Glossary - Sony STR-DE505 Operating Instructions Manual

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Glossary
Center mode
Setting of speakers to enhance Dolby Pro
Logic Surround mode. To obtain the best
possible surround sound, select one of the
following four center modes according to
your speaker system
« NORMAL mode
Select NORMAL mode it you have front
and rear speakers and a small center
speaker. Since a small speaker cannot
produce enough bass, the bass sound of
the center channel is output from the front
speakers
Center
Front speaker Front
speaker (L) speaker (R)
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Rear Rear
speaker (L) speaker (R)
¢ WIDE mode
Select WIDE mode if vou have front and
rear speakers and a large center speaker
With the WIDE mode, you can take full
advantage of Dolby Surround sound
Center
speaker Front
speaker (R)
Front
speaker (L)
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Rear Rear :
speaker (L) speaker (R)
* PHANTOM mode
Select PHANTOM mode if you have front
and rear speakers but no center speaker.
The sound of the center channet? is output
fram the front speakers.
Front Front
speaker (L) speaker (R)
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Rear Rear
speaker (L) speaker (R)
* 3 CH LOGIC mode
Selvet 3 CH LOGIC mode if vou have front
and center speakers but no rear speaker
The sound ot the rear channel is output
from the front speakers to let you
experience some of the surreund sound
without using rear speakers.
Center
Front
speaker
speaker (R)
Front
speaker (L)
Delay time
Time lag between the surround sound output
trom front speakers and rear speakers. By
adjusting the delay time of the rear speakers,
you can obtain the fecling of presence. Make
the delay time tonger when you have placed
the rear speakers ina small room or close to
vour listening position, and make it shorter
when you have placed them ina large room
or apart from your listening position,
Direct tuning
Tuning method to let vou directly enter a
station's frequency using the numeric
buttons, Use this method if vou know the
frequeney of the station vou want
Dolby Pro Logic Surround
Decoding system of Dolby Surround sound
stondardized in TV programs and movies.
Compared with the former Dolby Surround
system, Dolby Pro Logic Surround improves
sound image by using four separate channels:
off-screen audio effects, on-screen dialog,
left-to-right panning, and music. These
channels manipulate the sound to be heard
and enhance the action as it happens on the
screen, To take advantage of Dolby Pra Logic.
vou should have at Jeast one pair of rear
speakers and/or one center speaker. You also
need to select the appropriate center mode to
enjoy a full effect.
Dolby Surround
Encoding and Uveoding system of Dolby
Surround sound for consumer use. Dolby
Surround decodes the extra channels on the
Dolby Surround-encoded sound tracks of
movie videos and TY programs and produces
sound effects and echoes that make the action
seem to envelop you
The receiver offers Dolby Surround as one of
the pre-programmed sound fields. If you
have rear or center speaker(s), we
recommend that you customize the Dolby
Surround sound field by selecting the
appropriate center mode to take advantage of
Dalby Pro Logic Surround sound
Preset station
A radio broadcasting station that is stored in
memory of the receiver, Once you "preset"
stations, you no longer have to tune in the
stations. ach preset station is assigned its
own preset number, which lets you tune
them in quickly
Surround sound
Sound that consists of three elements: direct
sound, early reflected sound (early
reflections) and reverberative sound
(reverberation). The acoustics where you hear
the sound affect the way these three sound
elements are heard. These sound elements are
combined in such a way that you can actually
feel the size and the type of a concert hall
¢ Types of sound
Early reflections Reverberation
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Direct sound
* Transition of sound from rear speakers
Direct sound Early
Level' reflections Reverberation
Early reflection time Time
Test tone
Signal given out by the receiver for adjusting,
the speaker volume. The test tone will come
out as follows:
* in a system with a center speaker
(NORMAL/WIDE/3 CH LOGIC modes)
The test tone iy output from the front L
(left), center, front R (right), and rear
speakers in succession
Front (L)
Center
Front (R)
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3 CH LOGIC
>) Rear (L,R)
NORMAL/WIDE
¢ Ina system without a center speaker
(PHANTOM mode)
The test tone is output from the front and
the rear speakers alternately
Front (L, R)
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PHANTOM
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