Sony SAVA-D900 - Manual (Page 25)

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Playing Discs
Customizing Sound Fields
By adjusting the surround parameters of the front, rear
and center speakers, you can customize the sound fields
to suit your particular listening situations.
Once you customize a sound field, the changes are stored
in memory indefinitely (unless the system is unplugged
for about a day). You can change a customized sound
field any time by making new adjustments to the
parameters.
See the table on page 28 for the parameters available in
each sound field.
To get the most from multi-channel surround
sound
Position your speakers and do the procedures described
in “Speaker Setup” starting on page 16 before you
customize a sound field.
Adjusting the level parameters
The level parameters let you adjust the balance and
speaker volumes of each speaker. The settings available
here are applied to all sound fields.
However, the parameters you have already adjusted in
“Speaker Setup” on page 18 need not to be adjusted again
to customize the sound fields.
1 Start playing a program source encoded with
multi-channel surround sound.
2
Press LEVEL.
3
Sit at your listening position and select the item to
be adjusted using the M/m buttons.
4 Adjust the volume level using the </, buttons.
The adjusted value will appear on the front panel
display. If you do not operate the remote for a few
seconds, the value turns off and is stored in the
system.
x BALANCE
You do not have to adjust here. See page 18.
x LEVEL
You do not have to adjust here. See page 18.
x LFE MIX (Low Frequency Effect mix level)
Initial setting: –4 dB
This parameter lets you attenuate the level of the LFE
(Low Frequency Effect) channel output from the
subwoofer without effecting the level of the bass
frequencies sent to the subwoofer from the front,
center, or rear channels via the Dolby Digital (AC-3)
bass redirection circuitry.
• The level can be adjusted in 1 dB step from –20 dB to
0 dB (line level). 0 dB outputs the full LFE signal at
the mix level determined by the recording engineer.
• Selecting MUTING mutes the sound of the LFE
channel from the subwoofer. However, the low
frequency sounds of the front, center, or rear
speakers are output from the subwoofer.
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