Sony STR-DA5ES - Manual (Page 42)

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Customizing sound fields (continued)
Dynamic range compressor (D.
RANGE COMP.)
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”.
Notes
• Dynamic range compression is possible with Dolby
Digital sources only.
• While NIGHT MODE is activated, D.RANGE
COMP. is automatically set to MAX and is not
displayed in the LEVEL menu.
Resetting customized sound
fields to the factory settings
1
If the power is on, press ?/1 to turn off
the power.
2
Hold down MODE + and press ?/1 .
“S.F Initialize” appears in the display and
all sound fields are reset at once.
Adjusting the equalizer
The EQ menu lets you adjust the equalization
of the front, center, surround and surround back
speakers individually. The equalizer bank lets
you store up to 5 different equalizer settings.
The following menu is only available after
pressing EQUALIZER and selecting one of the
equalizers (EQ PRESET [1]–[5]).
1
Start playing a program source
encoded with multi channel surround
sound.
2
Press EQUALIZER repeatedly to select
the equalizer you want to adjust (EQ
PRESET [1]–[5]).
3
Press EQ.
The button lights up and the first parameter
is displayed.
4
Press the cursor buttons ( or ) to
select the parameter you want to
adjust.
5
Turn the jog dial to select the setting
you want.
The setting is entered automatically.
Tip
You can turn off the equalization without erasing the
equalizer. Press EQUALIZER repeatedly to select
“EQ PRESET [OFF]”.
Gain
(dB)
Frequency
(Hz)
Frequency
(Hz)
Frequency
(Hz)
Bandwidth
BASS MID TREBLE