Sound Field And Sound Quality; Sound Field Control; Super Surround; Center Focus - Panasonic SC-HT820V Operating Instructions Manual

Sound field and sound quality

TV
INPUT SELECTOR
DVD/VHS FM/AM
DVD VHS TV TUNER
DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 3
1 2 3
DISC 4 DISC 5 CH
4 5 6
PICTURE MODE
VOLUME
7 8 9
ENTER
SETUP
S10
100 0
SLOW/SEARCH
SKIP
JET REW CD MODE
OPEN/CLOSE/EJECT
MENU
TOP MENU
NAVI
DIRECT PLAY
NAVIGATOR LIST
ENTER
OSD/
DISPLAY RETURN
TV VOL TV VOL
RESET PAGE MIX 2CH REPEAT
TV/VIDEO GROUP SUBTITLE PLAY MODE
MULTI RE-MASTER C.S.M C.FOCUS PROGRESSIVE
SUBWOOFER LEVEL SFC SUPER SRND MUTING
POSITION
MEMORY ZOOM QUICK REPLAY REC
PROG SPEED
SLEEP TEST
SHIFT PL AUDIO CH SELECT
CANCEL

Sound Field Control

Press [SFC].
Each time you press the button:
HEAVY: Adds punch to rock.
CLEAR: Clarifies higher sounds.
SOFT: For background music.
DISCO: Reverberates sound to make you feel like you are in a disco.
LIVE: Makes vocals more alive.
HALL: Expands sound to make you feel like you are in a hall.
FLAT: Cancel (no effect is added) (factory preset).
To check the current setting
Press [SFC].

Super Surround

Press [SUPER SRND].
Each time you press the button:
MUSIC: Adds surround effects to
stereo sources.
MOVIE: Use this mode when playing movie software.
PARTY: Sound is in stereo regardless of the direction you are
facing.
≥You can adjust the volume of the surround speakers to get the best
surround effect (➜ page 45, Speaker level adjustments).
≥Turn Super Surround off when playing a DVD recorded with Dolby
Digital or DTS. The surround effects will not be reproduced
correctly if this is left on.
≥When Super Surround is on, Dolby Pro Logic II or Dolby Pro Logic
turns off.

Center Focus

(Discs where the dialogue is recorded in the center channel)
You can make the sound of the center speaker
seem like it is coming from within the television.
Press [SHIFT]i[C.FOCUS].
C.F
CENTER FOCUS ON()CENTER FOCUS OFF
≥This does not work or have less effect when Super Surround,
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Dolby Pro Logic II or Dolby Pro Logic is turned on.
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C.S.M
Sound Field Control
SFC
Changes the sound quality.
C.FOCUS
Super Surround
SUPER SRND
Adds surround effects to stereo sound.
C.FOCUS
Center Focus
r
SHIFT
SUPER SRND
For clearer dialogues.
DVD
SLEEP
PL

Dolby Pro Logic II

Changes stereo sound to surround sound.
VHS
SLEEP
PL

Dolby Pro Logic

Changes stereo sound to surround sound.
[Note]
You may experience a reduction in sound quality when these sound field systems are used with
some sources. If this occurs, turn the sound field system off.
See below for details.
Dolby Pro Logic II
Dolby Pro Logic II is an advanced decoder that derives 5 channel
surround (Left and Right Front, Center, Left and Right Surround)
SFC
from any stereo program material, whether or not it has been
specifically Dolby Surround encoded.
Press [ÎPLII].
Each time you press the button:
MOVIE: Movie software, recorded in
MUSIC: Stereo sources.
≥This does not work when playing multi-channel audio.
Dolby Pro Logic
Dolby Pro Logic is an active process that enhances sound
localization through the use of a high separation decoding method
S.SRND
providing improved spatiality and a wider listening area. The sense
of directionality is enhanced by the Left, Center, Right and Surround
channels. Dolby Pro Logic decoding is best utilized with sources
encoded in Dolby Surround.
Press [ÎPLII].
To cancel
Press [ÎPLII] again.
≥This does not work when playing multi-channel audio.
Software encoded with Dolby Surround can be identified with
this mark (DVD, CD, Video CD, Laser Disc, Video tape).
only
, TUNER only
Dolby Surround.
PL II
PL