Customizing sound fields

By adjusting the surround parameters and the equalization of the front, center, surround, and surround back speakers, you can customize the sound fields to suit your particular listening situation.

Once you customize a sound field, the changes are stored in the memory indefinitely. You can change a customized sound field any time by making new adjustments to the parameters.

See the tables starting from page 90 for the parameters available in each sound field.

To get the most from multi channel surround sound

Position your speakers and do the procedures described in “Multi channel surround setup” starting from page 18 before you customize a sound field.

Adjusting the surround parameters

The SURROUND menu contains parameters that let you customize various aspects of the current sound field. The settings are stored individually for each sound field.

1 Start playing a program source encoded with multi channel surround sound.

2 Press SURROUND.

The button lights up and the first parameter is displayed.

3 Press the cursor buttons ( or ) to select the parameter you want to adjust.

4 Turn the jog dial to select the setting you want.

The setting is entered automatically.

Initial settings

Parameter

Initial setting

2CH DECODING1)

(depends on the sound field)

2CH MODE1)

PRO LOGIC

C.WIDTH L__C__R1)2)

3

DIMENSION F__I__S1)2)

Midpoint

PANORAMA MODE1)2)

OFF

PRO LOGIC3)

AUTO

EFFECT LEVEL

(depends on the sound field)

 

 

WALL S__I__H

Midpoint

 

 

REVERB S__I__L

Midpoint

 

 

FRONT REVERB

STD (STANDARD)

 

 

SCREEN DEPTH

MID

 

 

VIR.SPEAKERS

ON

 

 

SUR.ENHANCER

ON

 

 

BASS GAIN

0 dB

 

 

BASS FREQ.

250 Hz

 

 

TREBLE GAIN

0 dB

 

 

TREBLE FREQ.

2.5 kHz

 

 

1)STR-DA5ES only.

2)You can set this parameter only when the 2ch decode mode is set to “PL II MUSIC”.

3)STR-DA3ES only.

2ch decode type (2CH DECODING)

(STR-DA5ES only) Lets you specify the settings for decoding Digital PCM, analog input, or the 2 channel audio signals of [2/0] format sound.

•When set to “AUTO”, the receiver performs the decoding when the Dolby Surround or DTS Surround encode flag is on.

•When set to “ON”, the receiver performs the decoding for the 2 channel source, regardless of the encode flag.

•When set to “OFF”, the receiver does not perform the decoding.

Note

When “NORMAL SURROUND” is selected, the receiver is automaticallty set to “ON” setting. When “A.F.D.” is selected, the receiver automatically set to “AUTO” setting. In either case, this parameter is not displayed in the SURROUND menu.

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