The following items are available when you select “2ch Stereo” or “11ch 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

 

 

11ch 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

 

presence speakers do not

 

 

presence speakers.

 

 

produce sounds when

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Height Balance” is set to

 

 

 

“0”.)

 

 

 

 

 

Monaural Mix

Enables/disables

Off (default), On

 

monaural sound output.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Available items in “11ch Stereo” vary depending on the speaker system being used.

Settings for decoders

The following items are available when you set “Decode Type” of “SURROUND DECODER” to “bPLIIx Music” (bPLII Music) or “Neo:6 Music”.

Decode Type

Item

Function

Settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off (default), On

 

 

Adjusts the broadening

Select “On” to wrap front right/left

 

 

channel sounds around the field

 

Panorama

effect of the front sound

 

and generate a spacious sound

 

 

field.

 

 

field in combination with the

 

 

 

 

 

 

surround sound field.

 

 

 

 

bPLIIx Music

 

Adjusts the broadening

0 to 7 (default: 3)

(bPLII Music)

 

Higher to enhance the broadening

Center Width

effect of the center

 

effect, and lower to reduce it

 

 

sound field.

 

 

(closer to center).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusts the difference in

-3 to +3 (default: 0)

 

Dimension

level between the front

Higher to strengthen the front

 

and surround sound

sound field and lower to strengthen

 

 

 

 

fields.

the surround sound field.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusts the center

0.0 to 1.0 (default: 0.3)

 

 

Higher to strengthen the center

Neo:6 Music

Center Image

orientation level

orientation level (less broadening

(broadening effect) of

 

 

effect) and lower to weaken (more

 

 

the front sound field.

 

 

broadening effect).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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