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To enjoy Surround mode or Stereo mode
If the input source is DVD, CD, VIDEO 1, VIDEO 2, or TAPE, you can specify the input signal format. The default setting is “AUTO.” How-
ever, you can change this according to the signal format of the input source.
For example, follow the steps below to specify the input signal for-
mat for the DVD input:
1. Press the DVD button.
DVD is selected as the input source and “DVD” appears on the
display.
2. Select the desired input signal format using the DVD button.
Pressing the DVD button repeatedly will change the format
option as follows:
Press the DVD button repeatedly to display the desired format.
After five seconds, the original display appears and the setting is
completed.
Note:
You need to assign digital input to DVD to specify the input sig-
nal format. (Refer to “Switching between digital and analog
inputs” on page 19 for more information.)
AUTO (Auto Detect mode)
In this mode, the unit automatically detects the input signal format
(Dolby Digital, DTS, or PCM) and performs necessary decoding
process. If the digital signal is not being input, the unit will play the
signal input from the analog input jacks.
DIGITAL (Digital Input Auto Detect mode)
In this mode, the unit automatically detects the input signal format
(Dolby Digital, DTS, or PCM) and performs necessary decoding
process.
ANALOG (Analog Audio Signal Process mode)
The unit plays the audio signal that is input from the device con-
nected to the analog input jacks.
Setting the input signal format
LATE NIGHT
OFF
ON
POWER
STANDBY/ON
BASS
TREBLE
C D
PHONES
DIMMER
TX-DS484
AV RECEIVER
AM
FM
DVD
PHONO
1
VIDEO
2
VIDEO
TI CH INPUT
MUL
TAPE
STANDBY
TUNING
CLEAR
MEMORY
FM MODE
SPEAKERS
A
B
LATE NIGHT
SURROUND MODE
PARAMETER CONTROLLER
PARAMETER SELECTOR
PRESET
U
P
MASTER VOLUME
D
O
W
N
LATE NIGHT
If you play a movie at a low volume at night, set this parameter to
“ON” to narrow the dynamic range of the sound to make it easier to
hear.
The Late Night function works only with source material that con-
tains necessary Dolby Digital information.
Press the LATE NIGHT button. The LATE NIGHT indicator
appears on the display. To cancel the LATE NIGHT function, press
the LATE NIGHT button again.
•
The Late Night function is available only in Dolby Digital Sur-
round mode.
•
The degree of the Late Night effect is already programmed into
the source materials. Some materials may produce only small or
no effects.
LFE (Low Frequency Effect) Level Attenuation
This control function enables you to adjust the level of LFE in the
Dolby Digital/DTS Surround sound.
How to set this parameter is explained in the “Speaker setup” sec-
tion on page 14.
Notes:
•
The LFE Level Control function is effective only on the Dolby
Digital/DTS Surround sound.
•
The degree of the low frequency effect is already programmed
into the source materials. Some materials may produce only
small or no effects.
Dolby Digital sound:
“0dB” is recommended. If the low range sounds too loud for your
taste, select –10dB or –
∞
dB.
DTS sound:
“+10dB” is recommended for cinema sound sources. If the low
range sounds too loud for your taste, select 0dB or –
∞
dB. “0dB” is
recommended for music sound source. If the low range sounds too
loud for your taste, select –
∞
dB.
Setting the Surround mode parameters
AUTO
DIGITAL
ANALOG
