Adjusting the time alignment
By adjusting the distance between each
speaker and a selected listening position, you
can insert delay times into the speaker output
to obtain a correct sound image and overall
level balance. Although this is automatically
achieved when you set the listening position,
the time alignment feature provides a fine ad-
justment.
1 Touch A.MENU and AUDIO and then
touch NEXT.
2 Touch TIME ALIGN.
#
You cannot select
TIME ALIGN
when neither
FRONT-L
nor
FRONT-R
is selected in
POSITION
.
3 Touch
a
or
b
to select the speaker to
be adjusted.
Each time you touch
a
or
b
selects the speak-
er in the following order:
FRONT L
(front speaker left)
CENTER
(center
speaker)
FRONT R
(front speaker right)
REAR R
(rear speaker right)
REAR L
(rear
speaker left)
SUB WOOFER
(subwoofer)
#
You cannot select speakers whose size is set
OFF
.
4 Touch
c
or
d
to adjust the distance be-
tween the selected speaker and the listen-
ing position.
Each time you touch
c
or
d
increases or de-
creases the distance.
0.0
500.0 [cm]
is dis-
played as the distance is increased or
decreased.
Using the equalizer
The equalizer lets you adjust the equalization
to match car interior acoustic characteristics
as desired.
Recalling equalizer curves
There are seven stored equalizer curves which
you can easily recall at any time. Here is a list
of the equalizer curves:
Display
Equalizer curve
SUPER BASS
Super bass
POWERFUL
Powerful
NATURAL
Natural
VOCAL
Vocal
FLAT
Flat
CUSTOM1
Custom 1
CUSTOM2
Custom 2
!
CUSTOM1
and
CUSTOM2
are adjusted
equalizer curves.
!
When
FLAT
is selected no supplement or
correction is made to the sound. This is
useful to check the effect of the equalizer
curves by switching alternatively between
FLAT
and a set equalizer curve.
1 Press EQ and hold to switch to equali-
zer function.
Press
EQ
and hold until an equalizer curve
name appears in the display.
#
To switch to SFC function, press
EQ
and hold
again.
2 Press EQ to select the equalizer.
Press
EQ
repeatedly to switch between the fol-
lowing equalizers:
SUPER BASS
POWERFUL
NATURAL
VOCAL
FLAT
CUSTOM1
CUSTOM2
Adjusting 3-band parametric
equalizer
For
CUSTOM1
and
CUSTOM2
equalizer
curves, you can adjust the front, rear and cen-
ter equalizer curves separately by selecting a
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