Enjoying Surround Sound - Sherwood RD-7103 Operation Instructions Manual

Speaker placement
To obtain the best surround sound effect in your home, place the speakers as follows;
Front speakers: Place each front speaker about 1m (40" ) from the TV set.
Center speaker: Place the center speaker either above or below the TV set to assure
good visualization of center channel program.
Rear speakers: Place the rear speakers approximately 1m above the ear level of a
seated listener on the direct left and right of them or slightly behind.
Subwoofer: Reproduces powerful deep bass sounds. Place a powered subwoofer
anywhere in the front as desired.
The ideal surround system needs all the speakers listed above.
For optimum reproduction of DTS encoded material, DTS suggests that all speakers,
front, center and rear, should be capable of full range reproduction.
To enjoy surround sound best, the speakers to be connected are as follows;
Modes
DTS Dolby Digital Dolby Pro Logic
Front Yes
Center Yes
Rear Yes
Subwoofer Yes
Note:To avoid interference with the TV picture, use only magnetically shielded center and front speakers.

ENJOYING SURROUND SOUND

Surround sound effect will not work properly if the signal passes through a graphic equalizer.
Please refer to your equalizer operating instructions for guidance on switching off (or defeating) the equalizer.
Select the desired surround mode.
1
When selecting the DTS or Dolby Surround
mode.
AUTO
or
When playing program sources bearing the "
" " or "
DOLBY
DOLBY SURROUND
D I G I T A L
video, DVD or LD software, the DTS, Dolby Digital or
Dolby Pro Logic mode is automatically selected
according to the input signal.
When playing Dolby Digital program sources encoded
into the 2 channel format, the Dolby Pro Logic mode or
the Dolby Digital mode is automatically selected to
according to the encoding process. (In case the Dolby
Digital mode is automatically selected to, pressing the
AUTO button allows this unit to be switched to the
Dolby Pro Logic mode.)
To enjoy the DTS or Dolby Digital mode, be sure that
the program source and the corresponding digital input
are selected correctly. If not, no sound will be heard.
Dolby Virtual
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Optional
POWER P .SCAN
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 0
DISC
CD
REPEAT INTRO
A < < B
A
DECK SEL.
B DECK
PRESET USER FILE T .MON DISPLAY
CD TUNER VIDEO1 EQUALIZER
AUX TAPE MON. VIDEO2 STEREO
AUTO
6CH DIRECT VIDEO3 AUTO DSP MODE
INPUT
SELECTOR
T .TONE CH SEL.
D.TIME ADJUST
CH LEVEL MASTER
DISPLAY SLEEP MUTE
SYS
",
" trademark such as
Other Surround Stereo
Yes Yes
- Yes -
- Yes -
- Optional Optional
When selecting a
surround mode
among THEATER,
HALL and DOLBY
VIRTUAL modes.
Each time the DSP MODE button is pressed, the
surround mode changes as follows;
THEATER HALL
Playing DTS or Dolby Surround program sources
(bearing the " ", "
trademark) in THEATER or HALL mode will produce
better surround effects.
When the 6 CH DIRECT is selected as an input source,
the surround mode cannot be selected.
To cancel the
surround mode for
normal stereo
operation.
15
TV set
FRONT FRONT
LEFT RIGHT
CENTER
SUB
SPEAKER
WOOFER
REAR
REAR
LEFT
RIGHT
6 CH DIRECT
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
POWER P .SCAN
1 2 3 4 5
DSP MODE
6 7 8 9 0
DISC
CD
REPEAT INTRO
A < < B
A
DECK SEL.
B DECK
PRESET USER FILE T .MON DISPLAY
CD TUNER VIDEO1 EQUALIZER
or
AUX TAPE MON. VIDEO2 STEREO
DSP MODE
6CH DIRECT VIDEO3 AUTO DSP MODE
INPUT
SELECTOR
T .TONE CH SEL.
D.TIME ADJUST
CH LEVEL MASTER
DISPLAY SLEEP MUTE
SYS
DOLBY VIRTUAL
" or the "
DOLBY
DOLBY SURROUND
D I G I T A L
POWER P .SCAN
1 2 3 4 5
STEREO
6 7 8 9 0
DISC
CD
REPEAT INTRO
A < < B
A
DECK SEL.
B DECK
PRESET USER FILE T .MON DISPLAY
CD TUNER VIDEO1 EQUALIZER
or
AUX TAPE MON. VIDEO2 STEREO
STEREO
6CH DIRECT VIDEO3 AUTO DSP MODE
INPUT
SELECTOR
T .TONE CH SEL.
D.TIME ADJUST
CH LEVEL MASTER
DISPLAY SLEEP MUTE
SYS
"