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maximum volume You may set a maximum volume allowed for your system to minimize the oppor-
tunity for damage, either to your system or to better relations with your neigh-
bors. Simply choose the maximum volume setting you would like to be able to
use and save the change (by pressing enter, as always). If you decide to change it
again, simply revisit this menu item and reset it.
late night Modern movie soundtracks, especially those of action movies, often have enor-
mous dynamic range. There are times when this extraordinary dynamic range is
a problem rather than a benefit—for example, when listening late at night while
others in the home are sleeping, or in an apartment building when neighbors are
at home and prefer not to be disturbed.
Simply turning the volume down may not be an adequate solution in these cases,
as it may make dialog so quiet as to be unintelligible, and obscure important but
subtle cues in the soundtrack. The solution to this problem makes use of some
specific information provided by Dolby Digital (AC-3) soundtracks to provide ap-
propriate compression to reduce the dynamic range to something better suited to
the environment. Since this feature depends on information only available within
AC-3 soundtracks, it is only available when the AVP2 is decoding AC-3.
The late night feature may be toggled on and off on by using the special button
on the remote control (see Using the Special Menu); this item on the volume
preference
menus determines how much compression is used. Your choices are
either low or high levels of compression, which may be selected according to
what works best in your particular situation.