Technicolor - Thomson DPL5000 manual Preferred surround placement, Test Tone / Channel balance

Getting Started

Getting Started

Preferred surround placement

Location

If possible, place surround speakers to either side of the listening area, not behind it.

Advanced Setting

Alternative Surround Placement

Rear wall

If rear wall mounting is the only choice, aim the speakers at each other (A), towards the front (B) or even towards the sidewalls (C, D). Experiment with placement until surround sounds seem to envelop you, rather than coming from behind you.

Test Tone / Channel balance

Channel balance

Your receiver is equipped with a test signal generator for balancing the channels. As the signal "travels" from channel to channel, adjust the level controls until each channel plays at the same loudness level.

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Height

If space permits, install surrounds 60cm-90cm (2-3 feet) above viewers. This helps to minimize localization effects.

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Aiming

Aiming surrounds straight across the room, not down at viewers, helps create a more open, spacious surround sound field.

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No adjacent walls

Surrounds can go on stands facing each other to approximate the preferred sidewall mounting (A), or to the sides or rear of the viewing area aimed upwards. In the latter case, they can go right on the floor, or preferably, a few feet off the floor such as on end tables

(B).

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To activate and adjust test tone, refer to “Testing Speaker Loudness” under the “Advanced Sound Control” section (Pg 20).

Level adjustment & surround channel level expectation

Even though you adjust the surround channel to be as loud as the others on the test signal, you'll find that on actual program material the surround channel is usually much lower than the front. Don't be tempted to readjust the surround level; program producers use surround mostly for subtle atmospheric and ambience, and only rarely for special effects. A good surround mix doesn't call attention to itself; if it did, it would soon become distracting.

NOTE

The system is equipped with Dolby Digital,

Factory Setting

The unit is preset to the following settings when you first power the receiver up right out of the box: Function = TUNER

Volume setting = 25 Bass & treble = 0 dB

EQ = FLAT

Speaker settings: Center, surr = YES Subwoofer = STRONG

DRC = OFF

NOTE

STRONG SUBWOOFER setting makes the output level of subwoofer speaker to be stronger than normal Dolby setting. Adjust the SUBWOOFER setting by pressing the SUBWOOFER key to achieve the best bass performance.

You may restore factory setting with the following procedures:

1. Enter SAT mode.

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Laboratories.

2. Press PRESET UP, PRESET DOWN, SOURCE to

reset the unit.

All preset stations will reset to FM87.5MHz and all receiver settings restore to default settings as described above.

WARNING

All preset radio stations and surround sound settings will be lost after factory setting is restored.

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