6: Adjusting The Speaker Levels And Balance; Test Tone - Sony STR-DE998 Operating Instructions Manual

6: Adjusting the speaker
levels and balance

— TEST TONE

Adjust the speaker levels and balance while
listening to the test tone from your listening
position. Use the remote for the operation.
Tip
The receiver employs a test tone with a frequency
centered at 800 Hz.
1
Press ?/1 to turn on the receiver.
2
Press TEST TONE.
"TEST TONE [XXX]" appears in the
display and the test tone is output from each
speaker in sequence.
Front left (L) t Center (C) t Front right
(R) t Surround right (SR) t Surround
back right (SBR)* t Surround back left
(SBL)* t Surround left (SL) t Sub
woofer (SW)
* You will only hear the test tone from the
– surround back left (SBL) and surround back
right (SBR) speakers when the surround
back speakers selection parameter in the
SPEAKER SET UP menu is set to "DUAL".
– surround back (SB) speaker when the
surround back speakers selection parameter
in the SPEAKER SET UP menu is set to
"SINGLE".
3
Adjust the speaker levels and balance
using the LEVEL menu so that the level
of the test tone sounds the same from
each speaker.
For details on the LEVEL menu settings,
see page 37.
Tips
• The adjusted value are shown in the display
during adjustment.
• To adjust the level of all speakers at the same
time, press MASTER VOL +/– on the remote or
turn MASTER VOLUME –/+ on the receiver.
4
Press TEST TONE again after
adjustment.
The test tone turns off.
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Note
Although these adjustments can also be made via the
front panel using the LEVEL menu (when the test tone
is output, the receiver switches to the LEVEL menu
automatically), we recommend you follow the
procedure described above and adjust the speaker
levels from your listening position using the remote.