Tone controls - treble and bass:
Thesetwomenupointsenableyoutoalterthetrebl | eand | |
bass settings to compensate for tonal differences i | n | |
programme material. The settings affect all channel | s, | |
andtheadjustmentrangeis+/6dBin1dBincreme |
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Note
The basic settings for the tone controls should fir | st be |
carriedoutinthe 'Tone adjust Menu'.Thetonesettings canbemadeseparatelyforeachchannel,andcompen sate for permanently imperfect loudspeaker position ing androominfluences.
Tone control on / off:
This menu point enables you switch the tone control
on/offtotoggleeasilybetweenLinearmodeandT one controlmode.
Subwoofer level:
If you have switched on the subwoofer in the | 'Loud- |
speaker Menu', you can adjust its volume here within | |
therange10(dB)and+10(dB)inordertomatch | the |
subwoofer to the acoustic conditions of your listen | ing |
roomandthevolumeoftheotherchannels. |
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If the subwoofer is switched off in the | 'Loudspeaker | |
Menu',thismenupointinthe | 'Main Menu'isalsosetto | |
Off ,andthesubwooferlevelcannotbeadjusted.
Note
Itisessentialtosetthebalancebetweentheothe rchan nels (front, surround and center) in the 'Loudspeaker Balance Menu'beforeyouchangethissetting.
Loudness:
The term Loudness refers to an automatic volume sensitive tone control designed to compensate for t he frequencydependentsensitivityofthehumanearat very
lowvolumes.YoucanswitchLoudnessonandoffin this menupoint.
on | Loudnessswitchedon |
| Loudnessswitchedoff |
off |
Dynamic range:
Sound sources encoded using the Dolby Digital proc-
essmayhaveaverywidedynamicrange.This can be |
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reduced in three stages to suit your circumstances, | i.e. | ||
quiet passages are reproduced slightly louder at lo | w | ||
volume,whereasloudpassages are reduced in volume |
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slightly. You can select any of the following dynam | ic | ||
ranges: |
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| Greatly reduced dynamic range, e.g. | ||
minimum | |||
| fornighttimelistening. |
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| Standard dynamic | range, medium | |
standard | |||
| compression. |
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| Exploits maximum | dynamic range | |
maximum | |||
| providedbythesoundsource. |
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