Tip

Surround speaker position is designed specifically for implementation of the Cinema Studio EX modes. For other sound fields, speaker position is not so critical. Those sound fields were designed under the premise that the surround speakers would be located behind the listening position, but presentation remains fairly consistent even with the surround speakers positioned at a rather wide angle. However, if the speakers are pointing toward the listener from the immediate left and right of the listening position, the surround effects becomes unclear unless set to

“PL. SIDE”.

Nevertheless, each listening environment has many variables, like wall reflections, and you may obtain better results using “PL. BEHD” if your speakers are located high above the listening position, even if they are to the immediate left and right.

Therefore, although it may result in a setting contrary to the above explanation, we recommend that you playback multi channel surround encoded software and select the setting that provides a good sense of spaciousness and that best succeeds in forming a cohesive space between the surround sound from the surround speakers and the sound of the front speakers. If you are not sure which sounds best, select

“PL. BEHD” and then use the speaker distance parameter and speaker level adjustments to obtain proper balance.

x SLSR HGT. XXXX (Surround speaker height)*

Lets you specify the height of your surround speakers for proper implementation of the surround effects of the Cinema Studio EX modes (page 37).

B B

60

AA

30

•LOW

Select if the height of your surround speakers corresponds to section A.

•HIGH

Select if the height of your surround speakers corresponds to section B.

*This setup item is not available when the surround speaker size parameter is set to “NO”.

xSP > XXX Hz(Speaker crossover frequency)

Initial setting: 100 Hz

Lets you adjust the bass crossover frequency of speakers set to “SMALL” in the SPEAKER SETUP menu. You can adjust from 40 Hz to 160 Hz in 10 Hz step.

Advanced LEVEL menu parameters

When “MENU XXX” is set to “MENU EXP.”, the following parameters are displayed and adjustable in addition to the LEVEL menu parameters on page 42.

The initial settings are underlined.

xP. NOISE (Phase noise)

Initial setting: Off

Lets you output the test tone sequentially from two adjacent speakers.

xP. AUDIO (Phase audio)

Initial setting: Off

Lets you output the front 2 channel source sound (instead of the test tone) sequentially from adjacent speakers.

x D.RANGE COMP. XXX (Dynamic range compressor)

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.

•OFF

The dynamic range is not compressed.

•STD

The dynamic range is compressed as intended by the recording engineer.

•MAX

The dynamic range is compressed dramatically.

Tip

Dynamic range compressor lets you compress the dynamic range of the soundtrack based on the dynamic range information included in the Dolby Digital signal. “COMP. STD” is the standard setting, but it only enacts light compression. Therefore, we recommend using the “COMP. MAX” setting. This greatly compresses the dynamic range and lets you view movies late at night at low volumes. Unlike analog limiters, the levels are predetermined and provide a very natural compression.

Note

Dynamic range compression is possible with Dolby Digital sources only.

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