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ADVANCED FUNCTIONS
Press the Set Button to access the Surround Setup menu, as shown in
Figure 81. With the Surround Mode highlighted, press the Set Button
to change the surround mode group. Use the
‹
/
›
Buttons to scroll
through the options, and press the Set Button when the desired mode
group appears. Navigate to the Mode line and follow the same procedure
to select an individual mode. The Upsampling setting is only available for
the Dolby modes. You may wait for the full-OSD screen to time-out and
disappear from view, or press the
‹
Button to return to the menu tabs
and select another menu.
Dolby Surround Settings
Some additional settings are available for Dolby modes. Three settings
are active only when the Dolby Pro Logic II or IIx Music modes have
been selected. See Figure 83.
Figure 83 – Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music Mode Settings
CENTER WIDTH: This setting affects how vocals sound through the
three front speakers. A higher number (up to 7) focuses the vocal infor-
mation tightly on the center channel. Lower numbers broaden the vocal
soundstage across the three speakers.
DIMENSION: This setting affects the depth of the surround presenta-
tion, allowing you to “move” the sound toward the front or rear of the
room. The setting of “0” is a neutral default. Setting “F-3” moves the
sound mostly toward the front of the room, while setting “R-3” moves
the sound mostly toward the rear.
PANORAMA: With the Panorama mode turned ON, some of the sound
from the front speakers is moved to the surround speakers, creating an
enveloping “wraparound” type of effect.
UPSAMPLING: The last line of the Surround Select menu activates
upsampling, only available with the Dolby Pro Logic II/IIx Movie, Dolby
Pro Logic II/IIx Music and Dolby Pro Logic modes. Normally set to OFF,
upsampling, when activated, processes digital sources at a higher reso-
lution for improved sound quality. This feature can be useful to eliminate
distortion in some low-resolution sources.
Night Mode
Night mode is available with some Dolby Digital programs, if it has been
encoded in the material. It compresses the peak sound levels, maintain-
ing the intelligibility of the dialogue and quieter passages, while reducing
the loudness of special effects and louder passages to avoid disturbing
others. Three levels of compression are available:
OFF: At this setting, there is no compression, as the Night mode is
deactivated.
MID: A mild compression is applied.
MAX: More compression is applied.
We suggest that you experiment with the modes to find a setting that
meets your needs.
The Night mode is not adjusted using the full-OSD menu system. With
a Dolby Digital program encoded with Night mode playing, press the
Night Button on the remote. Each press of the button will cycle through
the three settings, with the selected setting being displayed on the front
panel and in the semi-OSD display.
Default Modes
During initial use or after a processor reset, the AVR 247 will default
to the Logic 7 7CH Music mode for all analog and PCM audio inputs.
Subsequently, when a source input is selected and an analog or PCM
signal is received, the AVR will switch to the last surround mode used
for that source input/incoming signal combination.
Whenever a multichannel Dolby Digital or DTS signal is detected, the
AVR 247 will automatically switch to that mode, unless the DEFAULT
SURROUND setting in the System Setup menu has been changed to OFF.
You may observe that other surround modes are available for use with the
multichannel digital bitstreams. If you would prefer the AVR 247 to use
one of those alternate modes any time the same digital signal is detected,
then select that mode while the multichannel bitstream is present, and
then change the DEFAULT SURROUND setting in the System Setup
menu to OFF.
Table 8 provides descriptions of all surround modes available on the
AVR 247, along with the incoming bitstreams or signals that the particular
mode may be used with. Feel free to experiment and simply cycle
through all of the available modes at any time; you cannot cause any
problems for the AVR 247 by doing so.
NOTE: In order to access 6.1- and 7.1-channel modes, such
as Dolby Digital EX, DTS-ES, Logic 7 (7.1 modes), DTS Neo:6
(6.1 modes), the 6-channel implementations of Hall 1, Hall 2
and Theater and 7-channel Stereo, you must enable the
surround back channels as explained in the Manual Setup
section. You should not enable these channels if you don’t
have surround back speakers in your system.
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