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Enjoying Surround Sound
Adjusting the equalizer
The EQ menu lets you adjust the equalization (bass, mid,
and treble frequencies) of the front, center, rear L/R and
rear center speakers individually. The equalizer bank lets
you store up to 5 different equalizer settings.
The following menu is only available after pressing EQ
BANK and selecting one of the equalizers (EQ 1 ~ 5).
1Start playing a program source encoded with multi
channel surround sound.
2Press EQ.
The button lights up and the first parameter is
displayed.
3Press the cursor buttons ( or ) to select the
parameter you want to adjust.
4Turn the jog dial to select the setting you desire.
The setting is entered automatically.
zYou can turn off the equalization without erasing it
The equalizer settings are stored separately for each sound field.
Press the EQ BANK button repeatedly until EQ [OFF] is
displayed.
Front speaker bass adjustment (Gain/Frequency)
1Use the cursor buttons ( / ) to select the gain (dB)
or frequency (Hz).
2Use the jog dial to adjust.
Repeat until you achieve the sound you desire.
• The gain can be adjusted ±10 dB in 1 dB steps.
• The frequency can be adjusted from 99 Hz to 1.0 kHz in
21 steps.
Front speaker midrange adjustment (Gain/
Frequency)
Adjust as described in “Front speaker bass adjustment”.
• The gain can be adjusted ±10 dB in 1 dB steps.
• The frequency can be adjusted from 198 Hz to 10.0 kHz
in 37 steps.
Front speaker midrange bandwidth
This parammeter lets you adjust the width of the
midrange band.
• “WIDE” provides a wide band centered on the selected
frequency, for general adjustments.
• “MIDDLE” provides a normal band.
• “NARROW” provides a narrowband centered on the
selected frequency, for specific adjustments.
Gain (dB)
Frequency (Hz)
dts LFE (Low Frequency Effect) mix level
Initial setting : 0 dB
This parameter lets you attenuate the level of the LFE
(Low Frequency Effect) channel output from the sub
woofer without effecting the level of the bass frequencies
sent to the sub woofer from the front, center or rear
channels via the “dts” bass redirection circuitry.
• The level can be adjusted in 1 dB steps from +10 dB to
–20 dB (line level).
• Selecting OFF mutes the sound of the LFE channel from
the sub woofer. However, the low frequency sounds of
the front, center, or rear speakers are output from the
sub woofer according to the settings made for each
speaker in the speaker setup (page 18~20).
zAbout the level differences in the LFE MIX settings
The “dts LFE MIX” level is set to +10.0 dB and “LFE MIX” (Dolby
Digital) is set to 0 dB.
Dynamic range compressor (D. RANGE COMP)
Initial setting : OFF
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 reproduces the sound track with no compression.
• STD reproduces the sound track with the dynamic
range intended by the recording engineer.
• 0.1 ~ 0.9 allow you to compress the dynamic range in
small steps to achieve the sound you desire.
• MAX provides a dramatic compression of the dynamic
range.
Note
Dynamic range compression is possible with Dolby Digital
sources only.
zAbout the Dynamic Range Compressor
This parameter allows you to compress the dynamic range of the
soundtrack based on the dynamic range information included in
the Dolby Digital signal. “STD” is standard compression, but
because many sources have only light compression, you may not
notice much difference when using 0.1~0.9.
Therefore, we recommend using the “MAX” setting. This greatly
compresses the dynamic range and allows you to view movies
late at night at low volumes. Unlike analog limiters, the levels are
predetermined and provide a very natural compression.