5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Listening to your system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setting/What it does

Option(s)

 

Setting/What it does

Option(s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setting the Audio options

 

EQ (Acoustic Calibration EQ)

ON

 

DRC (Dynamic Range Control)

AUTOe

There are a number of additional sound settings you can

 

 

make using the AUDIO PARAMETER menu. The defaults, if

 

Switches on/off the effect of Acoustic

 

 

Adjusts the level of dynamic range for movie

 

 

OFF

 

 

 

MAX

 

Calibration EQ.

 

soundtracks optimized for Dolby Digital, DTS,

not stated, are listed in bold.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD

MID

 

Important

 

S.DELAY (Sound Delay)

0.0 to 9.0

 

 

 

 

and DTS-HD Master Audio (you may need to

 

 

 

 

Some monitors have a slight delay when

(frames)

 

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

use this feature when listening to surround

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

 

showing video, so the soundtrack will be

1 second = 30

 

 

 

 

 

sound at low volumes).

 

 

PARAMETER menu, it is unavailable due to the current

 

slightly out of sync with the picture. By adding

frames (NTSC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

source, settings and status of the receiver.

 

a bit of delay, you can adjust the sound to

Default: 0.0

 

LFE ATT (LFE Attenuate)

0 (0 dB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

match the presentation of the video.

 

 

Some Dolby Digital and DTS audio sources

5 (–5 dB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

include ultra-low bass tones. Set the LFE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a

M/L OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS

 

 

attenuator as necessary to prevent the ultra-

10 (–10 dB)

 

 

RECEIVER SLEEP SOURCE

 

The MIDNIGHT allows you to hear effective

MIDNIGHT

 

low bass tones from distorting the sound from

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 (–15 dB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

surround sound of movies at low volumes.

 

 

the speakers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOUDNESS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT

 

The LOUDNESS is used to get good bass and

 

 

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

20 (–20 dB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

treble from music sources at low volumes.

 

 

is the recommended value. When set to –15

** (OFF)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dB, the LFE is limited by the respective

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S.RTV (Sound Retriever)b

OFFc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When audio data is removed during the

 

 

degree. When OFF is selected, no sound is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

output from the LFE channel.

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

compression process, sound quality often

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press

 

, then press AUDIO PARAMETER.

 

suffers from an uneven sound image. The

 

 

 

f

0 (0 dB)

 

RECEIVER

 

 

SACD G. (SACD Gain)

 

 

Sound Retriever feature employs new DSP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brings out detail in SACDs by maximizing the

+6 (+6 dB)

 

Use / to select the setting you want to adjust.

 

technology that helps bring CD quality sound

 

 

 

 

 

 

dynamic range (during digital processing).

 

 

2 Depending on the current status/mode of the receiver,

 

back to compressed 2-channel audio by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HDMI (HDMI Audio)

 

AMP

 

certain options may not be able to be selected. Check the

 

restoring sound pressure and smoothing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifies the routing of the HDMI audio signal

 

 

 

table below for notes on this.

 

jagged artifacts left over after compression.

 

 

THRU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

d

CH1 – Channel 1

 

 

 

Use / to set it as necessary.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

DUAL MONO

is heard only

 

 

 

3 See the table below for the options available for each

 

Specifies how dual mono encoded Dolby

 

output from this receiver.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digital soundtracks should be played.

CH2 – Channel 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

setting.

 

 

A.DLY (Auto Delay)g

 

OFF

 

 

 

 

is heard only

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This feature automatically corrects the audio-

ON

Press RETURN to confirm and exit the menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CH1 CH2 – Both

 

to-video delay between components

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

channels heard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

connected with an HDMI cable. The audio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from front

 

delay time is set depending on the operational

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

speakers

 

status of the display connected with an HDMI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F.PCM (Fixed PCM)

OFF

 

cable. The video delay time is automatically

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is useful if you find there is a slight delay

 

 

adjusted according to the audio delay time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

before OFF recognizes the PCM signal on a

 

C.WIDTH (Center Width)h

0 to 7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD, for instance.

 

 

(Applicable only when using a center speaker)

Default: 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When ON is selected, noise may be output

 

 

Spreads the center channel between the front

 

 

during playback of non-PCM sources. Please

 

right and left speakers, making it sound wider

select another input signal if this is a problem.

 

 

(higher settings) or narrower (lower settings).

 

 

 

 

 

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