User manual PANASONIC SU-A800D

[. . . ] And don't place lighted candles on the apparatus. To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not place objects filled with liquids, such as vases, on the apparatus. Don't throw away the battery with general house waste, dispose of it correctly as chemical waste. Do not install the appliance in a confined space, such as a bookcase or built-in cabinet. For customers in the United States ­ Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. [. . . ] When "NORMAL SURROUND" is selected, press SURR BACK DECODING to select "MATRIX" or "AUTO". This function works only for the multi channel format [3/2]. This function is effective for the following sound fields. · · · · · AUTO DECODING NORMAL SURROUND CINEMA STUDIO EX A­C MONO MOVIE STEREO MOVIE Tip You can also select the surround back decoding mode using the SB DECODING parameter in the CUSTOMIZE menu (page 44). 33US Understanding the multi channel surround displays 12 3 4 5 67 8 9 0 STEREO MONO MEMORY SR SSB OPTCOAXMULTI CH IN 1 2 a DIGITAL ; DTS MPEG SP. OFF D. RANGE EQ PRO LOGIC L. F. E. SW SL L C R SLEEP qh qg qf qd qs qa 7 L. F. E. : Lights up when the disc being played back contains the LFE (Low Frequency Effect) channel. When the sound of the LFE channel signal is actually being reproduced, the bars underneath the letters lights up to indicate the level. Since the LFE signal is not recorded in all parts of the input signal the bar indication will fluctuate (and may turn off) during playback. 8 SW: Lights up when sub woofer selection is set to "YES" (page 22) and the audio signal is output from the SUB WOOFER jacks. 9 Playback channel indicators: The letters (L, C, R, etc. ) indicate the channels being played back. The boxes around the letters vary to show how the receiver downmixes the source sound (based on the speakers settings). When using sound fields like "DIGITAL CONCERT HALL", the receiver adds reverberation based on the source sound. L (Front Left), R (Front Right), C (Center (monaural)), SL (Surround Left), SR (Surround Right), S (Surround (monaural or the surround components obtained by Pro Logic processing)), SB (Surround Back (the surround back components obtained by 6. 1 matrix decoding)) Example: Recording format (Front/Surround): 3/2 Output channel: Surround speakers absent Sound Field: AUTO DECODING L SL C R SR 1 OPT: Lights up when the source signal is a digital signal being input through the OPTICAL terminal. 2 COAX: Lights up when the source signal is a digital signal being input through the COAXIAL terminal. 3 MULTI CH IN (1/2): Lights up when MULTI CH IN (For STR-DE985, MULTI CH IN 1 or 2) is selected. This parameter lets you adjust the amount of reverberations to add to the front signals according to the original reverberations in the source. · To increase front reverberations, select "WET". · To decrease front reverberations, select "DRY". 36US Adjusting the level parameters The LEVEL menu contains parameters that let you adjust the balance and volumes of each speaker. The settings are applied to all sound fields. Front balance (FRONT L_I_R) Lets you adjust the balance between front left and right speakers. Center level (CENTER LEVEL XXX dB) Lets you adjust the level of the center speaker. Surround left level (SURR L LEVEL XXX dB) 1 Start playing a program source encoded with multi channel surround sound. 2 Press LEVEL. The button lights up and the first parameter is displayed. Lets you adjust the level of the surround left speaker. Surround right level (SURR R LEVEL XXX dB) Enjoying Surround Sound 3 Press or to select the parameter you want to adjust. Lets you adjust the level of the surround right speaker. Surround back level (SURR BACK LEVEL XXX dB) 4 Turn the jog dial to select the setting you want. The setting is entered automatically. Initial settings Parameter Initial setting Lets you adjust level of the surround back speaker. Sub woofer level (S. WOOFER LEVEL XXX dB) FRONT L_I_R CENTER LEVEL XXX dB SURR L LEVEL XXX dB SURR R LEVEL XXX dB SURR BACK LEVEL XXX dB S. WOOFER LEVEL XXX dB LFE MIX LEVEL XXX dB D. XXX1) 1) Center 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB OFF Lets you adjust the level of the sub woofer. LFE (Low Frequency Effect) mix level (LFE MIX LEVEL XXX dB) 1) You can set this parameter only when you set "MENU EXPAND" to "ON" in the CUSTOMIZE menu (page 44). Lets you attenuate the level of the LFE (Low Frequency Effect) channel output from the sub woofer without effecting the level of the bass frequencies sent to the sub woofer from the front, center or surround channels via the Dolby Digital or DTS bass redirection circuitry. · For LFE mix level, "0 dB" outputs the full LFE signal at the mix level determined by the recording engineer. · To mute the sound of the LFE channel from the sub woofer, select "OFF". However, the low frequency sounds of the front, center, or surround speakers are output from the sub woofer according to the settings made for each speaker in the speaker setup (page 19­22). continued 37US Customizing sound fields (continued) Dynamic range compressor (D. XXX) To turn on/off the equalizer 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. [. . . ] After tuning in any AM station, turn off the receiver. Hold down PRESET TUNING + and press ?/1. All preset stations will be erased when you change the tuning scale. To reset the scale to 10 kHz (or 9 kHz), repeat the procedure. Supplied accessories FM wire antenna (1) AM loop antenna (1) Remote commander (1) · RM-PG411 (STR-DE985 only) · RM-PP411 (SU-A800D only) R6 (size-AA) batteries (2) Audio/video/control S cord (STR-DE985 only) (1) Monaural mini-plug cord (STR-DE985 only) (1) For details on the area code of the component you are using, see page 4. [. . . ]