Sony STR-DE915 - Manual (Page 28)

Sound Adjustment
Adjusting the effect and surround sound
parameters (STR-DE915 only)
Change the surround parameters to fit your listening
situation. See the chart on page 26 for parameters you
can adjust in each sound field.
1 Press DPC MODE repeatedly until the SUR
indicator lights up.
2 Use the digital processing control buttons ( A /
V ) to select the parameter to be set and use the
buttons (*^ / > ) to select the setting.
To Select And set between
set the overall
presence of the
sound field EFFECT 0% and 100%
set the level of the
high frequencies
to alter Ae sonic
character of your
listening
environment WALL S (soft wall) and H
(hard wall) (in 17
levels)
Select your seat
position (front or
rear) to simulate
the acoustics of
the selected
position
SEAT F (front) and R (rear)
(in 17 levels)
Select your seat
position (left or
right) to simulate
the acoustics of
the selected
position* SEAT L (left) and R (right)
(in 17 levels)
set the length of
time required for
the reverberation
from a given sound
to attenuate to -60
dB REVERB S (short) and L (long)
(in 17 levels)
attenuate the level
of the LFE (Low
Frequency
Extension) channel
output from the
subwoofer^^ LFE MIX MUTE, -20.0dB and
OdB (in 0.5 dB steps)
compress the
dynamic range of
the sound track D.RANGE
COMP OFF, 0.1 to 0.9, STD,
MAX”
l)When the sound field is KARAOKE, this parameter
adjusts the vocal presence. The higher the setting, the
less dominant the vocal sound.
2) The adjustment of this parameter does not affect the
level of the bass frequencies sent to the subwoofer
from the front, center, or rear channels via the bass
redirection circuitry. Setting this parameter to OdB
outputs the full LEE signal at die mix level
determined by the recording engineer. Selecting
MUTE mutes the sound of the LFE channel from the
subwoofer. However, the low frequency sounds of
the front, center, and rear speakers are output from
the subwoofer according to the setting of each
speaker (page 19).
3) Setting this parameter to OFF reproduces the sound
track with no dynamic range compression. STD
reproduces the sound track with the full dynamic
range as intended by the recording engineer. MAX
provides a dramatic compression of the dynamic
range.
Adjusting surround sound parameters
(STR-DE715/DE615/D660Z/D560Z only)
change the surround parameters to fit your listening
situation. See the chart on page 26 for parameters you
can adjust in each sound field.
To adjust the parameters of the PRO LOGIC sound
field, see "Dolby Pro Logic (STR-DE715/DE615/
D660Z/D560Z only)" on page 20.
1 Press DPC MODE repeatedly until the SUR
indicator lights up.
.2 Use the digital processing control buttons ( A /
V ) to select the parameter you want.
3 Use the digital processing control buttons ( < /
> ) to adjust the level of the parameter.
The adjusted parameters are stored automatically.
Note
If you make new adjustments to a sound field, the previous
settings are replaced by the new«ies. ^
Resetting customized sound fields to the
factory settings
1 If the power is on, press POWER to turn off the
power.
2 Hold down SOUND FIELD ON / OFF and press
POWER.
"SURR CLEAR!" appears in the display and all the
sound fields are reset at once.
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