Getting The Most Out Of Dolby Pro Logic Surround Sound - Sony STR-V323 Operating Instructions Manual

Using Surround sound
Getting the Most Out of Dolby
Pro Logic Surround Sound
To obtain the best possible Dolby Pro Logic Surround
sound, first select the centre mode according to the
speaker system you have. Then, adjust each speaker
volume and delay time.
Note that you must have at least one additional pair of
speakers and/or one centre speaker to do the following
adjustments.
SOUND FIELD
MODE +/–
EFFECT/DELAY
SOUND FIELD
ON/OFF
EFFECT/
DELAY
LEVEL
REAR +/–
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SOUND FIELD
ON/OFF SET UP
ENTER
CENTER
REAR
+/–
TEST TONE
SOUND FIELD
MODE +/–
LEVEL
CENTRE +/–
Selecting the centre mode
The receiver offers you four centre modes: Phantom,
Normal, Wide and 3 Stereo. Each mode is designed for
a different speaker configuration. Select the mode that
best suits your speaker's system configuration:
1
Press SOUND FIELD ON/OFF to turn on sound
field.
2
Press SOUND FIELD MODE +/– repeatedly to
select the Dolby surround sound field (PRO
LOGIC or C.STUDIO mode).
3
Press SET UP repeatedly until "CTR MODE"
appears on the display.
4
Press +/– repeatedly until the centre mode you
want appears on the display. Select the centre
mode as follows:
If you have
Select
Front and rear PHANTOM
speakers, no
centre speaker
Front and rear NORMAL
speakers, and a
small centre
speaker
Front and rear WIDE
speakers, and a
large centre
speaker
Front and centre 3 STEREO
speakers, no rear (3 Channel
speaker Logic)
So that
The sound of the
centre channel is
output from the front
speakers.
The bass sound of the
centre channel is
output from the front
speakers (because a
small speaker cannot
produce enough
bass).
For "complete"
Dolby Pro Logic
Surround sound.
The sound of the rear
channel is output
from the front
speakers.