Onkyo TX-SR508 - Manual (Page 37)

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Double Bass
Note
• This function can be set only if the “Subwoofer” setting is set to
“Yes”, and the “Front” setting is set to “Large” ( ➔ 36).
With the Double Bass function, you can boost bass out-
put by feeding bass sounds from the front left, right, and
center channels to the subwoofer.
` On:
Double Bass function on.
` Off:
Double Bass function off.
Menu Sp Distance
Here you can specify the distance from each speaker to the
listening position so that the sound from each speaker
arrives at the listener’s ears as the sound designer
intended.
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Unit
` feet:
Distances can be set in feet. Range: 1ft to 30ft in
1 foot steps.
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meters:
Distances can be set in meters. Range: 0.3m to 9.0m
in 0.3 meter steps.
(The default setting varies from country to country.)
■ Left, FrontHigh Left, Center, FrontHigh Right,
Right, Surround Right, SurrBack Right,
SurrBack Left, Surround Left, Subwoofer
` Specify the distance from the each speaker to your lis-
tening position.
Note
• These settings are disabled when:
• a pair of headphones is connected, or
• the “Audio TV OUT” setting is set to “On” (
➔ 41) and an
input selector other than HDMI is selected.
• Speakers that you set to “No” or “None” in the “Sp Config
(Speaker Configuration)” ( ➔ 36) cannot be selected.
• The Center, Right, Subwoofer and Front High distances can be
set up to 5 ft. (1.5 m) more or less than the “Left” distance. For
example, if the “Left” distance is set to 20 ft. (6 m), the Center,
Right, Subwoofer, Front High Left and Front High Right dis-
tances can be set between 15 and 25 ft. (4.5 and 7.5 m).
• The Surround and Surround Back distances can be set up to 5 ft.
(1.5 m) more or 15 ft. (4.5 m) less than the “Left” distance. For
example, if the “Left” distance is set to 20 ft. (6 m), the Surr
Right, Surr Left, Surr Back R and Surr Back L distances can be
set between 5 and 25 ft. (1.5 and 7.5 m).
Menu Level Cal
Here you can adjust the level of each speaker with the
built-in test tone so that the volume of each speaker is the
same at the listening position.
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Left, FrontHigh Left, Center *1 , FrontHigh Right,
Right, Surround Right, SurrBack Right,
SurrBack Left, Surround Left
` –12 dB to 0 dB to +12 dB in 1 dB step.
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Subwoofer *1
` –15 dB to 0 dB to +12 dB in 1 dB step.
Note
• Speakers that you set to “No” or “None” in the “Sp Config
(Speaker Configuration)” ( ➔ 36) cannot be selected.
• The speakers cannot be calibrated while a pair of headphones is
connected or the AV receiver is muted or “Audio TV OUT” set-
ting is set to
“ On ” ( ➔ 41).
*1 For the center speaker and subwoofer, the level settings made
by using AUDIO are saved here as the default settings.
Tip
• If you’re using a handheld sound level meter, adjust the level of
each speaker so that it reads 75 dB SPL at the listening position,
measured with C-weighting and slow reading.
Menu Audio Adjust
With the Audio Adjust functions and settings, you can
adjust the sound and listening modes as you like.
Multiplex/Mono Settings
Multiplex
This setting determines which channel of a stereo multi-
plex source is output. Use it to select audio channels or
languages with multiplex sources, multilingual TV broad-
casts, and so on.
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Input Ch(Mux)
` Main:
The main channel is output.
` Sub:
The sub channel is output.
` M/S:
Both the main and sub channels are output.
Mono
This setting specifies the channel to be used for playing
any 2-channel digital source such as Dolby Digital, or 2-
channel analog/PCM source in the Mono listening mode.
This setting is not set automatically by Audyssey 2EQ
Room Correction and Speaker Setup function (
➔ 23).
Sp Distance (Speaker Distance)
This setting is set automatically by Audyssey 2EQ
Room Correction and Speaker Setup function (
➔ 23).
Level Cal (Level Calibration)
This setting is set automatically by Audyssey 2EQ ®
Room Correction and Speaker Setup function. (
➔
23)
Audio Adjust