Volume Speed; Volume Mute Level; Maximum Volume; Dialog Normalization - PROCEED Digital Surround Decoder User Manual

Y ou may select either or response for the rate at which the volume

volume speed

slow fast
change accelerates when pressing and holding the volume +/– keys. In all cases,
single taps of the keys result in single incremental steps in volume. The
volume
chosen affects the amount of time it takes to reach maximum
volume speed
speed while holding the button down.
volume +/–
The magnitude of volume reduction introduced by pressing the key is user-

volume mute level

mute
definable in increments of 5, from -5 to -120. The factory preset is for -40 (-20
dB). (Remember that each step in the volume control represents about 1 ⁄ dB; thus
2
a change of "5" represents a 2.5 dB change in volume.)
Y ou may set a allowed for your system to minimize the oppor-

maximum volume

maximum volume
tunity for damage, either to your system or to better relations with your neigh-
bors. Simply choose the maximum volume setting you would like to be able to
use and save the change (by pressing , as always). If you decide to change it
enter
again, simply revisit this menu item and reset it.
Digital audio has a clearly-defined maximum recordable volume. In some movies,

dialog normalization

the dialog may exist fairly close to this maximum volume, especially if the movie
does not have of loud noises that need occasionally to overshadow the dialog.
Other movies are full of explosions and other effects that must be much louder
than the dialog in order to achieve their desired effect. Thus the level at which
dialog occurs within the overall digital dynamic range may vary significantly , re-
quiring volume changes from one source to the next, or one movie to the next.
Dialog normalization takes advantage of the fact that Dolby Digital soundtracks
are supposed to include information on the relative volume of the dialog. Using
this information, we can automate this volume adjustment for you so that the dia-
log appears at approximately the same volume all the time. (Of course, this as-
sumes that the movie's Dolby Digital soundtrack includes accurate information
regarding dialog level.) This automatic volume change may be defeated if you
prefer to handle such things yourself.
As shipped from the factory, the PAV/PDSD system automatically tries to give you

auto migration

your "preferred" audio connection, whenever it is available. Thus if you have a
Dolby Digital RF connection as your "first choice," followed by a normal digital
connection, followed by the analog connection specified in your
set source but-
ton screen for laserdisc , when you first select the input the system will start at
the beginning of your list and work its way down your list until it finds a valid
signal.
If for some reason you prefer to handle such changes manually, you can turn off
automatic migration in this section of the operate menu.
Additionally, you can always temporarily engage manual migration simply by

forced/manual migration

pushing the same input button repeatedly (which cycles through the connections
associated with that button). As soon as you select any other input button,
auto-
matic migration will re-engage.

setup: locked/unlocked

Once the PAV/PDSD is completely setup, calibrated and ready to go, you may
want to change this setting from to to make it
setup: unlocked setup: locked
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