Customizing sound fields

By adjusting the LEVEL menu, you can customize the sound fields to suit your particular listening situation.

Note on the displayed items

The setup items you can adjust in each menu vary depending on the sound field. Certain setup parameters may be dimmed in the display. This means that the selected parameter is either unavailable or fixed and unchangeable.

Adjusting the LEVEL menu

You can adjust the balance and level of each speaker. These settings are applied to all sound fields except for effect level parameter. The effect level parameter settings are stored individually for each sound field.

1 Start playing a source encoded with multi channel surround effects (DVD, etc.).

2 Press MAIN MENU repeatedly to select“ LEVEL ”.

3 Turn MENU to select the parameter you want to adjust.

For details, see “LEVEL menu parameters” below.

4 While monitoring the sound, turn –/+ to select the setting you want.

The setting is entered automatically.

5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to adjust the other parameters.LEVEL menu parameters

The initial setting is underlined.

xTEST TONE (Test tone)

Initial setting: OFF

Lets you output the test tone sequentially from each speaker. When set to “AUTO”, the test tone is output from each speaker automatically. When set to “FIX”, you can select which speaker will output the test tone.

x L R BALANCE L/R XX (Front speaker balance)

Initial setting: BALANCE (0)

Lets you adjust the balance between front left and right speakers. You can adjust in the range of BALANCE L (+1 to +8), BALANCE (0), BALANCE R (+1 to +8) in 17 steps.

xCENTER XXX dB (Center speaker level)xSURR L XXX dB(Surround speaker (Left) level)xSURR R XXX dB(Surround speaker (Right) level)xSB XXX dB(Surround back speaker level)*xSB LEFT XXX dB(Surround back speaker (Left) level)**xSB RIGHT XXX dB(Surround back speaker (Right) level)**xSW XXX dB(Sub woofer level)

Initial setting: 0 dB

You can adjust from –10 dB to +10 dB in 1 dB steps.

xMULTI SW XXX dB(Multi Channel sub woofer level)

Initial setting: 0 dB

Lets you increase the level of the MULTI CH IN sub woofer channel by +10 dB. This adjustment may be necessary when connecting a DVD player to the MULTI CH IN jacks. The sub woofer level from DVD players is 10 dB lower than Super Audio CD players.

*Only when the surround back speakers selection parameter is set to “SINGLE” in the SET UP menu (page 19).

**Only when the surround back speakers selection parameter is set to “DUAL” in the SP SET UP menu (page 19).

xEFFECT XXX (Effect level)

Initial setting: STD

Lets you adjust the “presence” of the surround effect in 3 levels – MIN (minimum effect), STD (standard effect) and MAX (maximum effect).

Settings and Adjustments Advanced

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