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14 – Surround operations—“Pan” controls
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tings—each module’s (or channel’s) position in the
surround image is set independently. However, the
fact that these modules have been linked is shown by
a
& following the module number at the top of the
screen.
To change the module to be edited, use the SEL key
of the channel to be edited.
Each channel is shown as a “dot” cursor on a plan of
the current surround mode.
The crossing point of the cursor (i.e. the position of
the module signal in the surround mix) can be
changed with the knobs of POD 1 and POD 3 (these
adjust the left/right position for the odd and even
modules) and the knobs of PODs 2 and 4 are used to
adjust the position from front to rear. These adjust-
ments are made when the row cursor is highlighting
the top row on the screen.
For the left/right settings, there are 201 steps, so the
left/right setting goes from
L through L99 through C
(center) through R99 to R . The front/rear settings go
from F50 through C (center) to R50 .
There is another parameter, which determines the
amount of the total “sound-stage”, taken from the
center position, within which the module signal can
be positioned. This is set using the second row of on-
screen PODs.
The values here are set in 4 steps: 25% (the most
tightly focussed, almost a point source near the cen-
ter), through
50% and 75% to 100% (the whole of the
sound-stage is available).
Using these parameters, it is therefore possible to set
the position of a signal precisely or loosely in either
dimension.
Note also the “bar-graphs” (not meters) by each on-
screen speaker, which give an indication of the rela-
tive level of the signal to each of the output channels
in the surround matrix.
In addition to these positioning controls, in the 5.1
surround mode the sub-woofer level (
BOOM ) may be
set with the knobs of PODs 1 and 3 using the bottom
on-screen row of PODs.
Pods 2 and 4 of this row are used to move the signal
source diagonally within the surround area (equiva-
lent to turning the L-R and F-R pan controls simulta-
neously). The diagonal angle is set using the on-
screen buttons.
Global boom levels (5.1 only)
In addition to the individual levels which may be set
for the bass speaker (
BOOM ), there is a global page
which allows this level to be viewed and edited for all
channels simultaneously:
NOTE
This screen is only available in 5.1 mode, as it only has
any meaning in this mode.
1 While in the SURROUND screen, press soft key
3 to bring up the boom level display.
2 Use the cursor keys to select groups of four
channels.
3 Use the PODs to edit the levels of the four
selected channels.
To set the levels of many channels together:
1 Move the cursor to the bottom row of the
screen.
2 Use POD 2 to change the selection group
between
ALL (all channels), ODD (odd-num-
bered channels), EVEN (even-numbered chan-