Sony STR-DE495, Operating Instructions Manual

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Enjoying Surround Sound
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STR-DE595/DE495 4-244-173-71(1) (
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, CS)
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SL SR
L C R
Customizing sound fields
By adjusting the surround parameters and the
tone characteristics of the front speakers, you
can customize the sound fields to suit your
particular listening situation.
Once you customize a sound field, the changes
are stored in the memory indefinitely. You can
change a customized sound field any time by
making new adjustments to the parameters.
See the tables on page 48 for the parameters
available in each sound field.
qd LFE:
Lights up when the disc being played
back contains the LFE (Low Frequency
Effect) channel and when the sound of the
LFE channel signal is actually being
reproduced.
qf Playback channel indicators: The letters
(L, C, R, etc.) indicate the channels being
played back. The boxes around the letters
vary to show how the receiver downmixes the
source sound (based on the speakers settings).
When using sound fields like “C.ST.EX”, the
receiver adds reverberation based on the
source sound.
L (Front Left), R (Front Right), C (Center
(monaural)), SL (Surround Left), SR
(Surround Right), S (Surround (monaural or
the surround components obtained by Pro
Logic processing)).
Example:
Recording format (Front/Surround): 3/2
Output channel: Surround speakers absent
Sound Field: A.F.D. AUTO
To get the most from multi
channel surround sound
Position your speakers and do the procedures
described in “Multi channel surround setup”
starting from page 15 before you customize a
sound field.
Adjusting the level
parameters
The LEVEL menu contains parameters that let
you adjust the balance and volumes of each
speaker. You can also customize various
aspects of the current sound field. The settings
are applied to all sound fields except for EFCT.
parameter. For EFCT. parameter, the settings
are stored individually for each sound field.
1
Start playing a program source
encoded with multi channel surround
sound.
2
Press MAIN MENU repeatedly to select
“
LEVEL ”.
3
Press MENU or MENU to select
the parameter you want to adjust.
4
Press MENU + or MENU – to select the
setting you want.
The setting is entered automatically.
Initial settings
Parameter Initial setting
L R
BAL. L/R XX* BALANCE
CTR XXX dB* 0 dB
SUR.L. XXX dB* 0 dB
SUR.R. XXX dB* 0 dB
S.W. XXX dB* 0 dB
D. RANGE
COMP. XXX OFF
EFCT. XXX STD
* (STR-DE595 only) The parameters can be adjusted
separately for MULTI CH IN.