Sony STR-DE985 - Manual (Page 38)

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Customizing sound fields (continued)
Dynamic range compressor
(D. RANGE COMP. XXX)
Lets you compress the dynamic range of the
sound track. This may be useful when you want
to watch movies at low volumes late at night.
We recommend using the “MAX” setting.
• To reproduce the sound track with no
compression, select “OFF”.
• To reproduce the sound track with the dynamic
range intended by the recording engineer, select
“STD”.
• To compress the dynamic range in small steps
to achieve the sound you desire, select “0.1”–
“0.9”.
• To reproduce a dramatic compression of the
dynamic range, select “MAX”.
Note
Dynamic range compression is possible with Dolby
Digital sources only.
Adjusting the equalizer
The EQ menu lets you adjust the equalization
of the front, center, surround, and surround
back speakers. The settings are stored
individually for each sound field.
1
Start playing a program source
encoded with multi channel surround
sound.
2
Press EQ.
The button lights up and the first parameter
is displayed.
3
Press or to select the parameter
(gain (dB), frequency (Hz)) you want to
adjust.
4
Turn the jog dial to select the setting
you want.
The setting is entered automatically.
Gain (dB)
Frequency (Hz)
To turn on/off the equalizer
Press EQUALIZER. The EQ indicator in the
display lights up when the equalizer is turned
on. When you adjust the equalizer using the EQ
parameters, the settings are stored separately
for each sound field and can be reproduced
whenever you turn on the equalizer.
Front speaker bass adjustment
(Gain/Frequency*)
Lets you adjust the gain and frequency of bass.
Front speaker midrange adjustment
(Gain/Frequency*)
Lets you adjust the gain and frequency of
midrange.
Front speaker treble adjustment
(Gain/Frequency*)
Lets you adjust the gain and frequency of
treble.
Center speaker bass adjustment
(Gain/Frequency*)
Lets you adjust the gain and frequency of bass.
Center speaker midrange adjustment
(Gain/Frequency*)
Lets you adjust the gain and frequency of
midrange.
Center speaker treble adjustment
(Gain/Frequency*)
Lets you adjust the gain and frequency of
treble.
* You can set the parameter for frequency only
when you set “MENU EXPAND” to “ON” in
the CUSTOMIZE menu (page 44).
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