Listening to your system
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Using the Advanced surround effects
The Advanced surround feature creates a
variety of surround effects. Try different modes
with various soundtracks to see which you like.
1
•
Press ‘ADV.SURR’ repeatedly to select a
listening mode.
•
ACTION
– Designed for action movies with
dynamic soundtracks.
•
DRAMA
– Designed for movies with lots of
dialog.
•
MONOFILM
– Creates surround sound
from mono soundtracks.
•
ENT. SHOW
– Suitable for musical sources.
•
EXPANDED
– Creates an extra wide stereo
field.
2
•
TV SURR.
– Provides surround sound for
both mono and stereo TV sources.
•
ADV. GAME
– Suitable for video games.
•
SPORTS
– Suitable for sports programs.
•
ROCK/POP
– Creates a live concert sound
for rock and/or pop music.
•
UNPLUGED
– Suitable for acoustic music
sources.
•
X-STEREO
– Gives multichannel sound to a
stereo source, using all of your speakers.
•
PHONESUR.
– Creates the effect of overall
surround with headphones.
Setting the effect options
When using surround effects, there are a
number of settings you can adjust.
1
Press EFFECT/CH SEL repeatedly to select
the setting you want to adjust.
Depending on the current status / mode of the
receiver, certain options may not appear.
Check the table below for notes on this.
2
Use the LEVEL +/– buttons to set it as
necessary.
See the table below for the options available
for each setting. The defaults, if not stated, are
listed in bold.
3
Press EFFECT/CH SEL again to adjust
other settings.
* Only available with 2ch sources in Dolby Pro Logic II
Music mode.
Note
1 • If you press
ADV.SURR
with the headphones connected,
PHONES SURROUND
will automatically be selected.
• When an Advanced Surround listening mode is selected, the effect level can be adjusted using the
EFFECT
parameter in
Setting the effect options
below.
2 Use with Dolby Pro Logic for a stereo surround effect (stereo field is wider than Standard modes with Dolby Digital sources).
TOP MENU
CD-R
AM
FM
CD
MENU
AUTO SURR
STANDARD
S.RETRIEVER
ADV.SURR
STEREO/
F.S.SURR
Setting
What it does
Options
Center
Width
*
(Applicable
only when
using a cen-
ter speaker)
Spreads the center channel
between the front right and left
speakers, making it sound
wider (higher settings) or
narrower (lower settings).
0 to 7
Default:
3
Dimension
*
Adjusts the surround sound
balance from front to back,
making the sound more distant
(minus settings), or more
forward (positive settings).
–3 to +3
Default:
0
Panorama
*
Extends the front stereo image
to include surround speakers
for a ‘wraparound’ effect.
OFF
ON
Effect
Sets the effect level for the
currently selected Advanced
Surround mode (each mode
can be set separately).
10 to 90
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