Sony STR-DE345: Getting the Most Out of Dolby

Using Surround Sound

Adjusting the Effect Level (all sound fields

except PRO LOGIC)

Getting the Most Out of Dolby

You can make the surround sound more prominent by

Pro Logic Surround Sound

increasing the EFFECT level. This control lets you

To obtain the best possible Dolby Pro Logic Surround

adjust the “presence” of the surround effect in six steps

sound, first select the centre mode according to the

(1-6).

speaker system you have. Then, adjust each speaker

1 Start playing a programme source.

volume and delay time.

2 Press SUR.

Note that you must have at least one additional pair of

The effect level (“EFFECT 1” … “EFFECT 6”)

speakers and/or one centre speaker to do the following

appears on the display.

adjustments.

3 Press +/– to select the level you prefer.

SOUND FIELD

SOUND FIELD

MODE +/–

ON/OFF

SET UP

When you use the remote

Press CURSOR MODE on the remote repeatedly until

the SUR indicator lights up. Each time you press +/–,

the effect level changes as follows:

EFFECT 1 y EFFECT 2 y … y EFFECT 6

+/–LEVEL

MENU </>

Note

Changing the effect level may not produce major variations

SOUND FIELD

in the surround effect when used with certain playback

MODE

sources.

TEST TONE

CURSOR

MENU </>

MODE

+/–

Selecting the centre mode

The receiver offers you four centre modes: Phantom,

Normal, Wide and 3 STEREO. Each mode is designed

for a different speaker configuration. Select the mode

that best suits your speaker’s system configuration:

1 Press SOUND FIELD ON/OFF to turn on the

sound field.

2 Press SOUND FIELD MODE +/– repeatedly to

select the Dolby surround sound field (PRO

LOGIC or C.STUDIO mode).

3 Press SET UP.

4 Press MENU < or > repeatedly until “CTR

MODE” appears on the display.

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Using Surround Sound

5 Press +/– repeatedly until the centre mode you

You can adjust all speakers at one time

Adjust MASTER VOL on the remote or MASTER

want appears on the display. Select the centre

VOLUME on the receiver.

mode as follows:

If you have

Select

So that

You can also adjust the volume level with the

controls on the receiver

Front and rear

NORMAL

The bass sound of the

speakers, and a

centre channel is

After pressing TEST TONE on the remote:

small centre

output from the front

• Press MENU < or > repeatedly to select “CTR xxdB”.

speaker

speakers (because a

Press +/– to adjust the centre speaker level.

small speaker cannot

• Press MENU < or > repeatedly to select “REAR

produce enough

xxdB”.

bass).

Press +/– to adjust the rear speaker level.

Front and centre

3 STEREO

The sound of the rear

You can select a volume level of -15 dB to +10 dB in

speakers, no rear

(3 Channel Logic)

channel is output

1-dB steps.

speaker

from the front

speakers.

You can adjust the volume level of the sub woofer

Front and rear

PHANTOM

The sound of the

• Press LEVEL or CURSOR MODE on the remote

speakers, no

centre channel is

repeatedly until the LEVEL indicator lights up.

centre speaker

output from the front

speakers.

• Press MENU < or > repeatedly to select “SW xxdB”.

• Press +/– to adjust the level.

Front and rear

WIDE

The centre channel

You can select a volume level of -15 dB to +10 dB in

speakers, and a

fully reproduces the

1-dB steps.

large centre

entire audio

speaker

spectrum.

You can increase the output level of the rear

speakers

Adjusting the speaker volume

The adjustment range of the rear speakers is preset from

The test tone feature lets you set the volume of your

–15 to +10, but you can shift the range up 5 levels (–10

to +15).

speakers to the same level. (If all of your speakers have

• Press SET UP.

equal performance, you don’t have to adjust the

• Press MENU < or > repeatedly until “REAR SET UP”

speaker volume.)

appears on the display.

• Press +/– repeatedly until “NORMAL” appears on

Using the controls on the remote lets you test the

the display.

speaker connection and adjust the volume level from

The values for the rear level remain fixed at –15 to +10

your listening position.

in the display, but you will be able to hear the difference

in the actual output level.

1 Press SOUND FIELD ON/OFF to turn on the

sound field.

To reset the rear level adjustment range, repeat this

Press SOUND FIELD MODE +/– repeatedly to

procedure to display “GAIN LOW”.

select “DOLBY PL”.

You can reset all sound field settings to initial

2 Press TEST TONE on the remote.

setting

You will hear the test tone from each speaker

• Turn off the receiver.

sequentially.

• Hold down SOUND FIELD ON/OFF and then press

?/1 (power).

All sound field settings will be cleared and set to sound

3 Adjust the volume level so that the volume of test

field off.

tone from each speaker sounds the same when

you are in your main listening position.

• Press MENU < or > to select “CTR xxdB” or

“REAR xxdB”.

• Press +/– to adjust the level.

4 Press TEST TONE on the remote to turn off the

test tone.

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Using Surround Sound

Adjusting the delay time (PRO LOGIC sound

field only)

You can make the surround sound more effective by

delaying the output from the rear speakers (delay

time). You can select from three delay times, S (15 mS),

M (20 mS), and L (30 mS). For example, if you’ve

placed the rear speakers in a large room or apart from

your listening position, set the delay time shorter.

1 Start playing a programme source encoded with

Dolby Surround sound.

2 Press SUR.

The current delay time appears in the display.

3 Press +/– to select the level you prefer, such as

“DELAY S”, “DELAY M” or “DELAY L”.

Adjustable parameters for each sound field when selecting programme source

Parameters

Sound field mode

Type

MODE

Test tone output

DELAY EFFECT REAR CENTER SUB WOOFER

Off

––

––

z

No sound

On

CINEMA

zz

a)

PRO LOGIC

z

b)

z

Depends on centre mode (see

page 19)

zz

a)

z

b)

C. STUDIO

z

VIRTUAL

DOLBY V

zz

No sound

(STR-DE345 only)

MUSIC

HALL

zz z

From the front and the rear

speakers alternately

Adjustable parameters for each sound field when using 5.1 CH/DVD (STR-DE345 only)

Parameters

Sound field mode

Type

MODE

Test tone output

DELAY EFFECT REAR CENTER SUB WOOFER

Off

––

––

zz z

In the following order:

front (L), centre, front (R),

On

CINEMA

C. STUDIO

zzz z

rear (R) and rear (L)

VIRTUAL

V SURR

zzz

In the following order:

front (L), centre and front (R)

a) Adjustable only when the centre mode is set to PHANTOM,

Note

NORMAL or WIDE (see page 19).

To adjust the speaker volume using a test tone as described

b) Adjustable only when the centre mode is set to 3 STEREO,

on page 20, select the PRO LOGIC sound field. The test tone

NORMAL or WIDE (see page 19).

output in all other sound fields is used for verifying whether

there is output from speakers or not.

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