Sony STR-DE815G Operating Instructions - Page 22

Dolby

Surround

Setup

Dolby

Digital

(AC

-3)

(STR-DE1015G

only)

To

obtain

the

best

possible

surround

sound,

first

specify

the

type

of

speakers

you

have

connected

Then

use

the

test

tone

to

adjust

the

speaker

volumes

to

the

same

level.

Specifying

the

speaker

type

1

Click

SETUP

in

the

main

menu.

2

Click

SPEAKER.

FUNCTION

(

SOUND

j/

SETUP

TV

SET

IR

SET

USER

IR

AUTO

START

MACRO

PLAY

-

SP

DELA

FUNC

INDEX

CD

INDEX

TUNER

INDEX

SLEEP

TIMER

OSD

SETUP

INPUT

MODE

E+

EXIT

3

Set

the

speaker

size

parameters

according

to

the

type

of

speakers

you

connected.

SPEAKER

SETUP

■

FRONT

■

CENTER

•

REAR

■

WOOFER

U

RETURN

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LARGE

LARGE

SIDE

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Front

speaker

(FRONT)

•

If

you

connect

large

speakers

that

will

effectively

reproduce

bass

frequencies,

select

"LARGE".

•

If

you

cannot

obtain

sufficient

surround

effects

when

playing

a

Dolby

Digital

(AC

-3)

source

(a

source

for

which

the

DISCRETE

indicator

lights),

select

"SMALL".

The

bass

frequencies

for

the

front

speakers

will

be

output

from

the

sub

woofer

or

other

"LARGE"

speakers.

Center

speaker

(CENTER)

•

If

you

connect

a

large

speaker

that

will

effectively

reproduce

bass

frequencies,

select

"LARGE".

•

If

you

cannot

obtain

sufficient

surround

effects

when

playing

a

Dolby

Digital

(AC

-3)

source

(a

source

for

which

the

DISCRETE

indicator

lights),

select

"SMALL".

The

bass

frequencies

for

the

center

speaker

will

be

output

from

the

sub

woofer

or

other

"LARGE"

speakers.

•

If

you

do

not

connect

the

center

speaker,

select

"NO".

Rear

speaker

(REAR)

•

If

you

connect

large

speakers

that

will

effectively

reproduce

bass

frequencies,

select

"LARGE".

•

If

you

cannot

obtain

sufficient

surround

effects

when

playing

a

Dolby

Digital

(AC

-3)

source

(a

source

for

which

the

DISCRETE

indicator

lights),

select

"SMALL".

The

bass

frequencies

for

the

rear

speakers

will

be

output

from

the

sub

woofer

or

other

"LARGE"

speakers.

•

If

you

do

not

connect

rear

speakers,

select

"NO".

Rear

speaker

place

(REAR)

This

parameter

lets

you

specify

the

location

of

your

rear

speakers

for

proper

implementation

of

the

Digital

Cinema

Sound

VIRTUAL

REAR

SHIFT

and

VIRTUAL

MULTI

REAR

modes.

Refer

to

the

illustration

below.

•

Set

to

SIDE

if

the

location

of

your

rear

speakers

corresponds

to

section

0.

•

Set

to

BEHIND

if

the

location

of

your

rear

speakers

corresponds

to

section

0.

This

setting

effects

only

the

VIRTUAL

REAR

SHIFT

and

VIRTUAL

MULTI

REAR

modes.

This

parameter

does

not

appear when

the

rear

speaker

parameter

is

set

to

"NO".

45°

0

90°

20°

Sub

woofer

(WOOFER)

•

If

you

connect

a

sub

woofer,

select

"YES"

to

output

the

LFE

(low

frequency

extension)

channel

from

the

sub

woofer.

•

If

you

do

not

connect

a

sub

woofer,

select

"NO".

This

activates

the

Dolby

Digital

(AC

-3)

bass

redirection

circuitry

and

outputs

the

LFE

signals

from

other

speakers.

•

In

order

to

take

full

advantage

of

the

Dolby

Digital

(AC

-3)

bass

redirection

circuitry,

we

recommend

setting

the

sub

woofer's

cut

ott

frequency

as

high

as

possible.

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