Sony STR-DE998 - Manual (Page 19)

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• NO
If you did not connect a center speaker, select
“NO”. The sound of the center channel will be
output from the front speakers.
b)
x SURR SP XXXXX
(Surround speakers size)
• LARGE
If you connect large speakers that will
effectively reproduce bass frequencies, select
“LARGE”. Normally, select “LARGE”.
However, if the front speakers are set to
“SMALL”, you cannot set the surround
speakers to “LARGE”.
• SMALL
If the sound is distorted, or you feel a lack of
surround effects when using multi channel
surround sound, select “SMALL” to activate
the bass redirection circuitry and output the
surround channel bass frequencies from the
sub woofer or other “LARGE” speakers.
• NO
If you did not connect surround speakers,
select “NO”.
c)
x SB SP XXXXXX
(Surround back speakers selection)
When the surround speakers size parameter is
set to “NO”, the surround back speakers
selection parameter is also automatically set to
“NO” (unless previously set to “ZONE-2”).
• DUAL
If you connect two surround back speakers,
select “DUAL”. The sound will be output to a
maximum of 7.1 channels.
• SINGLE
If you connect only one surround back
speaker, select “SINGLE”. The sound will be
output to a maximum of 6.1 channels.
• NO
If you did not connect surround back
speakers, select “NO”.
• ZONE-2
If you want to assign both your surround back
speakers to another room or zone, select
“ZONE-2”. For details, see “Using the
surround back speakers for 2nd zone” on
page 44.
Tips
• a)–c) correspond to the following Dolby Pro Logic
modes
a)
NORMAL
b) PHANTOM
c)
3 STEREO
• The “LARGE” and “SMALL” settings for each
speaker determine whether the internal sound
processor will cut the bass signal from that channel.
When the bass is cut from a channel, the bass
redirection circuitry sends the corresponding bass
frequencies to the sub woofer or other “LARGE”
speakers.
However, since bass sounds have a certain amount of
directionality, it is best not to cut them, if possible.
Therefore, even when using small speakers, you can
set them to “LARGE” if you want to output the bass
frequencies from that speaker. On the other hand, if
you are using a large speaker, but prefer not to have
bass frequencies output from that speaker, set it to
“SMALL”.
If the overall sound level is lower than you prefer, set
all speakers to “LARGE”. If there is not enough bass,
you can use the BASS parameter in the
EQUALIZER menu to boost the bass levels. To
adjust the bass, see page 38.
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