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Using the Advanced surround effects
The Advanced surround effects can be used for a variety
of additional surround sound effects. The Advanced
Cinema modes are designed to be used with movies, and
the Advanced Concert modes are for music.
• Press ADVANCED CINEMA or ADVANCED
CONCERT to select a listening mode.
Press ADVANCED CINEMA repeatedly to select from:
• ACTION – Designed for action movies with dynamic
soundtracks
• SCI-FI – Designed for science fiction with lots of
special effects
• DRAMA – Designed for movies with lots of dialog
• MUSICAL – Creates a concert hall-type sound for
musicals
• MONOFILM – Creates surround sound from mono
soundtracks
• 5/7-D THEATER – Creates an extra wide stereo field
Press ADVANCED CONCERT repeatedly to select from:
• CLASSICAL – Gives a large concert hall-type sound
• CHAMBER – Creates a space with alot of reverb
• JAZZ – Creates the sound of a small jazz club
• ROCK – Creates a live concert sound for rock music
• DANCE – Designed for music with lots of bass
• 5/7CH STEREO – Allows you to hear stereo sources
from all the speakers in your setup
Adjusting the Advanced Surround effect level
You can emphasize or reduce the effect of the Advanced
Surround modes as you like. For each Advanced
Surround mode you can set the effect level
independently.
1 With one of the Advanced surround modes
active, press OPTION repeatedly until EFFECT shows
in the front panel display.
The remote control menu for this step is shown below
(see note at the start of this chapter if you need help).
2 Use the (OPTION) +/– buttons to adjust the effect
level.
The effect level can be adjusted from 10 (min) to 90
(max).
Using the Home THX modes
THX and Home THX are technical standards created by
Lucasfilm Ltd. for cinema and home theater sound.
Home THX is designed to make home theater audio
sound more like what you hear in a cinema. See About
THX® on page 107 for more on this.
Different THX options will be available depending on the
source and the SB CH mode setting (see Using the
surround back channel on page 48 for more on this).
• Press THX to select a THX listening mode.
LISTENING
MODE
RECEIVER
RECEIVER 1/3
STREAM
DIRECT
ACOUSTIC
CAL.
SIGNAL
SELECT
ADVANCED
CINEMA
ADVANCED
CONCERT
STEREO
STANDARD THX
RECEIVER
2/3
RECEIVER
TV
CONT
MIDNIGHT DIGITAL NR
TONE LOUDNESS
OPTION
+–
CH LEVEL
+–
PHONES
SP SYSTEM
A/B
SIGNAL
SELECT
VIDEO
SELECT
TAPE2
MONITOR
STREAM
DIRECT
SETUP
MIC
SB CH
MODE
DIGITAL IN
S-VIDEO VIDEO
VIDEO INPUT
AUDIOLR
MIDNIGHT
TONE
LOUDNESS OPTION DIGITAL NR INPUT ATT CLASS STATION
TUNER
ACOUSTIC
CAL.
LISTENING
MODE
RECEIVER
RECEIVER 1/3
STREAM
DIRECT
ACOUSTIC
CAL.
SIGNAL
SELECT
ADVANCED
CINEMA
ADVANCED
CONCERT
STEREO
STANDARD THX