)g

OFF

This feature automatically corrects the audio-

ON

to-video delay between components

 

connected with an HDMI cable. The audio

 

delay time is set depending on the operational

 

status of the display connected with an HDMI

 

cable. The video delay time is automatically

 

adjusted according to the audio delay time.

 

 

 

C.WIDTH (Center Width)h

0 to 7

(Applicable only when using a center speaker)

Default: 3

Spreads the center channel between the front

 

right and left speakers, making it sound wider

 

(higher settings) or narrower (lower settings).

 

 

 

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