Sony STR-DA1ES - Manual (Page 38)

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For advanced SURROUND menu
adjustments
Use the CUSTOMIZE menu and set “MENU”
to “MENU EXP.” to enable advanced
adjustments.
For details on “MENU”, see page 40.
For details on how to set the items, see page 44.
Adjusting the LEVEL menu
You can adjust the balance and level of each
speaker. These settings are applied to all sound
fields.
1
Start playing a source encoded with
multi channel surround effects (DVD,
etc.).
2
Press LEVEL.
3
Press the cursor buttons ( or ) to
select the parameter.
For details, see “LEVEL menu parameters”
below.
4
While monitoring the sound, turn the
jog dial to adjust the selected
parameter.
5
Repeat steps 3 and 4 to adjust the other
parameters.
LEVEL menu parameters
x BAL. **** **** **** **** **** (Front speaker balance)
Initial setting: 0 (BALANCE)
Lets you adjust the balance between front left and
right speakers. You can adjust from –8 dB to +8 dB in
0.5 dB steps.
x CTR XXX.X dB
(Center speaker level)
x SUR.L. XXX.X dB
(Surround speaker (L) level)
x SUR.R. XXX.X dB
(Surround speaker (R) level)
x S.W. XXX.X dB
(Sub woofer level)
Initial setting: 0 dB
You can adjust from –20 dB to +10 dB in 0.5 dB
steps.
x S.W. XXX dB ( MULTI CH IN )
(Multi channel sub woofer level)
Initial setting: +10 dB
Lets you increase the level of the MULTI CH IN sub
woofer channel by +10 dB. This adjustment may be
necessary when connecting a DVD player to the
MULTI CH IN jacks. The sub woofer level from
DVD players is 10 dB lower than Super Audio CD
players.
Note
When one of the following sound fields are selected,
no sound is output from the sub woofer if “FRONT”
(front speaker size) in the SET UP menu is set to
“LARGE”. However, the sound will be output from
the sub woofer if the digital input signal contains LFE
(Low Frequency Effect) signals.
– HALL
– JAZZ CLUB
– LIVE CONCERT
For advanced LEVEL menu
adjustments
Use the CUSTOMIZE menu and set “MENU”
to “MENU EXP.” to enable advanced
adjustments.
For details on “MENU”, see page 40.
For details on how to set the items, see page 45.
Resetting sound fields to the
initial settings
1
Press ?/1 to turn off the power.
2
While holding down MODE +, press
?/1 .
“S.F CLR.” appears in the display and all
sound fields are reset to the initial settings.
Customizing sound fields (continued)