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setup menus

e Setup menus allow you to congure all aspects of

your AV950/AVR750/450/380. e next few pages will

go through the menu items and explain their function.

e Setup menus will probably look quite daunting if

you are new to setting up home cinema, but the majority

of them need only be congured once when you rst

install the system (or if your system changes or you

move house!)

e only way to view the Setup menus is on your display

device (TV or projector) using the on-screen display

(OSD) capability of the AV950/AVR750/450/380. To

view the OSD for the initial setting up, connect any of

the video outputs to your display device. You do not

need to have a video source connected to the AV950/

AVR750/450/380 video inputs.

Entering Setup mode

To enter the setup menu, press the MENU button on the

remote control or font panel. e front panel display

shows ‘SETUP MENU’ and the setup menu (pictured

right) is displayed.

Unstable OSD menu or picture display?

e default AV950/AVR750/450/380 output video

resolution when rst powered up out of the box is

‘Preferred’ for digital video. is has been chosen

as most display devices can synchronise to this

automatically. is can be changed in the Video Outputs

section of the Setup Menus.

If the output resolution and frame rate is forced to a

setting your display device does not support, the picture

may become unstable or may not display at all. To reset

the output video resolution and frame rate to the default

values to restore the display, press and hold the front

panel OK button for three seconds. Alternatively, press

SHIFT then

on the remote control to cycle between

dierent output resolutions until the picture returns.

Navigating the setup menu

… using the remote control

e setup menu can be navigated by using the cursor

(arrow) keys on the remote control. is is by far the

easiest method.

1. To enter the setup menu, press the MENU button

(which is located immediately under the navigation

buttons).

2. Use the

and

keys to navigate up and down

the main section headings in the le-hand panel.

3. Once you have the main section that you require

highlighted, use the

key to enter the section.

4. Use the

and

keys to navigate up and

down the section settings in the right-hand panel.

Some settings may be greyed out. ese are either

for information only (e.g. incoming sampling

frequency) or are not currently selectable (e.g.

network IP address when DHCP is used). Scroll bars

on the sides of the right hand panel indicate your

position in the settings list where there are more

items than can be displayed at once.

5. Pressing OK selects a setting to change it, pressing OK

again de-selects the setting.

6. At any time, press the MENU button to exit the menu.

Any changes to settings are saved.

… using the keys on the front panel

e AV950/AVR750/450/380 front panel controls can

be used to congure the unit. Follow the instructions for

using the remote control, in this case using INPUT– for

down, INPUT+ for up, INFO for le and MODE for right.

Menu panel

e le-hand panel lists the setup

screens available for adjustment. e

selected menu is highlighted with a grey

band.

Help screen

e lower right-hand panel gives a short

help text for the feature being adjusted.

Adjustment panel

e upper right-hand panel lists the

parameters you can change as a user.

e selected line is highlighted with

a black band. Lines that cannot be

selected are greyed-out.

Scroll bars

ese indicate the

position of the

displayed screen

within longer menus.

Input Config.

e audio and video settings on this page of the Setup

menu can be tailored specically and independently to

the currently selected input.

When a dierent input is selected on the Input line, all

the input-specic settings for that input are displayed

below it. ese settings are applied to the named Input

only and are stored in memory and recalled each time

the unit is powered up and whenever that input is

selected.

Input – e currently selected input connectors to

which the settings below relate.

Name – e display name of the input. You can change

the name of any input to more closely match your setup.

For example, if you had two satellite receivers, you could

connect the main receiver to the Sat audio and video

input connectors and change the Name to ‘SAT 1’. You

could then connect the second satellite receiver to the

VCR audio and video input connectors, but change the

VCR Name to ‘SAT 2’. It is then clearer to users of your

AV950/AVR750/450/380 which inputs they wish to

select when scrolling though.

Lip Sync – Each input can have its own setting

to add a time delay between the audio and video

signals to compensate for the sound and picture not

being synchronised. is is normally required when

video processing is used in the system for scaling or

de-interlacing video. e range of lip sync delay is 0 to

250 milliseconds.

e lip sync adjustment can only correct for delayed

video. If the audio is late set lip sync to its minimum.

Mode – Sets the initial audio decode mode for stereo

sources on this input.

< Last Mode recalls the last used setting for this

input when a stereo source was applied. See section

“Two-channel source modes” on page E-33 for more

information.

Ext. Mode – Sets the initial audio decode mode for

multi-channel digital sources on this input.

< Last Mode recalls the last used setting for this

input when a stereo source was applied. See section

“Multi-channel source modes” on page E-34 for

more information.

Bass –

Treble –

ese allow you to alter the bass and treble tone controls

for all currently active speakers for each individual

input. For example, if your PVR source sounds a little

bass light, you can always correct for this by selecting

PVR on the Input line at the top of this menu and add

2 or 3dB to the Bass control. en, whenever the PVR

input is selected, the bass is automatically boosted for as

long as that input is selected.

Room EQ – When the Auto Speaker Setup function is

runitalsocalculatesRoomEqualisationcoecientsto

remove some of the worst eects of resonant frequencies

of the room at the listening position. By default Room

EQ is not applied to any of the source inputs, however

you can enable them on a per-input basis as you wish.

< Not Calculated: (Information only) Auto Speaker

Setup has not been run or has errors so cannot be

selected.

< On: Room EQ is applied to the current source.

< O: Room EQ is not applied to the current source.

Input Trim – Sets the maximum analogue input

signal level (sensitivity) on this input before the ADC

(Analogue-to-Digital converter) signal path clips.

Options are 1, 2 and 4 volts RMS maximum input. e

default is 2Vrms maximum.

For example, analogue sources with low output levels

may benet by choosing the 1V maximum setting. is

helps maximise signal-to-noise performance of the

AV950/AVR750/450/380 and also helps keep the various

analogue sources sounding about the same level for any

given AV950/AVR750/450/380 volume control setting.

Dolby Volume –Dolby Volume is an intelligent system

that improves the perceived audio frequency response

at lower listening levels and corrects for volume

inconsistencies between sources (e.g. a rock radio

station and a BD) and between programming (e.g. a TV

show and advertisement breaks).

< On: Dolby Volume is applied to this input.

< O: (default) Dolby Volume is not applied to this

input.

Dolby Leveller – is setting of Dolby Volume controls

how closely quiet and loud sources and programme

content are matched to each other, based on the

ear’s perception of loudness. e range of values is

0 (minimal levelling) to 10 (maximum levelling).

e default setting is 2, however we recommend

experimenting with higher values if your source material

is less closely matched in level. If the Volume Leveller

function is set o, no level matching between sources

and programme material is performed. Note however

that turning the Dolby Leveller setting of Dolby Volume

to ‘O’ is not the same as turning the entire function

of Dolby Volume to ‘O’, as volume related frequency

response processing is still active. See “Dolby volume”

on page E-35 for more information.

DV Calib. Oﬀset – e Calibration Oset parameter of

Dolby Volume allows you to compensate for speaker

ecienciesandlisteningposition.edefaultvalueis

0 and this should normally produce a good result when

the AV950/AVR750/450/380 speaker levels are set using

a sound pressure level meter.

See “Dolby volume” on page E-35 for further

information

on Calibration Oset.

Dolby D EX – Sets how the AV950/AVR750/450/380

should congure its decode mode when a Dolby Digital

EX bitstream is received. Note that this setting only

applies if you have Surround Back loudspeakers. You

may wish to experiment with these two decode modes

to see which you prefer with Dolby Digital EX encoded

material. Options are Auto Dolby D EX, Auto Dolby

PLIIx and Manual.

< Auto Dolby D EX: When a Dolby Digital

EX‑aggedbitstreamisdetected,thedecodemode

automatically changes to Dolby Digital EX. is can

be temporarily overridden by pressing the MODE

button on the remote or front panel.

< Auto Dolby PLIIx Movie: When a Dolby Digital

EX‑aggedbitstreamisdetected,thedecodemode

automatically changes to Pro Logic IIx Movie. is

can be temporarily overridden by pressing the MODE

button on the remote or front panel.

< Manual: e received Dolby Digital EX is treated

as if it is an ordinary Dolby Digital stream in that it

does not automatically select the EX or PLIIx decode

modes. Instead, the previously used decode mode

for a multi-channel digital source on this input is

applied. However, either of the EX or PLIIx decode

modes can be applied manually by pressing the

MODE button.

Stereo Mode – If you have congured your system to

haveasubwoofer,thenyouhavetheexibilityto

choose how bass information is distributed between

the front le/right speakers and the subwoofer when

listening to stereo (two channel only) analogue

and digital sources. Choose the option which gives

you the most solid, even sounding bass. If you are

using a subwoofer for stereo, please also see Sub

Stereo below to set the level of the subwoofer. For

best results test with a setup disc or live programme

material. is setting can be used to override your

normal speaker settings in the Spkr Types menu

whenever the AV950/AVR750/450/380 plays stereo

material. It is quite common to nd that two channel

stereo music listening is best done with a slightly

dierent sub/speaker setting than for surround

movies.

< As Spkr Types: When an analogue or digital stereo

source is played, your normal speaker conguration

(as in Spkr Types menu) is used to reproduce the

signal.

< Le/Right: Full frequency stereo information. All

audio is sent to the front le and right speakers only

without any bass redirection. You can use this setting

if you consider your front le/right speakers to be

able to handle the full frequency range of music.

If you have set your front le/right speaker size as

Small in the Spkr Types setup page, you may wish

to use this option to override the setting to Large

for stereo music listening, if you have full frequency

range le/right speakers.

It can oen be benecial to set full frequency range

speakers to Small in the Spkr Types setup page for

use with movies, if you have a subwoofer in your

system. Doing so may deliver more impact on

movie soundtracks as subwoofers are designed to

handle reproduction of high bass content. However

you may nd that for stereo music a better overall

result is obtained by not using the subwoofer and

eectively treating the front le/right speakers as

Large.

< Le/Right+Sub: Full frequency range stereo is fed to

the front le and right speakers and extracted bass is

sent to the subwoofer. In this case the low frequency

information is eectively duplicated.

< Sat+Sub: Use this setting if you really do have Small

satellite front le and right speakers, or if you prefer

the overall sound of bass being handled by the

subwoofer. Full bass management is used so that

analogue and digital stereo sources are fed to the

DSP where the bass is ltered o front le and right

and redirected to the subwoofer.

NOTE

e Stereo Mode function is not available when

using an analogue source in Stereo Direct mode.

Sub Stereo – If Le/Right+Sub or Sat+Sub is selected in

Stereo Mode above, this setting adjusts the level of the

subwoofer when the source is two channel stereo.

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