Sony STR-DA90ESG - Manual (Page 53)

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Getting Started Front Panel Operations (Remote Short-cuts: USA and Canada only)
Front to rear seat position
Initial setting is : SEAT F___1___R
It lets you adjust the atmosphere of the current digital
cinema sound surround effect.
Left to right seat position
Initial setting is : SEAT L___1___R
It lets you adjust the atmosphere of the current digital
cinema sound surround effect.
Reverberation time
Initial setting is : REVERB S___1___L
It lets you adjust the amount of reverberation present in the
current digital cinema sound surround effect.
Low Frequency Extension (LFE) mix level (DISCRETE only)
Initial setting is : LFE MIX 0dB
This parameter lets you attenuate the level of the LFE (Low
Frequency Extension) channel output from the sub woofer
without effecting the level of the bass frequencies sent to the
sub woofer from the front, center or rear channels via the
bass redirection circuitry.
Dynamic range compression ratio
Initial setting is : D.RANGE COMP OFF
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.
p Speaker level / balance parameters (See page 23
for details)
Rear speaker balance
Initial setting is : REAR L___1___R
Lets you adjust balance between the rear speakers.
Rear speaker level
Initial setting is : REAR 0 dB
Lets you adjust level of the rear speakers.
Center speaker level
Initial setting is : CENTER 0 dB
Lets you adjust the level of the center speaker.
Sub woofer level
Initial setting is : SUB WOOFER 0 dB
Lets you adjust the level of the sub woofer.
5
Repeat steps 2 through 4 to make all necessary
adjustments.
Note
You can also use the DPC MODE and digital processing
control buttons to select the EQ parameters.
z To turn off the equalizer adjustments without
erasing them
Press DIRECT PASS.
To adjust the surround sound parameters
For the on-screen operations, see pages 34 and 36.
1
Start playing a component, then select the sound
field you want to adjust.
2
Open the control panel and press DPC MODE
repeatedly until the SUR indicator lights up.
3
Use digital processing control buttons (V/v) to
select the parameter you want.
See “Surround (SUR) parameters” below for
details.
4
Use digital processing control buttons (B/b) to
adjust the level of the parameter.
Note
Certain menu items may not be available for adjustment
depending on the current settings and menu modes.
Unavailable items appear dimmed when shown in the
display.
Surround (SUR) parameters
p Surround sound parameters (See page 36 for
details)
Surround effect level (Digital Cinema Sound modes only)
Initial setting is : EFFECT [_______]
It lets you adjust the “presence” of the current digital cinema
sound surround effect.
• In the KARAOKE mode, use the effect level to adjust the
amount of vocal cancellation. Greater effect levels produce
greater reduction of the vocals.
Wall Type
Initial setting is : WALL S___1___H
It lets you adjust the “brightness” of the current digital
cinema sound surround effect.