Customizing sound fields (continued)

Dynamic range compressor (D.

RANGE COMP.)

Lets you compress the dynamic range of the sound track. This may be useful when you want to watch movies at low volumes late at night. We recommend using the “MAX” setting.

•To reproduce the sound track with no compression, select “OFF”.

•To reproduce the sound track with the dynamic range intended by the recording engineer, select “STD”.

•To compress the dynamic range in small steps to achieve the sound you desire, select “0.1”– “0.9”.

•To reproduce a dramatic compression of the dynamic range, select “MAX”.

Notes

•Dynamic range compression is possible with Dolby Digital sources only.

•While NIGHT MODE is activated, D.RANGE COMP. is automatically set to MAX and is not displayed in the LEVEL menu.

Resetting customized sound fields to the factory settings

1 If the power is on, press ?/1 to turn off the power.

2 Hold down MODE + and press ?/1.

“S.F Initialize” appears in the display and all sound fields are reset at once.

Adjusting the equalizer

The EQ menu lets you adjust the equalization of the front, center, surround and surround back speakers individually. The equalizer bank lets you store up to 5 different equalizer settings.

The following menu is only available after pressing EQUALIZER and selecting one of the equalizers (EQ PRESET [1]–[5]).

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

2 Press EQUALIZER repeatedly to select the equalizer you want to adjust (EQ PRESET [1]–[5]).

3 Press EQ.

The button lights up and the first parameter is displayed.

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

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

The setting is entered automatically.

BASS

MID

TREBLE

Gain

 

Bandwidth

(dB)

 

 

Frequency

Frequency

Frequency

(Hz)

(Hz)

(Hz)

Tip

You can turn off the equalization without erasing the equalizer. Press EQUALIZER repeatedly to select “EQ PRESET [OFF]”.

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