Listening In Surround Sound; Listening In Dolby Pro Logic Mode - RCA STAV-3860 Owner's Manual

LISTENING IN SURROUND SOUND

LISTENING IN DOLBY PRO LOGIC MODE

To really appreciate what the STAV-3860 can do, sit back and experience a movie encoded in Dolby
Digital or Dolby Surround with five speaker surround sound creating theater-like sound effects in your
living room. When choosing software, look for the
video tapes (sometimes, unmarked software is also recorded in Dolby Surround).
To enjoy Dolby Digital surround sound from DVD discs, you'll need to have connected your DVD player
(or Dolby Digital decoder) to the receiver's 5.1 channel inputs (see page 10), and set the receiver to DVD
5.1CH input mode. See "Listening in DVD 5.1 Channel Imput Mode" on page 21.
Many video tapes feature Dolby Surround/Pro Logic. The STAV-3860 takes advantage of this to provide
dramatic and realistic surround sound. The effect can be further enhanced by choosing a Pro Logic with
DSP mode. Follow the steps on this page when playing Dolby Surround or Dolby Pro Logic material.
When using any of these modes, it's really important that your speakers are set up correctly (see pages
11–12), and that you've worked through the steps in Setting Up for Surround Sound on pages 13–15.
SOURCE
POWER
TAPE
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ASMS
1 2
@ *
5 6
3
EFFECT
9 0
D. ACCESS
T.TONE
FM/AM
2
2
SORROUND
CHANNEL
CH SELECT
1
RECEIVER FUNCTION
POWER
STAV-3860
AUDIO/VIDEO SYSTEM REMOTE
20
1
CD TUNER
SOURCE SELECT
! !
SEARCH
3 4
DECK 2
& #
7 8
DISC/STATION
@ #
CLASS
2
TUNING
DECK 1
&
MPX
TUNING
3
DSP MODE MUTING
LEVEL
FL
VOLUME
DIMMER
OSR
memo
1
Press the2 button(DOLBY PRO LOGIC on the receiver).
Pressing repeatedly changes the Pro Logic mode in the
following sequence:
DOLBY PRO
3
LOGIC
SURR OFF
Press the
SURROUND
This starts the process of setting the effect level.
Use the to adjust the DSP effect level PRO LOGIC
EFFECT +/–
with THEATER 1 and PRO LOGIC with THEATER 2.
You can adjust the effect level within an range of 10–90 (the
default settinig is 50).
• You need to input mode/distance/level settings
specifically for your Pro Logic mode (see pages 13–
15).
• If you turn the speakers off PRO LOGIC goes off as
well. When you turn the speakers back on, PRO
LOGIC will NOT go back on.
• If you try and turn PRO LOGIC on when the speakes
are off, SP OFF will flash on the display, informing
you that you can't turn on PRO LOGIC when the
speakers are off.
• You can't use the tone controls, or the DIRECT
function with PRO LOGIC mode.
mark on DVD discs, laser discs, and
PRO LOGIC
3
with
THEATER 1
PRO LOGIC
2
with
THEATER 2
button.
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