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MODE DEFAULTS
DEFAULTS: ENABLED
D I S C R E T E
PRO LOGIC
STEREO SRND
MONO SRND
2-CH/SRND OFF
MONO
before you use mode defaults We recommend living with the PAV/PDSD system and using it in its
calibrated settings for a while before changing these defaults. There
is an adjustment period people go through when their system is up-
graded during which it is difficult to make an accurate decision
about sound quality. The best-known example of this is when some-
one first owns a high quality subwoofer: the tendency is to turn it
up too loud initially (so one can “hear it”); as time goes by, most
people find themselves gradually turning it down until it is ad-
justed to a more accurate level that blends appropriately with the
rest of the system. Similarly, there is a tendency to exaggerate the
bass and surround channels in surround systems before one ad-
justs to a high quality multichannel experience.
Remember that ad hoc adjustments (to compensate for a poor recording, for ex-
ample) on the system are easy to make. Simply touch the button for the
speaker(s) you wish to adjust, and then raise or lower the volume. These offsets
from the calibrated settings remain active until you change them again, or until
you press
recall to restore the PAV to its calibrated settings, or until you change
inputs to listen to something else.
The surround mode defaults simply automate the manual process. For each of
the surround modes of the PAV/PDSD, you may create default offsets for
center ,
rear , and sub channels (as appropriate). The system will simply enter these de-
fault settings for you as it switches from one surround mode to the next. As al-
ways, you may alter these settings as you see fit from the front panel or from the
remote control. You may also return to the calibrated (no offsets) setting by
pressing
recall .
In addition, you may elect to automate the sub on/off toggle described in the
section Programming the Remote Control. (Briefly, this toggle switches between
the speaker setup described in the
set speakers menu and one in which the
front speakers are given a full range signal and the subwoofer is turned off.)
To change the default offsets for your various surround modes, you must first en-
able this special feature for all surround modes, then alter each as you like: