qd LFE: Lights up when the disc being played back contains the LFE (Low Frequency Effect) channel and when the sound of the LFE channel signal is actually being reproduced.
qf Playback channel indicators: The letters (L, C, R, etc.) indicate the channels being played back. The boxes around the letters vary to show how the receiver downmixes the source sound (based on the speakers settings). When using sound fields like “C.ST.EX”, the receiver adds reverberation based on the source sound.
L (Front Left), R (Front Right), C (Center (monaural)), SL (Surround Left), SR (Surround Right), S (Surround (monaural or the surround components obtained by Pro Logic processing)).
Example:
Recording format (Front/Surround): 3/2
Output channel: Surround speakers absent
Sound Field: A.F.D. AUTO
L C R
SL SR
Customizing sound fields
By adjusting the surround parameters and the tone characteristics of the front 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 on back page 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 15 before you customize a sound field.
Adjusting the level parameters
The LEVEL menu contains parameters that let you adjust the balance and volumes of each speaker. You can also customize various aspects of the current sound field. The settings are applied to all sound fields except for EFCT. parameter. For EFCT. parameter, the settings are stored individually for each sound field.
1 Start playing a program source encoded with multi channel surround sound.
2 Press MAIN MENU repeatedly to select
“LEVEL ”.
3 Press MENU or MENU to select
the parameter you want to adjust.
4 Press MENU + or MENU – to select the setting you want.
The setting is entered automatically.
Initial settings
Parameter | Initial setting |
L R BAL. L/R XX* | BALANCE |
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CTR XXX dB* | 0 dB |
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SUR.L. XXX dB* | 0 dB |
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SUR.R. XXX dB* | 0 dB |
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S.W. XXX dB* | 0 dB |
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D. RANGE COMP. XXX | OFF |
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EFCT. XXX | STD |
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Surround Enjoying Sound