Sony STR-DE895 - Manual (Page 36)

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STR-DE995/895 4-244-963-11(1)GB
To turn on/off the equalizer
1
Press MAIN MENU repeatedly to select
“
EQUALIZER ”.
2
Turn MENU (STR-DE995 only) or press
/ (STR-DE895 only) repeatedly to
select “EQUALIZER [XXX]”.
3
Turn the +/– (STR-DE995 only) or jog
dial (STR-DE895 only) to select
“EQUALIZER [ON]” or “EQUALIZER
[OFF]”.
Note
The EQ indicator in the display lights up when the
equalizer is turned on. When you adjust the equalizer
using the EQUALIZER parameters, the settings are
applied to all sound fields and can be reproduced
whenever you turn on the equalizer.
Bass (BASS XXX.X dB)
Lets you adjust the gain of bass.
Treble (TREBLE XXX.X dB)
Lets you adjust the gain of treble.
Resetting customized sound
fields to the factory settings
1
If the power is on, press ?/1 to turn off
the power.
2
Hold down 2CH and press ?/1.
“S.F. Initialize” appears in the display and
all sound fields are reset at once.
Dynamic range compressor
(D. COMP. XXX)
Lets you compress the dynamic range of the
sound track. This may be useful when you want
to watch movies at low volumes late at night.
We recommend using the “MAX” setting.
• To reproduce the sound track with no
compression, select “OFF”.
• To reproduce the sound track with the dynamic
range intended by the recording engineer, select
“STD”.
• To reproduce a dramatic compression of the
dynamic range, select “MAX”.
Note
Dynamic range compression is possible with Dolby
Digital sources only.
Effect level (EFFECT XXX)
Lets you adjust the “presence” of the current
surround effect.
Adjusting the equalizer
parameter
The EQUALIZER menu contains parameters
that let you adjust the equalizer of the front
speakers for optimum sound. The settings are
applied to all sound fields.
1
Start playing a program source
encoded with multi channel surround
sound.
2
Press MAIN MENU repeatedly to select
“
EQUALIZER ”.
3
Turn MENU (STR-DE995 only) or press
/ (STR-DE895 only) to select the
parameter you want to adjust.
4
Turn the +/– (STR-DE995 only) or jog
dial (STR-DE895 only) to select the
setting you want.
The setting is entered automatically.
Initial settings
Parameter Initial setting
BASS XXX.X dB 0 dB
TREBLE XXX.X dB 0 dB
EQUALIZER [XXX] OFF
Customizing sound fields (continued)