By adjusting the SURROUND menu and LEVEL menu, you can customize the sound fields to suit your particular listening situation.
Note on the displayed items
The setup items you can adjust in each menu vary depending on the sound field. Certain setup parameters may be dimmed in the display. This means that the selected parameter is either unavailable or fixed and unchangeable.
Adjusting the SURROUND menu
You can customize the surround effects of the selected sound field. The settings are stored individually for each sound field.
1 Start playing a source encoded with multi channel surround effects (DVD, etc.).
2 Press SURROUND.
The SURROUND button lights up and “<<<SURROUND>>>” appears in the display.
3 Press the cursor buttons ( or ) to select the parameter.
For details, see “SURROUND menu parameters” below.
4 While monitoring the sound, turn the jog dial to adjust the selected parameter.
5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to adjust the other parameters.
SURROUND menu parameters
xEFFECT LEVEL XXX % (Effect level)
Initial setting: 100 %
Higher settings apply more surround effect. You can adjust from 0 % to 150 % in 5 % steps.
xBASS GAIN XXX.X dB
(Bass gain level of the equalizer)
Initial setting: 0 dB
Unlike the equalizer in the EQ menu (which lets you adjust the overall sound of each speaker), this parameter lets you adjust the bass gain level of each sound field.
You can adjust from
xTREBLE GAIN XXX.X dB (Treble gain level of the equalizer)
Initial setting: 0 dB
Unlike the equalizer in the EQ menu (which lets you adjust the overall sound of each speaker), this parameter lets you adjust the treble gain level of each sound field.
You can adjust from
For advanced SURROUND menu adjustments
Use the CUSTOMIZE menu and set “MENU EXPAND” to “ON” to enable advanced adjustments.
For details on “MENU EXPAND”, see page 47.
For details on how to set the items, see page 52.
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