Surround parameters 1
CINEMA EQ. (Cinema Equalizer):
The Cinema EQ function gently decreases the level of the extreme high frequencies, compensating for overly-bright sounding motion picture
soundtracks. Select this function if the sound from the front speakers is too bright.
This function only works in the Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby Digital and DTS Surround modes.
D.COMP. (Dynamic Range Compression):
Motion picture soundtracks have tremendous dynamic range (the contrast between very soft and very loud sounds). For listening late at night,
or whenever the maximum sound level is lower than usual, the Dynamic Range Compression allows you to hear all of the sounds in the
soundtrack (but with reduced dynamic range). (This only works when playing program sources recorded in Dolby Digital or DTS.) Select one of
the four parameters (“OFF”, “LOW”, “MID” (middle) or “HI” (high)). Set to OFF for normal listening.
LFE (Low Frequency Effect):
This sets the level of the LFE (Low Frequency Effect) sounds included in the source when playing program sources recorded in Dolby Digital
or DTS.
If the sound produced from the subwoofer sounds distorted due to the LFE signals when playing Dolby Digital or DTS sources when the peak
limiter is turned off with the subwoofer peak limit level setting (system setup menu), adjust the level as necessary.
Program source and adjustment range
1. Dolby Digital: –10 dB to 0 dB
2. DTS Surround (–10 dB to 0 dB)
(–10 dB to 0 dB for the DTS Surround Home THX Cinema mode)
2 When watching a DTS-encoded Movie program, we recommend that you set the LFE level at 0 dB. When THX is activated with a
DTS-encoded movie, the LFE level is automatically set to 0 dB. However, you can adjust it if you wish.
2 When listening to a DTS-encoded Music program, we recommend that you set the LFE level to –10 dB.
S.Sp (Surround Speaker):
Select the surround speaker to be used. This is not displayed if the surround speaker setting has been set to “None” in the system setup. It
is also not displayed in the direct or stereo modes.
TONE:
This adjusts the tone control. (See “Surround parameters 2” on page 51.)
2Dialogue Normalization
The dialogue normalization function is activated automatically when playing Dolby Digital program sources.
Dialogue normalization is a basic function of Dolby Digital which automatically normalizes the dialog level (standard level) of the signals which are
recorded at different levels for different program sources, such as DVD, DTV and other future formats that will use Dolby Digital.
When this function is activated, the following message appears on the main unit’s display:
The number indicates the normalization level when the currently playing program is normalized to
the standard level.
