Onkyo TX-DS838 Owner Manual - Page 42

Selecting a Surround mode Before using a Surround mode, be sure the System Setup parameters have been set. If the parameters have been set once, it is not necessary to set them again. The DOLBY AC-3 Surround mode is used to decode media such as laser discs bearing the Ipr.°.-",! mark and Dolby Digital (AC-3) broadcasts. With the Dolby Surround mode, video tapes and laser discs bearing the M no vsunRouNo trademark are decoded to reproduce the multi-channel Surround sound of a movie theater. 4C1,1\TIC-IIC3P *** Menu *** Input Selector Rec Selector Surround Se up 131 Screen Se,_up Language Sysuem Setup A System Seuun B Oramc -srco, ** Surround Serun ** Surround DOLBY Mode -PRO LOG - C7 ire7a Re- - ON MM Example 1: VIDEO-4 ch 3 / 2 I 3: left, center, right i 2: left, right Front channels 1: Center Example 2: VIDEO-4 ch 1 + 1 2: left and right 1: monaural 0: no signal Surround channels Dual monaural front channels and no Surround channels On-screen display operation 1. Press the ENTER button on the remote control to display the Menu screen. 2. Move the cursor to Surround Setup and press the P. cursor button on the remote control to display the Surround Setup screen. 3. Press the -4 or ► cursor button on the remote control to select the desired Surround mode. With each press of a button, the mode changes one at a time in the following sequence (The broken lines show the sequence when a Dolby Digital (AC-3) source is played.): OFF (STEREO) (or DOLBY AC-3)< - - -> ACTION (or DOLBY AC-3 ACTION) STADIUM DOLBY PRO LOGIC DRAMA (or DOLBY AGA-3 DRAMA) ARENA LIVE HALL DOLBY PRO LOGIC MUSICAL (or DOLBY AC-3 MUSICAL) If DOLBY PRO LOGIC is selected when a DOLBY DIGITAL (AC-3) source is played back, the Surround mode automatically changes to DOLBY AC-3 and the AC-3 indicator lights up. In addition, "ch" followed by a number such as "3/2", as shown at the left, appear in the main unit's multi-function display to indicate which of the three front channels and two Surround channels are available for sound output. 4. Press the • or • cursor button to select a parameter, and then press the 1 or P. cursor button to either select a setting or disnlav the cereen for the celerted narameter When a cereen is displayed, press the -4 or PP- cursor button to select a setting. Each mode has a number of parameters which can be used to adjust the sound. (Refer to pages 44 and 45 for more details.) Remote control operation Main unit operation e 1. Press SURMODAE or erol to select the desired Surround mode. With each press of a button, the mode changes one at a time in the following sequence (The broken lines show the sequence when a Dolby Digital (AC-3) source is played.): OFF (STEREO) ÷____,DOLBY PRO LOGIC DOLBY PRO LOGIC < - >(or DOLBY AC-3) ACTION (or DOLBY AC-3 ACTION) $ STADIUM 4, ARENA LIVE DOLBY PRO LOGIC DRAMA (or DOLBY AC-3 DRAMA) $ DOLBY PRO LOGIC MUSICAL HALL ÷-> (or DOLBY AC-3 MUSICAL) 1. Press or to select the HALL, LIVE, ARENA or STADIUM Surround mode. or press 1=-7 , to select DOLBY PRO LOGIC (or DOLBY AC-3) or its ACTION, DRAMA or MUSICAL mode. Press / - stereo. to turn off the Surround mode and return to 2. Press LCE_n or 'M to select a parameter. Refer to the diagram on page 46 for the order in which the parameters will appear. The parameter name appears on the display for 5 seconds. If it goes off, press the button again to display it. 3. Press =1 or IM to select a setting. 4. Repeat steps 2. and 3. to adjust the parameters. 42