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Surround
Use this mode for films recorded
using DTS, Dolby Digital or
Dolby Pro Logic Surround.
Phantom
This mode creates surround
sound from stereo recordings.
The center channel is not used
and the surround channels have
a 20-ms delay.
3-Stereo Mode
Use this mode to play back Pro
Logic-encoded films when you
do not want the surround chan-
nels to play.
Stereo
This mode plays a recording in
traditional two-channel stereo.
Surround Modes
The Test Tone is used to
calibrate the volume settings of
each of the speakers in the
escXcite. It is dependent on the
room where the system is set up
and the relative distances and
positions of each speaker to the
listening position. In all modes,
a static-like noise will be heard
cycling, in order: left front, cen-
ter, right front, right surround,
left surround, subwoofer. In
modes other than DTS or Dolby
Digital, the sound from the two
surrounds will be coming at the
same time, since the surrounds
in all available modes, except
DTS and Dolby Digital, are in
mono. When the Test Tone is
heard coming from a specific
channel, pressing the Adjust-
ment +/– (11) buttons will
increase or decrease the level of
sound coming from that chan-
nel. The display status-bar indi-
cator (27) provides visual indi-
cation of the adjustment as the
adjustment is being made. The
default adjustment level of 0 dB
is indicated by five status-bar
indicators illuminated.
If adjustments are done in a
mode where a certain channel is
not available, the adjustment
step for that channel is skipped.
For example, in Phantom mode,
the center-channel level cannot
be adjusted since Phantom does
not have a center channel. In
stereo, neither the center nor
the surround levels can be
adjusted since Stereo does not
feature surround speakers or a
center speaker.
Using the remote control,
adjust each channel’s levels
until the volume of all the
speakers is the same during the
test. To make sure all channels
are properly adjusted, do the
test twice, once in Dolby Digital
or DTS (Dolby Digital or DTS is
automatically selected when the
escXcite is connected to a DVD
player playing Dolby Digital-
encoded or DTS-encoded mater-
ial) and once again in Dolby Pro
Logic.
Note:
The Test Tone is used to
calibrate the system to repro-
duce all program materials at
the correct relative levels, as
was determined by the re-
cording engineers. When listen-
ing to actual surround-encoded
program material, the volume
level of the surround channels
is generally lower than that of
the front channels. In fact, vir-
tually all of the dialogue and a
substantial number of the
effects in a movie are re-
produced through the center
channel.
Test Tone
