Setting The Thx Subwoofer Limiter Or "Bass Peak Level Manager; Enabling Dts-Es 6.1 Decoding - Bryston SP2 Owner's Manual

. 2: . . Next .move .the .cursor .to ."LVL" . .Hit .'SELECT' .- .
You .are .now .in .the .Level .Trim .Menu .
. 3: . . Move .the .cursor .to .the .speaker(s) .you .want .
to .change .the .level .for .using .the .arrow .keys .
(L, .C, .R, .RS, .LS, .RB, .LB, .SUB) .Hit .'SELECT' .
Now .you .can .adjust .the .Level .for .the .selected .
speaker .using .the .arrow .buttons .
. 4: . . Hit .'SELECT' .when .finished, .and .repeat .Step .3 .
to .change .the .Level .Trim .for .any .of .the .other .
speakers .
SETTING THE THX SUBwOOFER LIMITER OR
"BASS PEAK LEVEL MANAGER"
To .diminish .the .chance .that .your .subwoofer .will .
overload .from .the .large .amount .of .bass, .often .
present .in .the .LFE .channel .the .system .uses .a .Peak .
Management .circuit .which .works .with .the .data .
you .supplied .during .speaker .setup .to .help .match .
the .subwoofer .output .to .your .specific .subwoofer's .
capabilities . .Please .note .that .the .factory .default .
for .the .BLPM .is .-10 .dB .since .the .capabilities .of .
your .specific .subwoofer .are .unknown .In .the .SP2 .
setup .and .calibration .section .above, .the .final .step .
you .should .have .performed .was .to .set .the .BLPM .
for .your .sub-woofer's .specific .capabilities .
SETTING THE BPLM wITH PINK NOISE
. 1: . . Enter .the .main .menu .by .pressing .on .one .of .
the .menu .buttons . .
Hit .'Select' .- .You .are .now .in .the .Other .Settings .
(Optical/THX) .Menu
. .
. 2: . . Move .the .cursor .to .'BPLM' .Hit .Select .
[BPLM=Bass .Peak .level .Manager] .You .will .see .
the .following .screen
. .
. 3: . . Hit .'SELECT' .and .you .will .see .the .adjustment .
screen .picture .below .appear, .and .you .will .hear .
a .low .level .Pink .Noise .signal .coming .from .your .
subwoofer .and/or .large .speakers
. .
Now .you .can .adjust .the .value .of .the .subwoofer .
limiter .(-24 .to .0 .dB) .Slowly .increase .the .level .by .
pressing .the .">" .button .(display .counting .up .from .
-24) .until .you .hear .overload/ .distortion/bottoming/
popping .from .your .sub-woofer(s) .When .you .do, .
reduce .the .value .shown .by .1dB .and .Hit .'SELECT' .
to .save .the .setting .You .can .always .return .to .this .
Move .the .cursor .to ."OS" .
menu .to .make .further .adjustments .if .needed .
SETTING THE BPLM wITHOUT PINK NOISE
To .adjust .the .BPLM .setting .without .running .the .
Noise .routine, .Enter .the .BPLM .as .above, .but .when .
the .SP2 .prompts ."Do .BPLM .Routine?", .use .the .
arrow .keys .to .select .'NO' .and .hit .'SELECT' . .This .
will .bring .up .the .numeric .value .of .the .BPLM .setting .
without .the .noise .signal .You .can .now .adjust .the .
value .using .the .arrow .keys, .and .hit .'SELECT' .when .
finished .
Caution: .If the BPLM is set to "OFF" or "0", the
Bass Limiting function is disabled. In this case, you
may run the risk of speaker damage due to bass
overload. Please be sure that your speaker system
can handle high bass levels before disabling the
BPLM. .

ENABLING DTS-ES 6.1 DECODING

DTS-ES .Discrete .6 1 .will .only .operate .on .DTS .
source .bitstreams .that .have .a .discrete .sixth .chan-
nel .encoded .If .the .Back .Speakers .are .turned .on .
via .the .speaker .config .menu .(See .Speaker .con-
fig .on .page .19 ) .and .the .input .bitstream .permits, .
DTS-ES .Discrete .6 1 .will .be .detected .and .enabled .
automatically .
. . DTS-ES .Matrix .6 1 .processing .creates .back .
channel .material .from .material .contained .in .the .
surround .channels .of .DTS .5 1 .bitstreams .Some .
DTS .material .has .been .formatted .so .that .when .
DTS-ES .Matrix .6 1 .processing .is .applied, .specific .
material .will .be .placed .on .the .back .channels, .while .
other .specific .material .remains .on .the .surround .
channels .To .control .when .DTS-ES .Matrix .6 1 .pro-
cessing .will .be .applied, .change .the .ES .Control .set-
ting .as .follows: .
. 1: . . First .enter .the .main .menu .by .pressing .on .any .
one .of .the .menu .buttons .(< .- .> .or .SELECT) .
. .
. 2: . . Next .move .the .cursor .to ."OS" .Hit .'SELECT'; .
You .are .now .in .the .'Other .Settings' .menu
. .
.
. 3: . . Move .the .cursor .to ."ES" .Hit .'SELECT'; .you .can .
now .change .the .ES .Control .setting
. .
.
The .options .available .in .this .menu .are:
. ● . DISABLE: . DTS-ES .will .not .be .decoded
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