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STEREO Button
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Activates conventional 2-speaker stereo direct bypass mode with
no surround sound or other processing. This is “pure” stereo, us-
ing the front left and front right speakers only, with no surround
channels and no center channel.
When used with Dolby Digital or DTS source material, the STEREO
button engages a “downmix” feature which combines all of the
available channels and sends them to the front speakers only. The
spatial effects of surround sound are lost, but all of the informa-
tion on the original recording will be heard in 2-channel stereo.
Note 1:
We provide the STEREO mode as an alternative for those
who want to hear the recording in its original two-channel form,
as if it were being played over a conventional 2-speaker stereo
system. Conversely, many listeners find that they prefer the addi-
tional ambience from multi-speaker surround sound processing of
2-channel music recordings. We suggest PRO LOGIC mode for
subtle ambience synthesis or the DSP modes for more spectacu-
lar effects. Use the setting that sounds best to you.
DYNAMIC RANGE Button
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Today’s digital sources are capable of extremely high dynamic
range (the difference between the softest and loudest sounds). In
some cases, the available dynamic range may tax amplifiers and/
or speakers. In other cases, it may be desirable to reduce the dy-
namic range, for example, when listening at low volume levels.
Pressing the DYNAMIC RANGE button steps through the three
available dynamic range settings:
• OFF (no compression/full dynamic range)
• MID (moderate compression)
• MIN (maximum compression/minimum dynamic range).
An indicator lights on the front panel display to show the current
selection.
Note:
The DYNAMIC RANGE feature is only available in Dolby
Digital. It is inactive at all other times.
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Front Panel: Configuration
Controls
VIDEO LABELS Button
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You may customize the labels of the VIDEO INPUT SOURCE but-
tons so that the names of your particular components are dis-
played in the front panel display and the ON-SCREEN DISPLAY
when selected. For example, you could choose to have DVD dis-
played in place of VIDEO 2. Labels may be up to 9 characters long.
Inputs that can be relabelled are VIDEO 1, VIDEO 2, VIDEO 3,
VIDEO 4, and AUX/VIDEO 5. To relabel the video inputs:
1.
Select the VIDEO INPUT you wish to relabel.
2.
Press and hold the VIDEO LABELS button for 3 seconds. The 9
segments of the front panel display turn to bars, each represent-
ing one available character. The first bar blinks.
3.
Press the CH UP/DOWN buttons on the remote control repeat-
edly to step back or forward through the available characters until
you find the first letter or character in the desired name. Available
characters include the 26 letters of the alphabet, the numbers 0 –
9, and nine special characters. When the desired character is dis-
played, press the ENTER button to move to the next character in
the display. The next segment in the display will blink.
4.
Repeat step 3 above until you have entered all nine characters
in the desired video label, including “blanks” for unused charac-
ters. As soon as you press the ENTER button following the ninth
character, the new label will be stored.
SPEAKER MODE Button
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Home theater speaker systems vary considerably in their size and
performance, particularly in their bass output. For this reason,
today’s surround sound processors feature elaborate logic which
can send thunderous bass information from movie soundtracks to
the speaker(s) best able to handle it – subwoofers and/or large
speakers. For optimum surround sound performance, it is neces-
sary to tell the RSP-966 what speakers your system includes and
what type they are.
The following configuration instructions refer to LARGE and
SMALL speakers. The size refers more to the bass performance of
the speaker than its physical size. A full-range speaker that has
extended bass response is considered LARGE. A compact
minispeaker with limited bass response or power handling is con-
sidered SMALL.
While understanding the terms LARGE and SMALL is useful, it is
probably more important to understand what these different
speaker types mean in terms of
system performance. This will
help determine how you should configure your system.
As a gen-
eral rule, the system will redirect bass information away from
SMALL speakers and send it to the LARGE speakers and/or the
SUBWOOFER in your system.
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