10
Lexicon
Controls and
Indicators
The Expanded
Remote
1. The Modes
THX CINEMA (15) combines
Dolby Pro Logic decoding
and the spectral enhance-
ments of the LucasFilm
Home THX Cinema system
to re-create film sound in
your home the way it was
heard in the final production
stages.
2. Setup
The SETUP button allows
selection and adjustment of
all the interface functions of
the CP-3
PLUS
including Input
and Output levels, visual dis-
plays, speaker configura-
tions, etc.
3. Store
The STORE button saves in
memory the settings from the
SETUP mode and is used to
memorize and store any cus-
tomized operating modes.
4. On/Off
Turning the CP-3
PLUS
off with
this button (or the front panel
ON/OFF button) deactivates
the unit while leaving power
to the signal processing cir-
cuitry to keep it at optimum
operating temperature.
The CP-3
PLUS
uses this button’s
signal to differentiate between
the remotes. Therefore it is im-
portant that the CP-3
PLUS
be
turned on with the remote control
that will be used during each lis-
tening session. To use the other
remote, simply turn the CP-3
PLUS
off (with either remote or the
front panel switch), then turn it on
with the ON/OFF button of the
remote you wish to use.
The PANORAMA
modes (1, 2 and 3)
provide enhanced
lateral sound (and
hence greater spaciousness
and envelopment) for either
music or films. This mode is
effective even using only the
two front loudspeakers.
NORMAL(1) and WIDE(2)
differ primarily in their initial
Effect Levels. BINAURAL(3)
is for playback on loudspeak-
ers of recordings made with a
dummy head microphone
system.
The AMBIENCE
modes (4, 5 and 6)
simulate concert
halls of three dif-
ferent sizes, generating re-
flections of appropriate direc-
tionality, delay and spectral
shape, sending them to the
side and rear speakers. The
Ambience modes provide
adjustable recirculation
through the Liveness pa-
rameter but for long rever-
beration times, use Reverb.
Both Ambience and Reverb
are true stereo simulators.
Like Ambience,
the
REVERB
modes (7, 8 and 9)
simulate rooms of
three sizes with the aid of
side and rear channels.
These modes have fewer
specific initial reflections
than Ambience, but richer
and smoother reverberant
decay. Reverb is especially
good for simulating large,
highly reverberant spaces.
SURROUND:
TV (10) is de-
signed to expand
and enhance a
wide range of television pro-
gramming. This mode also
allows adjustment of certain
parameters for film sound
which are not adjustable in
Mode 14. If a program is des-
ignated as being in surround,
use Pro Logic (14), or THX
(15).
MUSIC (11) enhances music
through a unique ambience
extraction method, and can
provide spectacular results
with music that has carefully
recorded stereo information.
FULL (12) allows unproc-
essed music to be played
over all the speakers for
background music, or for
maximum acoustical output
of the system.
MONO (13) expands the
music and effects on monau-
ral films into the additional
channels while leaving the
dialog in the front center.
PRO LOGIC (14) provides
the same decoding used in
Dolby Stereo theater sys-
tems, using as many as eight
speakers for front, center,
side, rear, and subwoofer
channels.
