Specifying the Speaker Type

Dolby Digital (AC-3) Surround Setup

To obtain the best possible surround sound, first specify the type of speakers you have connected Then use the test tone to adjust the speaker volumes to the same level.

1Click SETUP in the main menu.

2Click SPEAKER.

FUNCTION		SOUND	SETUP
TV	SET	FUNC	INDEX
IR	SET	CD	INDEX
USER IR		TUNER	INDEX
AUTO START		SLEEP TIMER
MACRO PLAY		OSD SETUP
SPEAKER		INPUT MODE
DELAY
			EXIT

3Set the speaker size parameters according to the type of speakers you connected.

SPEAKER SETUP

p	FRONT	LARGE
p	CENTER	LARGE

p REAR

LARGE

	SIDE
p WOOFER	YES
RETURN	EXIT

Rear speaker (REAR)

•If you connect a large speaker that will effectively reproduce bass frequencies, select “LARGE”.

•If you cannot obtain sufficient surround effects when playing a Dolby Digital (AC-3) source (a source for which the DISCRETE indicator lights), select “SMALL”. The bass frequencies for the rear speakers will be output from the sub woofer or other “LARGE” speakers.

•If you do not connect rear speakers, select “NO”.

Rear speaker place (REAR)

This parameter lets you specify the location of your rear speakers for proper implementation of the Digital Cinema Sound VIRTUAL REAR SHIFT and VIRTUAL MULTI REAR modes. Refer to the illustration below.

•Set to SIDE if the location of your rear speakers corresponds to section A.

•Set to BEHIND if the location of your rear speakers corresponds to section B.

This setting effects only the VIRTUAL REAR SHIFT and VIRTUAL MULTI REAR modes.

This parameter does not appear when the rear speaker parameter is set to “NO”.

	90°
A	A
	45°
B	B
	20°

Front speaker (FRONT)

•If you connect large speakers that will effectively reproduce bass frequencies, select “LARGE”.

•If you cannot obtain sufficient surround effects when playing a Dolby Digital (AC-3) source (a source for which the DISCRETE indicator lights), select “SMALL”. The bass frequencies for the front speakers will be output from the sub woofer or other “LARGE” speakers.

Center speaker (CENTER)

•If you connect large speakers that will effectively reproduce bass frequencies, select “LARGE”.

•If you cannot obtain sufficient surround effects when playing a Dolby Digital (AC-3) source (a source for which the DISCRETE indicator lights), select “SMALL”. The bass frequencies for the center speaker will be output from the sub woofer or other “LARGE” speakers.

•If you do not connect the center speaker, select “NO”.

Sub woofer (WOOFER)

•If you connect a sub woofer, select “YES” to output the LFE (low frequency extension) channel from the sub woofer.

•If you do not connect a sub woofer, select “NO”. This activates the Dolby Digital (AC-3) bass redirection circuitry and outputs the LFE signals from other speakers.

•In order to take full advantage of the Dolby Digital (AC-3) bass redirection circuitry, we recommend setting the sub woofer’s cut off frequency as high as possible.

STR-DA90ESG specifications

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Sony STR-DA90ESG manual Specifying the Speaker Type

Models: STR-DA90ESG