Sound Program menu items

Available items and the default settings vary depending on the selected sound program or surround decoder.

Settings for sound programs

Item

Function

Settings

 

 

 

 

Selects a surround decoder to be used

bPLIIx Movie (bPLII

Decode Type

in combination with the selected sound

Movie), Neo:6 Cinema

 

program.

 

 

 

-6 dB to +3 dB (default: 0 dB)

DSP Level

Adjusts the sound field effect level.

Higher to enhance the sound

field effect, and lower to

 

 

 

 

reduce it.

 

 

 

 

Adjusts the delay between the direct

1 ms to 99 ms

Initial Delay

sound and presence sound field

Higher to enhance the delay

 

generation.

effect, and lower to reduce it.

 

 

 

 

Adjusts the delay between the direct

 

Surround Initial Delay

sound and surround sound field

1 ms to 49 ms

 

generation.

 

 

Higher to enhance the delay

 

Adjusts the delay between the direct

Surround Back Initial

effect, and lower to reduce it.

sound and surround back sound field

 

Delay

 

generation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Room Size

Adjusts the broadening effect of the

 

presence sound field.

 

 

0.1 to 2.0

 

 

Surround Room Size

Adjusts the broadening effect of the

Higher to enhance the

surround sound field.

broadening effect, and lower

 

 

 

to reduce it.

Surround Back Room

Adjusts the broadening effect of the

 

Size

surround back sound field.

 

 

 

 

Liveness

Adjusts the loss of the presence sound

 

field.

 

 

0 to 10

 

 

Surround Liveness

Adjusts the loss of the surround sound

Higher to enhance the

field.

reflectivity, and lower to

 

 

 

reduce it.

Surround Back

Adjusts the loss of the surround back

 

Liveness

sound field.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.0 s to 5.0 s

Reverb Time

Adjust the decay time of the rear

Higher to enrich the

reverberant sound.

reverberant sound and lower

 

 

 

to have clear sound.

 

 

 

Item

Function

Settings

 

 

 

 

Adjusts the delay between the direct

0 ms to 250 ms

Reverb Delay

sound and reverberant sound

Higher to enhance the delay

 

generation.

effect, and lower to reduce it.

 

 

 

 

 

0% to 100%

Reverb Level

Adjusts the volume of the reverberant

Higher to strengthen the

sound.

reverberant sound, and lower

 

 

 

to weaken it.

 

 

 

The following items are available when you select “2ch Stereo” or “9ch Stereo”.

Sound program

Item

Function

Settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selects whether to

 

 

 

automatically bypass the

 

2ch Stereo

Direct

DSP circuit when an

Auto (default), Off

 

 

analog audio source is

 

 

 

played back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level

Adjusts the entire volume.

-5 to +5 (default: 0)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-5 to +5 (default: 0)

 

Front / Rear Balance

Adjusts the front and rear

Higher to enhance the front

 

 

volume balance.

side, and lower to enhance

 

 

 

the rear side.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-5 to +5 (default: 0)

 

Left / Right Balance

Adjusts the right and left

Higher to enhance the right

 

volume balance.

side, and lower to enhance

 

 

9ch Stereo

 

 

the left side.

 

 

 

 

 

0 to 10 (default: 5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Higher to enhance the

 

 

Adjust the height volume

upside, and lower to

 

 

enhance the downside. (The

 

Height Balance

balance using the front

 

front presence speakers do

 

 

presence speakers.

 

 

not produce sounds when

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Height Balance” is set to

 

 

 

“0”.)

 

 

 

 

 

Monaural Mix

Enables/disables

Off (default), On

 

monaural sound output.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Available items in “9ch Stereo” vary depending on the speaker system being used.

CONFIGURATIONS Configuring sound programs/surround decoders (Sound Program menu)

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