Additional Information
Glossary
Center mode
Setting of speakers to enhance Dolby Pro Logic Surround mode. To obtain the best possible surround sound, select one of the following four center modes according to your speaker system.
•NORMAL mode
Select NORMAL mode if you have front and rear speakers and a small center speaker. Since a small speaker cannot produce enough bass, the bass sound of the center channel is output from the front speakers.
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•3 STEREO mode
Select 3 STEREO mode if you have front and center speakers but no rear speaker. The sound of the rear channel is output from the front speakers to let you experience some of the surround sound without using rear speakers.
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Delay time
Time lag between the surround sound output from front speakers and rear speakers. By adjusting the delay time of the rear speakers, you can obtain the feeling of presence. Make the delay time longer when you have placed the rear speakers in a small room or close to your listening position, and make it shorter when you have placed them in a large room or apart from your listening position.
Surround sound
Sound that consists of three elements: direct sound, early reflected sound (early reflections) and reverberative sound (reverberation). The acoustics where you hear the sound affect the way these three sound elements are heard. These sound elements are combined in such a way that you can actually feel the size and the type of a concert hall.
•Types of sound
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Direct sound
•Transition of sound from rear speakers
Direct sound Early
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•WIDE mode
Select WIDE mode if you have front and rear speakers and a large center speaker. With the WIDE mode, you can take full advantage of Dolby Surround sound.
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•PHANTOM mode
Select PHANTOM mode if you have front and rear speakers but no center speaker. The sound of the center channel is output from the front speakers.
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Direct tuning
Tuning method to let you directly enter a station’s frequency using the numeric buttons on the remote. Use this method if you know the frequency of the station you want.
Dolby Pro Logic Surround
As one method of decoding Dolby Surround, Dolby Pro Logic Surround produces four channels from two channel sound. Compared with the former Dolby Surround system, Dolby Pro Logic Surround reproduces
5.1 CH/DVD
These jacks are used to input decoded Dolby Digital
Preset station
A radio broadcasting station that is stored in memory of the receiver. Once you “preset” stations, you no longer have to tune in the stations. Each preset station is assigned its own preset number, which lets you tune them in quickly.
Test tone
Signal given out by the receiver for adjusting the speaker volume. The test tone will come out as follows:
•In a system with a center speaker (NORMAL/WIDE/3 STEREO modes)
The test tone is output from the front L (left), center, front R (right), and rear speakers in succession.
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Center
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Rear (L, R)
NORMAL/WIDE
•In a system without a center speaker (PHANTOM mode)
The test tone is output from the front and the rear speakers alternately.
Front (L, R)
PHANTOM
Rear (L, R)