Sony STR-DE598 Operating Instructions Manual page 33

Selecting a sound field for
music
Press MUSIC repeatedly to select the
sound field you want,
The selected sound field appears in the display.
Soundfield Display
HALL HALL
JAZZ CLUB JAZZ
LIVECONCERT CONCERT
• HALL
Reproduces the acoustics of a classical conceit hall
• JAZZ (JAZZ CLUB)
Reproduces the acoustics of a jazz club.
• CONCERT (LIVE CONCERT)
Reproduces the acoustics of a 300-seat live house
When the headphones are
connected
You can select onb' from the following sound
fields.
• HP 2CH (HEADPHONE 2CH)
Outputs the sound in 2 channel (steleo). Standard 2
channel stereo sources completely bypass file somld
field processing and mlflti channel surrollnd formats
are downmixed to 2 channels.
• HP MULTI (HEADPHONE MULTI)
Outputs tile front analog signal fiom MULTI CH IN
jacks.
• HP THEA (HEADPHONE THEATER)
Allows you to experience
a dleater-like environment
while listening through a pair of headphones.
Note
If you connect a pair ofhea@hones while a sound field
is opelating, tile system will antomatically switch to
HEADPHONE 2CH if using a sound field selected
with the 2CH or A.FD. button, or to HEADPHONE
THEATER if using a somld field selected with the
MOVIE or MUSIC button.
To turn off the surround effect
Press 2(H to select "2CH ST." or press A.F.D.
repeatedly to select "A.F.D. AUTO".
Tips
• The receiver lets you apply tile last selected sound
field to an input whenever it is selected (Sound Field
Liilk). For example, if you select HALL for the
SA-CD_CD input, then change to a diffment input
and then return to SA-CD CD. HALL will
automatically be applied again.
• You can idemi_ the encoding format of DVD
software, etc. by looking at tile logo on the package.
pp_ : Dolby Digital discs
[1[]_ : Dolby Sm!otmd encoded
programs
: DTS Digital Sunound encoded progrmns
Notes
• Sound fields do not fimction tbi the signals with a
sampling frequency of mine dmn 48 kHz.
• When one of tile following somld fields me selected,
no sound is output fiom the sub woofer if all the
speakeis aie set to "LARGE" in tile SET UP menu
However, the sound will be output from the sub
woofm if the digital input signal contains LFE (Low
Fiequency Effect) signals, or if the fiont, centre, oi
sunound speakeis are set to "SMALL".
HALL
JAZZ CLUB
LIVE CONCERT
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