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Surround sound settings 05
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Chapter 5
Surround sound settings
Using the System Setup menu
From the System Setup menu you can access all the
surround sound settings of the system
1
, including
channel levels, speaker distances, dynamic range
adjustment and dual mono audio playback.
Use the following buttons to use the System Setup menu.
Channel level setting
The Room Setup feature (see page 21) is designed to give
you a basic surround sound setup very quickly by setting
the channel levels (and speaker distances) for you
according to your room size and seating position. If you
need to adjust the relative channel levels in more detail,
you can do it here.
This method of setting the channel levels allows you to
listen to a source and adjust the levels of each playback
channel. Note that the channel level settings for stereo
playback are independent of the settings for surround
sound playback.
A further method of setting the channel levels is to use
the test tone method. See
Adjusting the channel levels
using the test tone on page 28 for more on this.
1 Select stereo or multichannel playback for a
source.
2 Press SHIFT+SYSTEM SETUP.
3 Hold SHIFT and use the / buttons to select
CH LEVEL, then press SHIFT+ENTER.
4 Use SHIFT + / to select a channel; SHIFT +
/ to adjust the level of that channel.
• You can adjust the level of each channel by ± 10 dB.
5 Press SHIFT+ENTER when you’re finished.
• If you use the Room Setup feature again, it will
overwrite the settings you have made here.
Speaker distance setting
The Room Setup feature (see page 21) is designed to give
you a basic surround sound setup very quickly by setting
the speaker distances (and channel levels) for you
according to your room size and seating position. If you
need to adjust the speaker distance settings in more
detail, you can do it here.
Set the distance of each speaker from your normal
listening position.
1 Press SHIFT+SYSTEM SETUP.
2 Hold SHIFT and use the / buttons to select
DISTANCE, then press SHIFT+ENTER.
3 Use SHIFT + / to select a speaker; SHIFT +
/ to adjust the distance.
Adjust the following speakers:
• L – Front left speaker
• C – Center speaker
• R – Front right speaker
• SR – Surround right speaker
• SL – Surround left speaker
• SW – Subwoofer
Each speaker can be adjusted between 0.3 m ~ 9.0 m .
4 Press SHIFT+ENTER when you’re finished.
• If you use the Room Setup feature again, it will
overwrite the settings you have made here.
Note
1 There are other settings you can adjust from the System Setup menu; these are explained in Listening to the radio on page 25 and Additional
information on page 30.
TOP MENU
RDS DISP SYSTEM
SETUP
DISPLAY TEST TONE
ST + ST –
TUNE +
TUNE –
RETURN
DISC NAVIGATOR DVD MENU
HOME
MENU
AUDIO
SURROUND ADVANCED SOUND
SUBTITLE ANGLE
SHIFT
TV/DVD
TV DIRECT
REC
INPUT TV
ENTER
CLEAR
TV CONTROL
CHANNEL VOLUME
REC
PREV NEXT STEP/SLOW
REC MODE
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