Listening to your system
Using the Advanced surround effects
The Advanced surround effects can be used for a variety
of additional surround sound effects. The Advanced
Cinema modes are designed to be used with movies, and
the Advanced Concert modes are for music.
•
Press ADVANCED CINEMA or ADVANCED
CONCERT to select a listening mode.
RECEIVER
RECEIVER
SIGNAL
SELECT
LISTENING
MODE
STANDARD
ADVANCED
CINEMA
Press ADVANCED CINEMA repeatedly to select from:
• ACTION – Designed for action movies with dynamic
soundtracks
• SCI-FI – Designed for science fiction with lots of
special effects
• DRAMA – Designed for movies with lots of dialog
• MUSICAL – Creates a concert hall-type sound for
musicals
• MONOFILM – Creates surround sound from mono
soundtracks
• 5/7-D THEATER – Creates an extra wide stereo field
Press ADVANCED CONCERT repeatedly to select from:
• CLASSICAL – Gives a large concert hall-type sound
• CHAMBER – Creates a space with alot of reverb
• JAZZ – Creates the sound of a small jazz club
• ROCK – Creates a live concert sound for rock music
• DANCE – Designed for music with lots of bass
• 5/7CH STEREO – Allows you to hear stereo sources
from all the speakers in your setup
1/3
STREAM
DIRECT
ACOUSTIC
CAL.
STEREO
THX
ADVANCED
CONCERT
Adjusting the Advanced Surround effect level
You can emphasize or reduce the effect of the Advanced
Surround modes as you like. For each Advanced
Surround mode you can set the effect level
independently.
1
With one of the Advanced surround modes
active, press OPTION repeatedly until EFFECT shows
in the front panel display.
The remote control menu for this step is shown below
(see note at the start of this chapter if you need help).
RECEIVER
RECEIVER
MIDNIGHT
TONE
–
OPTION
–
CH LEVEL
ACOUSTIC
CAL.
MIDNIGHT
LOUDNESS
TONE
OPTION
PHONES
SP SYSTEM
SIGNAL
VIDEO
TAPE2
STREAM
A/B
SELECT
SELECT
DIRECT
MONITOR
2
Use the (OPTION) +/– buttons to adjust the effect
level.
The effect level can be adjusted from 10 (min) to 90
(max).
Using the Home THX modes
THX and Home THX are technical standards created by
Lucasfilm Ltd. for cinema and home theater sound.
Home THX is designed to make home theater audio
sound more like what you hear in a cinema. See About
THX® on page 107 for more on this.
Different THX options will be available depending on the
source and the SB CH mode setting (see Using the
surround back channel on page 48 for more on this).
•
Press THX to select a THX listening mode.
RECEIVER
RECEIVER
SIGNAL
SELECT
LISTENING
MODE
STANDARD
ADVANCED
CINEMA
2/3
TV
CONT
DIGITAL NR
LOUDNESS
+
+
SB CH
TUNER
DIGITAL NR
INPUT ATT
CLASS
STATION
MODE
VIDEO INPUT
SETUP
MIC
DIGITAL IN
S-VIDEO
VIDEO
L
AUDIO
R
1/3
STREAM
DIRECT
ACOUSTIC
CAL.
STEREO
THX
ADVANCED
CONCERT
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