Using The Avp; Setting The Volume; Home Thx Cinema - PROCEED Audio Video Preamplifier Manual

setting the volume

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Using the AVP

Normally, when you wish to change the volume, you want all the speakers to
move up or down together, maintaining their relative balance. Thus the volume
control (either front panel knob or remote control button) will operate as a
ter volume by default.
Occasionally, you may want to change the volume of some speakers relative to
others; for example, you may want to increase the level of the rear speakers a bit
for more dramatic surround effects. To do so, press the
your volume change while the light about the
step operations work for center, subwoofer and balance as well.
If you have made a relative adjustment and wish to adjust the master volume
without waiting for the system to timeout and return to its default, pressing
ter will allow you to immediately adjust the master volume.
® indicates that the proprietary Home THX audio processing circuits
® THX cinema
are in use in addition to whatever multichannel audio is appropriate for the
source in question. This can include Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Pro Logic (ei-
ther analog or digital). In the case of discrete multichannel sources (anything
other than Pro Logic), THX 5.1 will be employed automatically; in the case of Pro
Logic, THX 4.0 is used.
is most appropriate for film-based program materials made since the
THX cinema
mid-1970's, which have (in all likelihood) been mixed in a standard dubbing
stage environment. This setting will provide the listener with the most accurate
reproduction of the majority of motion pictures available. In addition, many other
video source materials are produced in Dolby Surround using the industry stan-
dard response curves, and are best enjoyed in the
include Star Trek: Voyager and The David Letterman Show, which are mixed in an
environment which emulates the dubbing stage used for film.)
includes several specific technologies designed to more accurately
THX cinema
reproduce film soundtracks:
• Re-Equalization™: corrects for the overly bright front channels
commonly found in film soundtracks
• Electronic Crossover: designed to work optimally with THX-
certified speakers to enhance low frequency dynamic range (espe-
cially improtant with multichannel digital sources such as Dolby
Digital)
• Adaptive Decorrelation™: enhances surround spaciousness and
envelopment only when necessary (based on the soundtrack itself)
• Bass Peak Level Manager™: keeps low frequency transients un-
der control to minimize the opportunity for amplifier or speaker
overload.
• Loudspeaker Position Time Synchronization™: ensures a
coherent, time-aligned soundfield.
button, then make
rear
button is still lit. Similar two-
rear
mode. (Examples
THX cinema
mas-
mas-