Equalization 'Eq; Select Off 'Eq 0; Select Variable 'Eq 1; Adjust Lfe Level - B&K Reference 50 Owner's Manual

EQUALIZATION 'EQ'

Selecting an EQ function via the remote control - allows you to override how the audio is currently being
processed. This is where you may set the Dynamic Range to either Normal (default) or Limited for late night
listening while processing Dolby Digital or DTS bit streams.
Settings made here are intended for occasional adjustments for a particular source material. They affect all inputs
but are temporary. After turning the system off and on, the original parameters from the SETUP menus are
restored. If there are temporary settings you use often, you may wish to store them in a preset for instant recall
See PRESETS.
You may select EQ, Off 'EQ 0", Variable 'EQ 1', Loudness 'EQ 2' or Theater 'EQ 3'.
The table below shows the various audio modes and how the EQ feature may be used. Under normal usage a
user would select one of these EQs to either correct or enhance their processed audio.
Note, while in 'DIRECT' or 'LtRt' (speaker selections 8 & 9) the equalizer feature of your unit is not available and
disabled (see EQUALIZATION 'EQ').
Equalizer
EQ Name EQ #
Off 0
Variable 1 Bass / Treble
Loudness 2 fixed response
Theater 3 fixed response
If your processor is used in a THX home theater environment, best results during movies may be realized using
the THX audio listening mode (see AUDIO MODES, THX). Selecting the audio mode THX incorporates Lucasfilm
Home THX Re-Equalization™, Timbre Matching™ and Adaptive Decorrelation™ to correct for the tonal and
spatial errors that occur during the translation from the movie theater environment into the home. THX Ultra2 ™
Cinema mode and THX MusicMode ™ use Advanced Speaker Array ™ (ASA). In audio modes THX Movie and
THX Music, ASA is used to perform additional processing to optimize the use of surround side and surround back
speakers in a home theater system.

Select off 'EQ 0'

Use to disable any preset equalization curves or the current bass and treble settings. Note the notch filter settings
made under Setup Speakers - Room Equalization is still in effect.

Select variable 'EQ 1'

Allows separate bass and treble settings for use with all input sources.
Many systems allow only adjustment of bass and treble levels at fixed frequency points. Your processor allows
you to adjust level and frequency so you may fine tune your tone controls to proved either very subtle effects at
just the right frequency extremes, or for more a pronounced effect at higher bass and lower treble frequencies.
A default setting for bass and treble may be set under Setup Speakers - Room Equalization.
Selecting variable 'EQ 1' allows you to use the options shown below in VARIABLE EQUALIZATION, and
temporarily override the default settings made to bass and treble in setup room equalization (See Room
Equalization under Setup Speakers).

Adjust LFE Level

If you have no subwoofer and you wish to reduce the low frequency effects (LFE) channel to lessen its
contribution to the bass going to your remaining large speakers. Or, even with a subwoofer, you may just wish to
reduce the overall LFE level, especially in an apartment situation. Note that this affects only the separate LFE (.1)
channel available on Dolby Digital and DTS material it has no effect on the reproduction of normal bass from the
front, center, or surround channels.
Mono Stereo
bypassed bypassed
Bass / Treble
fixed response
fixed response
Audio Mode
Surround
bypassed
Bass / Treble Bass / Treble
fixed response fixed response
fixed response fixed response
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THX DVD Audio
bypassed bypassed
bypassed
bypassed
bypassed