05Surround sound and other settings

• LFE Off – LFE channel is not played

DTS CD setting

If you play a DTS-encoded CD, you will need to change this setting to hear the decoded signal.

When CD Type? appears, press ENTER, then

use

to select the setting:

•NormalCD – Regular CD playback, DTS- encoded CDs output a noisy signal

•DTS-CD– Proper decoding of DTS- encoded CDs, but regular CD playback may lose quality

Setting the channel levels

You can set the relative channel levels from your main listening position for all of the

listening modes independently.1

If you have completed Using the Auto MCACC setup for optimal surround sound on page 6, the channel levels will already be set. You can still fine-tune the levels here if you need to.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

4

 

PROGRAM

REPEAT

RANDOM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO

 

SUBTITLE

 

 

ANGLE

 

 

 

 

STANDBY/ON

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD MENU

RETURN

 

 

ZOOM

TOP MENU

DISPLAY

 

CD

FM/AM

 

 

L1/L2

 

 

1

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

DVD

TUNER

 

TV

 

LINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIMER/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIMMER

SR+

 

CLOCK

 

FRONT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

5

 

 

6

 

SURROUND

 

 

 

OPEN CLOSE

 

 

 

ENTER

 

 

SYSTEM

 

TEST TONE

CH LEVEL

 

 

 

8

 

 

0

 

 

 

SETUP

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUTE

 

BASS

 

 

7

 

8

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

QUIET/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SURROUND

ADVANCED

MIDNIGHT

1

3

 

¡

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLR

 

0

 

 

ENTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAIN

SUB

 

DIALOGUE

 

4

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOUND

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

MASTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•L – Front left speaker

•C – Center speaker

•R – Front right speaker

•RS – Right surround speaker

•LS – Left surround speaker

•SW – Subwoofer3

3Use the MASTER VOLUME +/– button to adjust the volume to an appropriate level. Turn down the volume to 40 or less to ensure you have adequate headroom.

4 Use

to adjust the speaker levels in

turn.

 

You should hear the test tone at the same volume from each speaker when seated in the main listening position. The channel level range is ± 10 dB.

5When you’re done, press ENTER to exit the test tone setup.

1 Select a listening mode.

Press SURROUND, ADVANCED or FRONT SURROUND repeatedly to select the listening

mode you want.2

2Press TEST TONE to hear the test tone. The test tone is output in the following order (from the speakers active in the current mode):

Note

1• The SURROUND modes are divided into two independent groups: multichannel listening modes and stereo modes.

• The speaker volume can be adjusted while listening to any sound source you want by pressing CH LEVEL and then using

 

to adjust the channel levels. After finishing a channel, use

to move to the next.

2

When the Auto listening mode is selected, using the test tone method will adjust levels for multichannel sources only. Use

CH LEVEL and

(see footnote above) to set levels for the Auto listening mode with two channel sources.

3

Since the subwoofer produces ultra-low frequencies its sound may seem quieter than it actually is.

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