Using the TV’s Menu System
Sound Menu
The Sound menu lets you adjust audio output. To access the Sound menu, press MENU on the remote, and then select Sound from the main menu. The following audio items can be adjusted: Sound settings, Sound type, Sound mode, SRS mode, SRS Dialog Clarity, SAP, Sound Logic, Headphone settings, and Graphic equalizer.
Sound settings The Sound settings submenu contains the following items:
Left & Right balance Use the left or right arrow button to center the bar under the arrow to balance the left and right speakers.
Amplifier Use the left or right arrow button to select External (if your TV is using external amplifier only) or Internal (if your TV is using the speakers in the TV).
Subwoofer Set the TV’s subwoofer to External, if the TV is using an external subwoofer; or None.
Sound type Press the right arrow button to scroll through the available audio types, which control the way the sound comes through your speakers. The options available vary according to the input selected.
Mono (available for regular TV viewing only) Plays the sound in mono only. Use this setting when receiving broadcasts with weak stereo signals.
Stereo Splits the incoming stereo audio signal into left and right channels. Most TV programs and recorded materials have stereo audio. The word Stereo appears in the channel banner when you tune to a program that is broadcast in stereo.
Automatic (available for regular TV viewing only) Chooses the sound type according to the current signal.
Left and Right (available for audio/video inputs only) Isolates either the left or right channel of the incoming audio.
Sound Mode Press the right arrow button to scroll through the available audio modes, which provide special processing through your speakers (depending on the setting you chose as your Sound type).
Normal Does not give any special processing, simply provides the mono or stereo sound provided by the signal you're watching.
Wide Available only for mono signals. “Widens” sound from mono broadcasts and mono components connected to your TV for a fuller, more spacious sound.
Virtual Dolby PL II Virtual Dolby Surround Pro Logic II offers a virtual Dolby Surround Pro Logic II sound effect through any
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