Enhancing The Bass Sound: H.bass; Enhancing The Surround Sound Effect; Surround Enhancer; Adjusting The Volume Of Each Speaker - Panasonic SC-HT855 Operating Instructions Manual

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Enhancing the bass sound:
H.BASS
You can enhance low-frequency sound so that heavy bass sound can be
heard clearly, even if the acoustics of your room are not optimal. The unit
automatically selects the most suitable setting according to the type of
playback source.
Press [-H.BASS].
≥ [DVD-V] [DVD-VR]
H.BASS ON (factory preset),------.H.BASS OFF
≥ When another source is selected
H.BASS OFF (factory preset),------.H.BASS ON
The setting you make is retained, and recalled every time you play from
the same type of source.
Enhancing the surround sound
effect: Surround Enhancer
Press and hold [—SRD ENH].
Each time you press and hold the button:
SRD ENH ON,------.SRD ENH OFF
Adjusting the volume of each
speaker: Speaker level adjustments
This is one of the ways to get appropriate surround effects.
Preparation
Press [DVD].
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While stopped and no on-screen display is shown
Press and hold [—TEST] to output a test signal.
ST SRD E.
HDCD
≥ To stop the test signal, press and hold [—TEST] again.
H.BASS
PGM
W
1
L: Front left
RS: Right surround
≥ There is no output from SW (subwoofer) channel.
Press [VOLUME, r] or [s] to set the volume level
2
normally used for listening.
3
Press [3] (increase) or [4] (decrease) to adjust the
speaker level for each speaker.
≥ Adjust the speaker levels to the same level as the front speakers.
C, RS, LS: `6 dB to i6 dB
∫ To adjust speaker level during play
ST
SRD E.
HDCD
[Effective when playing multi-channel audio or when Dolby Pro
PGM
W
Logic II or Sound Field Control (MOVIE, SPORT or MUSIC) is on.]
1
1 Press [CH SELECT] to select the speaker.
# #
L C R
^-----------------------------------------------------}
SW: Subwoofer
≥ You can adjust SW only if the disc includes a subwoofer
channel.
≥ "SW" does not appear on the display and is not adjustable
when "ÎPLII" is lit.
≥ "S" appears on the display when "MOVIE", "SPORT" or
"MUSIC" is selected with Sound Field Control (➜ page 30).
In this case, you can adjust both surround speaker levels at the
same time using [3, 4].
S: `6 dB to i6 dB
2 Press [3] (increase) or [4] (decrease) to adjust the speaker
level for each speaker.
C, RS, LS, SW: `6 dB to i6 dB
(L, R: Only the balance is adjustable.)
≥ To adjust the balance of the front speakers, while "L" or "R" is
selected, press [2, 1].
C: Center
LS: Left surround
# # #
RS LS SW
R: Front right
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