McIntosh MVP851 DVD Player User Manual


 
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to one foot. The distance of the Left and Right Front
Loudspeakers from the Listening/Viewing Area be-
come the reference for measurements, as their signals
are not delayed. If the Center and/or Surround Loud-
speakers are closer to the Listening/Viewing Area then
the Left or Right Front Loudspeakers subtract the mea-
surement to produce a difference figure. That differ-
ence figure is what is used to set the amount of Time
Delay added to that channel. The delays can be ad-
justed from 0 to 5.3 ms (in 1.3 ms increments) for the
Center Channel Speaker and 0 to 15.9 ms (in 5.3 ms
increments) for the Left and Right Surround Channel
Speakers.
In the example below, the measured distance between
the Left and Right Front Loudspeakers and the Listen-
ing/Viewing Area is 10 feet. The distance from the
Center Loudspeaker is 8 feet. The difference between
the Front Left and Right Loudspeaker and the Center
Loudspeaker is 2 feet.
Note: A Time Delay Setting of 1.3 ms is approximately 1.5
feet in distance and a settting of 5.3 ms is
approximately 6 feet in distance.
1. Use the Directional Push-buttons to highlight the
Center Channel Time Delay (ms) Icon. Refer to
figure 29.
2. Press the SELECT Push-button and arrowheads
will appear above and below the Icon of the Center
Channel Time Delay (ms) Icon. Refer to figure 30.
3. Measure the distance from the Listening/Viewing
Area to each of the Loudspeakers.
Note: A distance measurement that contains fractions
of a foot, should be rounded up or down to the
nearest whole number.
4. Press the Up or Down directional Push-but-
tons until the figure of 2.6 appears in the MS Icon
Window followed by the SELECT Push-button.
Refer to figure 31.
Note: The delay of 2.6 ms was entered because our
example had a measurement difference of two
feet. Enter in the correct delay setting that
corresponds to the actual system measurement.
5. In a similar manner enter in the correct delay set-
ting for the Left & Right Surround Channels in the
system.
Note: There is one setting for both Surround
Loudspeakers. If the distances for each of the
Surround Loudspeaker are different, use the
average of both distances. A table, on page 28, is
provided to record the new Loudspeaker Time
Delay Adjustments.
6. Proceed to Loudspeaker Volume Level Settings.
Figure 31
How to Set Audio Parameters, con’t
Figure 29
Figure 30