Sony STR-GA7ES - Manuel (Page 18)

Using Surround Sound
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Selecting the center mode
The receiver offers you four center modes:
PHANTOM, 3 CHANNEL LOGIC, NORMAL, and
WIDE. Each mode is designed for a different speaker
configuration. Select the mode that best suits your
speaker system configuration.
1
Press SOUND FIELD ON/OFF to turn on the
sound fields.
2 Press GENRE to select the PRO LOGIC sound
field.
3
Press CTR MODE repeatedly until the center
mode you want appears in the display. Select the
center mode by referring to the following chart.
Getting the Most Out of Dolby
Pro Logic Surround Sound
To obtain the best possible Dolby Pro Logic Surround
sound, first select the center mode according to your
speaker system. Then, adjust the sound parameters of
the PRO LOGIC sound field.
Note that you must have at least one additional pair of
speakers and/or one center speaker to do the following
adjustments.
DPC
MODE
MODE GENRE
SURROUND
indicator
LEVEL PARAMETER
CENTER
LEVEL (+/–)
TEST TONE
DIGITAL
PROCESSING
CONTROL
DPC MODE
MODE
GENRE
If you have
Front and rear
speakers, no
center speaker
Front and center
speakers, no rear
speaker
Front and rear
speakers, and a
small center
speaker
Front and rear
speakers, and a
center speaker
equivalent to your
front speakers
So that
The sound of the
center channel is
output from the front
speakers.
The sound of the rear
channel is output
from the front
speakers.
The bass sound of the
center channel is
output from the front
speakers (because a
small speaker cannot
produce enough
bass).
For “complete”
Dolby Pro Logic
Surround sound.
Select
PHANTOM
3 CH LOGIC
(3 Channel
Logic)
NORMAL
WIDE
Adjusting the speaker volume
The test tone feature lets you set the volume of your
speakers to the same level. (If all of your speakers have
equal performance, you don’t have to adjust the
speaker volume.)
Using the controls on the remote lets you adjust the
volume level from your listening position.
1
Press TEST TONE on the remote.
You will hear the test tone from each speaker
sequentially.
SOUND FIELD
ON/OFF
SOUND FIELD
ON/OFF
REAR
LEVEL (+/–)
CTR MODE
0 ) = +
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