Using other functions
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Chapter 8:
Using other functions
Setting the Audio options
The
r
e a
r
e a numbe
r
of additional sound settings you can
make using the
AUDIO PARAMETER
menu. The
defaults, if not stated, a
r
e listed in bold.
Important
• Note that if a setting doesn’t a
pp
ea
r
in the
AUDIO
PARAMETER
menu, it is unavailable due to the
cu
rr
ent sou
r
ce, settings and status of the
r
eceive
r
.
1
Press
on the remote control, then press
AUDIO PARAMETER.
2
Use
/
to select the setting you want to adjust.
De
p
ending on the cu
rr
ent status/mode of the
r
eceive
r
,
ce
r
tain o
p
tions may not be able to be selected. Check the
table below fo
r
notes on this.
3
Use
/
to set as necessary.
See the table below fo
r
the o
p
tions available fo
r
each
setting.
4
Press RETURN to confirm and exit the menu.
Setting
What it does
Option(s)
MCACC
(MCACC
pr
eset)
Selects you
r
favo
r
ite MCACC
pr
eset memo
r
y when multi
p
le
pr
eset memo
r
ies a
r
e saved. When
an MCACC
pr
eset memo
r
y has
been
r
enamed, the given name is
dis
p
layed.
M1. MEMORY 1
to
M6. MEMORY 6
Default:
M1. MEMORY 1
EQ
(Acoustic
Calib
r
ation
EQ)
Switches on/off the effects of EQ
P
r
o.
ON
OFF
S-WAVE
(Standing
Wave)
Switches on/off the effects of
Standing Wave Cont
r
ol.
ON
OFF
DELAY
(Sound
Delay)
Some monito
r
s have a slight
delay when showing video, so the
soundt
r
ack will be slightly out of
sync with the
p
ictu
r
e. By adding a
bit of delay, you can adjust the
sound to match the
pr
esentation
of the video.
0.0 to 10.0
(f
r
ames)
1 second = 30
frames (NTSC)
Default:
0.0
MIDNIGHT
Allows you to hea
r
effective
su
rr
ound sound of movies at low
volumes.
MIDNIGHT/
LOUDNESS
OFF
MIDNIGHT ON
LOUDNESS
Used to get good bass and t
r
eble
f
r
om music sou
r
ces at low
volumes.
LOUDNESS
ON
RECEIVER
TONE
(Tone
Cont
r
ol)
A
pp
lies the t
r
eble and bass tone
cont
r
ols to a sou
r
ce, o
r
by
p
asses
them com
p
letely.
BYPASS
ON
BASS
a
Adjusts the amount of bass.
–6 to +6 (dB)
Default:
0
(dB)
TREBLE
a
Adjusts the amount of t
r
eble.
–6 to +6 (dB)
Default:
0
(dB)
S.RTRV
(Sound
Ret
r
ieve
r
)
With the Sound Ret
r
ieve
r
function, DSP
pr
ocessing is used
to com
p
ensate fo
r
the loss of
audio data u
p
on com
pr
ession,
im
pr
oving the sound’s sense of
density and modulation.
OFF
b
ON
DNR
(Digital
Noise
Reduction)
May im
pr
ove the quality of sound
in a noisy sou
r
ce (fo
r
exam
p
le,
video ta
p
e with lots of backg
r
ound
noise) when switched on.
OFF
ON
DIALOG E
(Dialog
Enhance
ment)
Localizes dialog in the cente
r
channel to make it stand out f
r
om
othe
r
backg
r
ound sounds in a TV
o
r
movie soundt
r
ack. By moving
f
r
om UP1 th
r
ough UP2 and UP3
u
p
to UP4, you can make the
sound sou
r
ce seem to
r
elocate
u
p
wa
r
ds.
OFF
FLAT
UP1/UP2/UP3/
UP4
c
Hi-bit
(High Bit/
High
Sam
p
ling)
C
r
eates a wide
r
dynamic
r
ange with
digital sou
r
ces like CDs o
r
DVDs.
Smoothe
r
, mo
r
e delicate musical
ex
pr
ession can be achieved by
r
equantizing 16 bit PCM o
r
20 bit
com
pr
essed audio signals to 24 bit.
OFF
ON
DUAL
(Dual
Mono)
S
p
ecifies how dual mono
encoded Dolby Digital
soundt
r
acks should be
p
layed.
Dual mono is not widely used, but
is sometimes necessa
r
y when
two languages need to be sent to
se
p
a
r
ate channels.
CH1
– Channel
1 is hea
r
d only
CH2
– Channel
2 is hea
r
d only
CH1 CH2
–
Both channels
hea
r
d f
r
om
f
r
ont s
p
eake
r
s
DRC
(Dynamic
Range
Cont
r
ol)
Adjusts the level of dynamic
r
ange fo
r
movie soundt
r
acks
o
p
timized fo
r
Dolby Digital, DTS,
Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby T
r
ueHD,
DTS-HD and DTS-HD Maste
r
Audio (you may need to use this
featu
r
e when listening to
su
rr
ound sound at low volumes).
AUTO
d
MAX
MID
OFF
Setting
What it does
Option(s)
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