Customizing the receiver settings

You can adjust various receiver settings to suit your preference. For details on adjusting the parameters, see “Navigating through the setup parameters” (page 25) and “Overview of the setup parameters” (page 26)

xFRT BAL (Front speaker balance)

Lets you adjust the balance between front left and right speakers.

xD. RANGE (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. Dynamic range compression is possible with Dolby Digital sources only.

•COMP. OFF

The dynamic range is not compressed.

•COMP. STD

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

•COMP. 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.

xDEC. PRI. (Digital audio input decoding priority)

Lets you specify the input mode for the digital signal input to the DIGITAL IN jacks.

•DEC. AUTO

Automatically switches the input mode between DTS, Dolby Digital, or PCM.

•DEC. PCM

PCM signals are given priority (to prevent interruption when playback starts). However, when other signals are input, there may be no sound depending on the format. In this case, set to “DEC. AUTO”.

Note

When set to “DEC. AUTO” and the sound from the digital audio jacks (for CD, etc.) is interrupted when playback starts, set to “DEC. PCM”.

xDUAL (Digital broadcast language selection)

Lets you select the language you want to listen to during digital broadcast. This feature only functions for Dolby Digital sources.

•DUAL M/S (Main/Sub)

Sound of the main language will be output through the front left speaker and sound of the sub language will be output through the front right speaker simultaneously.

•DUAL M (Main)

Sound of the main language will be output.

•DUAL S (Sub)

Sound of the sub language will be output.

•DUAL M+S (Main + Sub)

Mixed sound of both the main and sub languages will be output.

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