Manual Setup (Sound)

Use this menu to adjust the sound parameters.

1Set the operation mode selector to DAMP and then press GSET MENU on the remote

control.

2Press 4k / n on the remote control to select “Manual Setup” and then press 4h.

3Press 4k / n / l/ h on the remote control to select “Sound” and then press 4h.

4Select the desired parameters and then press 4h to access and adjust.

LFE Level (Low-frequency effect level)

Use this feature to adjust the output level of the LFE (low- frequency effect) channel according to the capacity of your subwoofer or headphones. The LFE channel carries low-frequency special effects which are only added to certain scenes. This setting is effective only when this unit decodes bitstream signals.

Control range: –20.0 to 0.0 dB

Control step: 1.0 dB

Speakers (Speaker low-frequency effect level)

Select to adjust the speaker LFE level.

Headphones

(Headphone low-frequency effect level)

Select to adjust the headphone LFE level.

Note

Depending on the settings of “Bass Out” (see page 92), some signals may not be output at the SUBWOOFER PRE OUT jack.

Dynamic Range (Dynamic range)

Use this feature to select the amount of dynamic range compression to be applied to your speakers or headphones. This setting is effective only when the unit is decoding bitstream signals.

Speakers (Speaker dynamic range)

Adjusts the dynamic range compression for the speakers.

Graphical user interface (GUI) screen

Headphones (Headphone dynamic range)

Adjusts the dynamic range compression for the headphones.

Choice

Functions

 

 

MAX

Preserves the greatest amount of dynamic range.

 

 

STD

Adjusts the dynamic range to medium. When

 

this unit is decoding Dolby TrueHD signals, the

 

dynamic range control is always active

 

regardless of the instruction of the input source

 

signals.

 

 

MIN/AUTO

• MIN: Adjusts the dynamic range to narrow

 

when this unit is decoding bitstream signals

 

(except Dolby TrueHD).

AUTO: Adjusts the dynamic range according to the instruction of the input source signals when this unit is decoding Dolby TrueHD signals.

Parametric EQ (Parametric equalizer)

Use this feature to adjust the parametric equalizer of each speaker.

 

 

 

LFE Level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dynamic Range

 

Test Tone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parametric EQ

 

Front L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tone Control

 

Front R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lipsync

 

Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1Press 4k / n / l / h to select Test Tone or the speaker you want to adjust.

Choice

Adjusted speaker

 

 

Front L

Front left speaker

 

 

Front R

Front right speaker

 

 

Center

Center speaker

 

 

Surround L

Surround left speaker

 

 

Surround R

Surround right speaker

 

 

Surround Back L

Surround back left speaker

 

 

Surround Back R

Surround back right speaker

 

 

Presence L

Presence left speaker

 

 

Presence R

Presence right speaker

 

 

Subwoofer

Subwoofer

 

 

OPERATION

ADVANCED

 

 

English

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RX-V3800 specifications

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