Using the TV’s Menu System

0 Go Back

1 Equalizer Presets

2 Audio Processor

3 Sound Logic

4 Audio ModeLanguage

5SAP

6Balance

7 Audio Connections

Main Menu Audio

 

Default Audio Mode

Currently Playing

English

 

Audio Mode (1 of 1)

 

Spanish

 

 

Spanish

 

Change Audio

French

The number of Audio Modes available

 

German

for the current program is 1.

 

 

Italian

If the Default Audio Mode is available, then it

 

will be heard; otherwise, the mode listed

Japanese

above is heard. Audio Mode is only available

for digital-TV (ATSC) programs.

Korean

Chinese

A change in this screen is applied to all inputs.

Press OK to change the Currently Playing Audio Language (if more than one is available).

Audio Mode

The Audio Mode menu lets you choose the default audio mode you want to hear for ATSC or QAM (digital TV) programs. If the Audio Mode icon ( ) in the banner lights, it means there is more than one audio mode available. The system automatically sets the audio program to the default audio mode from the menu when the channel you are viewing is a digital channel and the specified language is available for that program.

In the Audio Mode menu, highlight the default audio mode you want by pressing the up and down arrow buttons on your remote control. Press OK to hear that language by default whenever available on a channel.

Some programs can have audio mode available that can be heard but that cannot be set as the default. To select and hear those audio modes, navigate to the “Change Audio” action button and select OK, or use the SOUND button on remote.

Note: You can change the Audio Mode temporarily by pressing the SOUND button on the remote control. Changing channels reverts the Audio Mode back to the Default Audio Mode originally selected in the menu.

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1 Equalizer Presets

2 Audio Processor

3 Sound Logic

4 Audio Mode

5SAP

6Balance

7 Audio Connections

Main Menu Audio

Off

On

SAP stands for "Second Audio Program". When SAP is available for a program, the SAP icon in the channel banner will light up. SAP content can be another language, descriptions for the visually impaired, or audio not related to the program (for example, music or news).

If you set "SAP On" and SAP is available for a program, you will hear SAP for any channel where it is available. SAP is only available for analog (NTSC) programs.

A change in this screen is applied to all inputs.

Press ￿ or ￿ to point to an option, then press OK to select it. Press ￿to return to the menu.

SAP (Second Audio Program)

When turned on and available, Second Audio Program plays the analog (NTSC) program’s audio in a second language. SAP is also used to broadcast a program’s audio with descriptions of the video for the visually impaired. SAP might also contain audio which is totally unrelated to the video.

Notes: SAP is broadcast in mono and is only available for analog programs, not digital programs.

You can activate SAP (if available) temporarily with the SOUND button. Changing channels or inputs reverts SAP back to the SAP menu setting.

 

Main Menu Audio

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Set the balance for the internal and external speakers using

1 Equalizer Presets

the left and right arrows on the remote control.

 

2 Audio Processor

3 Sound Logic

4 Audio Mode

5SAP

6 Balance

7 Audio Connections

A change in this screen is applied to all inputs.

Balance allows you to adjust speaker balance output. Slide the bar left or right to adjust the speaker balance.

Balance

The Balance setting applies to the internal speakers. Balance is how much audio (loudness) gets sent to the left and right speakers.

Note: Balance applies if the Fixed/Variable Audio Output is set to Variable Output, Speakers On. See the following page for more information.

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RCA DVR2160, DVR2080 manual Audio Mode, SAP Second Audio Program, Balance

DVR2080, DVR2160 specifications

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