Theta Digital Casablanca III HD, Owner'S Manual

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Setup DTS
To access the DTS Setup submenu shown in figure 42, press
SETUP / INP / A-D / DTS .
Figure 42 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP / INP Page 2 / DTS 1 Submenu
This submenu allows the user to adjust the center, side and surround speaker delays and levels as well as the LFE
and additional speaker source, when the MODE is DTS, for the currently selected input. When the Mode is not DTS,
settings in this submenu will have no effect. As with the settings in the Dolby Digital Setup submenus, these DTS
settings are interactive with those in the
SETUP/INPUT/LEVELS and SETUP / INPUT / DELAYS submenus.
It is important to note that the level and delay settings in this submenu are added to or subtracted from those in the
main
SETUP / INP / LEVELS and SETUP / INP / DELAYS submenus. For example: if the center level ( CLVL ) in this
submenu is set to –2 and the center level in the SETUP / INP / LEVELS submenu were set to +3 , the overall center level,
when the MODE for the currently selected input is DTS, would be +1 . This same process applies to the delays.
However, the Casablanca III HD does not support negative delays based on the theory that even we at Theta cannot
make time go backwards. Therefore, as an example, if the center delay in the
SETUP / INP / DELAYS submenu were
set at 0 and in the DTS setup submenu set at –1 , the overall center delay would be 0 .
In this submenu: button #
1 offsets the center speaker’s delay [from the SETUP/INP/DELAYS ]; button # 2 offsets the
center level; button # 3 offsets the surround left/right, sides and center surround delay; and button # 4 offsets the
surround left/right, sides and center surround level.
Button #
5 controls the LFE gain setting for DTS sources containing an LFE (low frequency effects) channel. i.e. 5.1,
6.1 or 7.1 signals. This channel commonly contains sound effects such as explosions, but may also contain
soundtrack information. Casablanca III HD offers the user an
LFE range of between OFF and -30 for this setting.
OFF may be useful for late night viewing or if there isn't a subwoofer / speaker capable of handling the low frequencies
contained in the LFE channel. 0 dB, the preferred setting, maintains the LFE setting in proper proportion to the
remaining five discrete channels. Any other setting lowers the normal LFE level, in dB, by the value set.
If the incoming signal is DTS 5.1, and the user desires to create sides or a center surround channel, use the
+SPKR
(Additional Speakers) parameter to indicate which MODE will be used in their creation. The modes available are:
VFD DEFINITION
OFF No additional speaker signals will be created.
DTSES DTS ES
NEO6M DTS NEO:6 Music
NEO6C DTS NEO:6 Cinema
PL2MU Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music
PL2MV Dolby Pro Logic IIx Movie
Table 7 – Additional Speaker Modes for DTS Source.