Thx Setup - Klipsch THX ULTRA2 User Manual

THX SETUP

There are a number of options that you can set that will be default options
when THX mode is selected. Press the OK button on the remote or the front-
panel Stage Manager knob to enter the THX Setup menu.
Boundary-Gain Compensation
If the Subwoofer is set to Ultra2 in the Speaker Configuration menu, indicating
that your subwoofer is THX Ultra2-certified or capable of reproducing frequen-
cies down to 20Hz, the Boundary-Gain Compensation menu will be available.
When such a subwoofer is placed close to one or more room boundaries,
such as the floor and a wall, very deep bass can be exaggerated by boundary
reinforcement. Setting the Boundary Gain Compensation to On applies a filter
that will compensate for excessive bass resulting from boundary gain. Press
OK on the remote control or the front-panel Stage Manager knob to enter the
Boundary Gain Compensation Menu.
Press the Left or Right button on the remote or turn the front-panel Stage
Manager knob to adjust to the appropriate setting. Press the OK button on the
remote control or the front-panel Enter button or Stage Manager knob to exit
the menu.
Advanced Speaker Array
This menu will be available only if you have indicated the presence of sur-
round back speakers in the Speaker Configuration menu. You use the
Advanced Speaker Array menu to set the distance between the surround back
speakers. Options are LESS THAN 12", 12" TO 48", and GREATER THAN
48". You must set this distance correctly to ensure proper operation of the
Ultra2 Cinema and MusicMode post-processing modes. The default setting is
LESS THAN 12". Press OK on the remote control or the front-panel Stage
Manager knob to enter the Advanced Speaker Array menu.
Press the Left or Right button on the remote or turn the front-panel Stage
Manager knob to select the appropriate setting. Press the OK button on the
remote control or the front-panel Enter button or Stage Manager knob to exit
the menu. See also the ASA description in the THX portion of the Mode sec-
tion of this manual.
Surround EX Mode
This menu will be available only if you have indicated the presence of sur-
round back speakers in the Speaker Configuration menu. The Surround EX
Mode menu enables you to select the operating mode for THX Surround EX
processing. Available options are Auto, On, and Off. In the Auto mode, THX
Surround EX processing will engage when your system contains both sur-
round and surround back speakers, the surround channels in the soundtrack
are stereo, and the Dolby Digital bitstream contains a flag indicating that the
soundtrack is Surround EX-encoded. The On mode differs only in that it
forces THX Surround EX processing even when the bitstream does not con-
tain the Surround EX flag. The Off mode turns THX Surround EX processing
off. The default setting for the THX Surround EX mode is Auto. Press OK on
the remote control or the front-panel Stage Manager knob to enter the
Surround EX Mode menu.
Press the Left or Right button on the remote or turn the front-panel Stage
Manager knob to adjust to the appropriate setting. Press the OK button on the
remote control or the front-panel Enter button or Stage Manager knob to exit
the menu.
ASA Mode
This menu will be available only if the system is set up in the Speaker
Configuration menu to utilize Surround Back speakers. It enables you to
select the operating mode for the Advanced Speaker Array post-processing.
Available options for the Advanced Speaker Array mode are Ultra2 Cinema,
THX MusicMode, and Off. Ultra2 Cinema mode is most appropriate for movie
soundtracks that are not Surround EX-encoded, while MusicMode is better for
multi-channel music sources. The default setting is Ultra2 Cinema. Press OK
on the remote control or the front-panel Stage Manager knob to enter the ASA
Mode menu.
Press the Left or Right button on the remote or turn the front-panel Stage
Manager knob to adjust to the appropriate setting. Press the OK button on the
remote control or the front-panel Enter button or Stage Manager knob to exit
the menu. See also the ASA description in the THX portion of the Mode sec-
tion of this manual.
Re-Equalization
The Re-Equalization circuit adjusts frequency response to make movie
soundtracks mixed for a theater environment sound correctly balanced in the
smaller space of a typical home theater. The default setting for the Re-
Equalization circuit is ON. Re-Equalization can be turned off for source
material that would not benefit from such processing. If Re-Equalization is
turned to OFF, the next time the unit is powered on, it will return to the default
ON setting. Press OK on the remote control or the front-panel Stage Manager
knob to enter the Re-Equalization Menu.
Press the Left or Right button on the remote or turn the front-panel Stage
Manager knob to adjust to the appropriate setting. Press the OK button on the
remote control or the front-panel Enter button or Stage Manager knob to exit
the menu.
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