Sony STR-SE501: Adjusting the level parameters Customizing Sound Fields

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Adjusting the level parameters

The LEVEL menu contains parameters that let you adjust

the balance and speaker volumes of each speaker. The

settings available in this menu are applied to all sound

fields.

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.

3

Press the cursor buttons (

 or 

) to select the

parameter you want to adjust.

4

Turn the jog dial to select the setting you want.

The setting is stored automatically.

*Front balance (

L

R

)

Initial setting : balance

Lets you adjust the balance between the front left and

right speakers.

• The balance can be adjusted ±8 steps.

• These settings can also be adjusted using the supplied

remote. See “Adjusting the speaker volume” (page 19).

*Rear balance (

LS

RS

)

Initial setting : balance

Lets you adjust the balance between the rear left and right

speakers.

• The balance can be adjusted ±8 steps.

• These settings can also be adjusted using the supplied

remote. See “Adjusting the speaker volume” (page 19).

*Rear level (REAR)

Initial setting : 0 dB

Lets you adjust level of the rear (left and right) speakers.

• The level can be adjusted in 1 dB steps from –10 dB to

+6 dB.

• These settings can also be adjusted directly using the

supplied remote. See “Adjusting the speaker volume”

(page 19).

*Center level (CTR)

Initial setting : 0 dB

Lets you adjust the level of the center speaker.

• The level can be adjusted in 1 dB steps from –10 dB to

+6 dB.

*Sub woofer level (S.W. xx)

Initial setting : 0 dB

Lets you adjust the level of the sub woofer.

• The level can be adjusted in 1 dB steps from –10 dB to

+6 dB.

* The parameters can be adjusted separately for 5.1 CH INPUT.

LFE (Low Frequency Effect) mix level (LFE 

;

xx)

Initial setting : 0 dB

This parameter lets you attenuate the level of the LFE

(Low Frequency Effect) channel output from the sub

woofer without affecting the level of the bass frequencies

sent to the sub woofer from the front, center or rear

channels via the bass redirection circuitry.

• The level can be adjusted in 1 dB steps from –20.0 dB to

0 dB (line level). 0 dB outputs the full LFE signal at the

mix level determined by the recording engineer.

• Selecting OFF mutes the sound of the LFE channel from

the sub woofer. However, the low frequency sounds of

the front, center, or rear speakers are output from the

sub woofer according to the settings made for each

speaker in the speaker setup (page 16).

dts LFE (Low Frequency Effect) mix level

(LFE 

dts

xx)

Initial setting: 0 dB

This parameter lets you attenuate the level of the LFE

(Low Frequency Effect) channel output from the sub

woofer without affecting the level of the bass frequencies

sent to the sub woofer from the front, center or rear

channels via the “dts” bass redirection circuitry.

• The level can be adjusted in 1 dB steps from –20.0 dB to

+10.0 dB (line level).

• Selecting OFF mutes the sound of the LFE channel from

the sub woofer. However, the low frequency sounds of

the front, center, or rear speakers are output from the

sub woofer according to the settings made for each

speaker setup (For details, refer to “Multi Channel

Surround Setup”).

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About the level differences in the LFE MIX settings

The “dts LFE MIX” level is set to +10.0 dB and “LFE MIX” (Dolby

Digital) is set to 0 dB. This is because there is an initial difference

of 10 dB in the overall mix between the Dolby Digital and dts

LFE channel levels. Essentially, with the “dts LFE MIX” level set

to +10 dB and the “LFE MIX (Dolby Digital)” level set to 0 dB,

approximately the same amounts of LFE channel signal are

distributed to the other audio channels in the overall mix.

Customizing Sound Fields