Proceed PAV User Manual

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USING THE MASTER BUTTON, MOVE THE CURSOR DOWN TO VIDEO;
THEN PRESS EITHER OF THE VOLUME +/– KEYS TO TOGGLE TO S-VIDEO

PRESS ENTER TO SAVE YOUR CHANGE.

Repeat these programming steps in turn for any inputs which will be used in
your system’s configuration.

Mode Defaults

The PAV also allows you to customize its default configuration for each surround
mode. Although the most accurate reproduction will be achieved by leaving these
adjustments disabled, their inclusion does allow you the option of tailoring the
sound of various surround modes to suit your individual taste. For example, if
you find yourself turning up the rear speakers whenever you watch a movie, and
then turning them back down to their normal, calibrated setting for music, you
may want to set the defaults for

THX cinema

and

stereo surround

accordingly.

We recommend living with the PAV and using it in its calibrated
settings for a while before changing these defaults. There is an ad-
justment period people go through when their system is upgraded
during which it is difficult to make an accurate decision about
sound quality. The best-known example of this is when someone
first owns a high quality subwoofer: the tendency is to turn it up
too loud initially (so one can “hear it”); as time goes by, most
people find themselves gradually turning it down until it is ad-
justed to a more accurate level that blends appropriately with the
rest of the system. Similarly, there is a tendency to exaggerate the
bass and surround channels in surround systems before one ad-
justs to the multichannel experience.

Remember that ad hoc adjustments (to compensate for a poor recording, for ex-
ample) on the PAV are easy to make. Simply touch the button for the speaker(s)
you wish to adjust, and then raise or lower the volume. These offsets from the
calibrated settings remain active until you deliberately change them, or until you
press

recall

to restore the PAV to its calibrated settings.

The surround mode defaults simply automate this process. For each of the six
surround modes of the PAV, you may create default offsets for

center

rear

, and

sub

channels. The PAV will simply enter these default settings for you as it

switches from one surround mode to the next. As always, you may alter these set-
tings as you see fit from the front panel or from the remote control. You may also
return to the calibrated (no offsets) setting by pressing

recall

In addition, you may elect to automate the

sub on/off

toggle described in the

section Programming the Remote Control. (Briefly, this toggle switches between
the speaker setup described in the

set speakers

menu and one in which the

front speakers are given a full range signal and the subwoofer is turned off.)

Setting Mode Defaults

To change the default offsets for your various surround modes, you must first en-
able this special feature for all six surround modes, then alter each as you like: