Philips HTS5500C User manual - Page 45

Selecting surround sound, Selecting digital sound effects, Volume control

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English Sound and Volume Controls (continued) Selecting surround sound G Press SURR on the remote to select : MULTI-CHANNEL or STEREO. ➜ The availability of the various surround sound modes depends on the number of speakers used and the sound available on the disc. ➜ The center and rear speakers operate only in Multi-channel surround mode. ➜ The available output modes for Multichannel include: Dolby Digital, DTS (Digital Theater Systems) Surround and Dolby Pro Logic II. ➜ Stereo broadcasts or recordings will produce some surround channel effects when played in a surround mode. However, mono (single channel sound) sources will not produce any sound from the rear speakers. Helpful Hints: - You are not able to select the surround sound mode if the system setup menu is turned on. Selecting digital sound effects Select a preset digital sound effects that matches your disc's content or that optimizes the sound of the musical style you are playing. G Press SOUND to select the available sound effect. When playing movie discs or in TV mode, you can select : CONCERT, DRAMA, ACTION or SCI-FI. When playing music discs or while in TUNER or AUX/DI mode, you can select : ROCK, DIGITAL, CLASSIC or JAZZ (except for DivX/MP3). Helpful Hint: - For flat sound output, select CONCERT or CLASSIC. - Sound effect is not active during line-out connection. Volume control G Adjust VOLUME control (or press VOL +/- on the remote) to increase or decrease the volume level. ➜ "VOL MIN" is the minimum volume level and "VOL MAX" is the maximum volume level. To turn off the volume temporarily G Press MUTE on the remote. ➜ Playback will continue without sound and "MUTE" appears. ➜ To restore the volume, press MUTE again, or increase/decrease the volume level. 001-053-hts5500-37-Eng47 45 45 13/04/053, 14:3195 P1M15 14781

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English
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Selecting surround sound
Press
SURR
on the remote to select :
MULTI-CHANNEL or STEREO.
The availability of the various surround
sound modes depends on the number of
speakers used and the sound available on
the disc.
The center and rear speakers operate
only in Multi-channel surround mode.
The available output modes for Multi-
channel include: Dolby Digital, DTS
(Digital Theater Systems) Surround and
Dolby Pro Logic II.
Stereo broadcasts or recordings will
produce some surround channel effects
when played in a surround mode.
However, mono (single channel sound)
sources will not produce any sound from
the rear speakers.
Helpful Hints:
You are not able to select the surround
sound mode if the system setup menu is
turned on.
Selecting digital sound effects
Select a preset digital sound effects that
matches your disc
s content or that
optimizes the sound of the musical style
you are playing.
Press
SOUND
to select the available
sound effect.
When playing movie discs or in TV mode,
you can select :
CONCERT, DRAMA, ACTION or SCI-FI.
When playing music discs or while in
TUNER or AUX/DI mode, you can select :
ROCK, DIGITAL, CLASSIC or JAZZ
(except for DivX/MP3).
Helpful Hint:
For flat sound output, select CONCERT or
CLASSIC.
Sound effect is not active during line-out
connection.
Volume control
Adjust
VOLUME
control (or press
VOL
+
/
-
on the remote) to increase
or decrease the volume level.
"
VOL MIN
" is the minimum volume
level and
VOL MAX
is the maximum
volume level.
To turn off the volume temporarily
Press
MUTE
on the remote.
Playback will continue without sound
and "
MUTE
" appears.
To restore the volume, press
MUTE
again, or increase/decrease the volume
level.
Sound and Volume Controls
(continued)
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