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■Center speaker equalizer D)CENTER GEQ

Use this feature to adjust the built-in 5-frequency band (100Hz, 300Hz, 1kHz, 3kHz and 10kHz) graphic equalizer for the center channel so that the tonal quality of the center speaker matches that of the front speakers. You can make adjustments while listening to the currently selected source component or a test tone.

Control range: –6.0 to +6.0 dB

Control step: 0.5 dB

Initial setting: 0 dB

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D)CENTER GEQ

TEST >OFF ON

.100Hz ;;;;;; 0.0dB 300Hz ;;;;;; 0.0dB 1kHz ;;;;;; 0.0dB

3kHz ;;;;;; 0.0dB 10kHz ;;;;;; 0.0dB

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Test tone TEST

Use this feature to make adjustments for “CENTER GEQ” while listening to a test tone.

Choices: OFF, ON

•Select “OFF” to stop test tones and output the currently selected source component.

•Select “ON” to output test tones from the center and front left speakers.

■Low-frequency effect level E)LFE 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 Dolby Digital or DTS signals.

Control range: –20 to 0 dB

Control step: 1 dB

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E)LFE LEVEL

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Speaker SPEAKER

Adjusts the speaker LFE level.

Headphone HEADPHONE

Adjusts the headphone LFE level.

Note

Depending on the settings of “LFE/BASS OUT” (see page 52), some signals may not be output at the SUBWOOFER OUTPUT jack.

■Dynamic range F)D. 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 this unit is decoding Dolby Digital and DTS signals.

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F)D. RANGE

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Speaker SP

Adjusts the speaker compression.

Headphone HP

Adjusts the headphone compression.

Choices: MIN, STD, MAX

•Select “MIN” (minimum) if you regularly listen at low volume levels.

•Select “STD” (standard) for general use.

•Select “MAX” (maximum) to preserve the greatest amount of dynamic range.

■Audio settings G)AUDIO SET

Use this feature to adjust the overall audio settings of this unit.

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G)AUDIO SET

.MUTE TYPE;;;FULL A.DELAY;;;;;;0ms MAX VOL.;;;+16dB INI.VOL.;;;;;OFF

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Mute type MUTE TYPE

Use this feature to adjust how much the mute function reduces the output volume (see page 34).

Choices: FULL, –20dB

•Select “FULL” to completely mute all the audio output.

•Select “–20dB” to reduce the current volume by 20 dB.

Audio delay A.DELAY

Use this feature to delay the sound output and synchronize it with the video image. This may be necessary when using certain LCD monitors or projectors.

Control range: 0 to 160 ms

Control step: 1 ms

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