Sony SA-VA15 Adjusting the Surround Sound, Changing the display, Adjusting the speaker volumes, Adjusting the delay time, Resetting an entire surround mode

Changing the display

You can dim the display, or turn it off, according to your preference.

Press DIMMER a few times until the display mode you desire appears.

The display returns to full brightness temporarily when you press one of the buttons on the control panel or the remote.

Adjusting the Surround Sound

Although this speaker system is factory preset to provide balanced surround sound without adjustment, you can adjust the volume of each speaker and the delay time to accommodate the conditions in your living room or your individual preference.

Home Theater Operations

To adjust the level	press
between the right and left	BALANCE L or R
front speakers
of the center speaker	CENTER, then press
	ADJUST + or –
of the rear speaker	REAR, then press
	ADJUST + or –

4Press TEST TONE on the remote to turn off the test tone.

To restore the center,rear, or balance levels to the factory setting

Press CENTER, REAR, or BALANCE L or R, then press

RESET.

Note

Pressing buttons other than MASTER VOL., RESET, CENTER, REAR, or BALANCE L or R cancels the test tone.

DELAY TIME

TEST TONE

REAR	ADJUST +/–
CENTER
BALANCE L/R	RESET

Adjusting the speaker volumes

The test tone feature lets you adjust the volume of the sound coming from each speaker to the same level, so that the surround sound will be even and natural.

Make the following adjustments from your listening position.

1Choose the DOLBY SUR mode.

2Press TEST TONE on the remote.

The test tone comes from each speaker in sequence:

/Left Front (L) /Center /Right Front (R) Rear ?

3Adjust the volume levels so that you hear the test tone from each speaker at the same volume level when you are in your listening position:

Adjusting the delay time

By adjusting the delay time you can enhance the spatial characteristics of the sound to obtain a theater-like presence regardless of the size of your room. If the rear speakers are close to your listening position, choose a longer delay time.

You can adjust the settings individually for DOLBY SUR, HALL, and SIMULATED.

1Choose any surround mode.

2Playback a program.

3Press DELAY TIME on the remote once to display the current delay time.

4Press DELAY TIME a few times to choose the delay time you prefer, either 15, 20, or 30 ms. The factory setting is 20 ms.

To restore the delay time to the factory setting

Press DELAY TIME and then RESET.

Resetting an entire surround mode

Press the button for the surround mode you want to reset (i.e., HALL) and then press RESET while the name of the surround mode is being displayed.

All of the adjustments in that mode, including the bass and treble (page 12), are reset to the factory settings.

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