Operation Manual

14 • DecoderStation 7
“Surround” menu
With the control dial 3 or the arrow buttons 27 “ ▲/▼” ,
you can switch surround mode for 2 channel sources in
the following order:
2.1 Stereo Stereo only via front left/right and
subwoofer
5.1 Stereo Stereo across all channels (upmix)
Dolby PLII Movie Dolby ProLogic II for movies
Dolby PLII Music Dolby ProLogic II for music
DTS NEO:6 Music DTS NEO:6 for music
DTS NEO:6 Cinema DTS NEO:6 for cinema
Some options may not be available if not all satellite
speakers are connected.
Dolby
Digital and DTS (standard and HD)
The surround mode is fixed for Dolby Digital or DTS
coded multi-channel tracks; this menu is therefore not
available while these formats are played back.
“Tone Control” menu
Mode
Dynamic Compr.
Dynamic compensation regulates volume differences
between individual tracks on CDs or other audio sources
and ensures that playback is neither too loud nor too
quiet. Possible settings: On, Off.
Cinema EQ
This function reduces the percentage of high tones from
the original movie sound mix to perfectly adapt the sound
to the acoustics of a living room. Possible setting: On or
Off.
Tone
Here you can adjust the sound (high tones and bass
tones). Possible values: from –10 dB (decrease) to +10 dB
(increase).
Equalizer
With this function, very fine adjustments within nine fre-
quency ranges are available. You can adjust all channels
at the same time or each channel separately (the two rear
channels are only available in 7.1 operation.) Possible
values: each from –20 dB (decrease) to +6 dB (increase).
The “Reset” menu item resets all frequency ranges for the
selected channel to zero (neutral).
Note: The equalizer is inactive with some high-definition
formats.
“Speaker Levels” menu
Here you can adjust the relative volume from “–10” (de-
crease) to “+10” (increase) for each speaker.
It is recommended to use our sound level meter to opti-
mally adjust the sound level.
“Source Levels” menu
You can adjust the relative volume from “–10” (decrease)
to “+10” (increase) for each audio source here.
“Audio Mapping” menu
Here you can assign an audio input to each of the three
HDMI inputs.
Example: If you would like to connect a PC without HDMI
output: With a DVI to HDMI adapter, you transmit the
video signal while the audio signal is present at one of
the analogue inputs (Aux) via an RCA cable.
“Speaker Setup” menu
Phase Sub
This allows you to activate and deactivate the phase shift
(180°) for the subwoofer. Select the setting, with which
the subwoofer produces the loudest and clearest sound.
Lip Sync
Digital image processing in the television set requires
some time. In order to keep the image and sound syn-
chronous, delay the sound by a few milliseconds. Here,
you can adjust the audio delay from 0 to 100 ms for
each HDMI and other inputs in order to keep the sound
synchronous.
Speaker Size
Here you can set the size of the speakers in use for opti-
mally driving them. Five configurations are available:
SSSS1 All speakers are small, subwoofer present.
LSSS1 Large front speakers, small center and rear
speakers, subwoofer present.
LSSS0 Large front speakers, small center and rear
speakers, no subwoofer.
L0SS0 Large front speakers, no center speaker, small
rear speakers, no subwoofer.
LLLL1 All speakers large, subwoofer present.
The letters represent the speakers: Front left/right, center,
surround, rear center (only in 7.1 operation). S (small)
stands for small and L (large) for large speakers, 0 is also
possible for the center speaker if none is present. The last
number stands for the subwoofer (1 = present, 0 = not
present).
If you connect the DecoderStation to a multichannel ac-
tive subwoofer, select the setting SSSS1.