Customizing sound field (continued)
Front balance (
L 
R 
BAL. L/R XX)
Lets you adjust the balance between front left and right speakers.
Center level (CTR XXX dB)
Lets you adjust the level of the center speaker.
Surround left level (SUR.L. XXX dB)
Lets you adjust the level of the surround left speaker.
Surround right level (SUR.R. XXX dB)
Lets you adjust the level of the surround right speaker.
Sub woofer level (S.W. XXX dB)
Lets you adjust the level of the sub woofer.
Dynamic range compressor (
D. RANGE
COMP. XXX)
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 reproduce a dramatic compression of the dynamic range, select “MAX”.
Note
Dynamic range compression is possible with Dolby Digital sources only.
Effect level (EFCT. XXX)
Lets you adjust the “presence” of the current surround effect.
Adjusting the tone parameters
The TONE menu contains parameters that let you adjust the tone of the front speakers for optimum sound. The settings are applied to all sound fields.
1 Start playing a program source encoded with multi channel surround sound.
2 Press MAIN MENU repeatedly to select “
TONE
”.
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 stored automatically.
Initial settings
Parameter | Initial setting |
BASS XX dB | 0 dB |
|
|
TREB. XX dB | 0 dB |
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Bass (BASS XX dB)
Lets you adjust the bass tone.
Treble (TREB. XX dB)
Lets you adjust the treble tone.
Resetting customized sound fields to the factory settings
1 If the power is on, press ?/1 to turn off the power.
2 Hold down 2CH and press ?/1.
“SF. CLR.” appears in the display and all sound fields are reset at once.