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Using
the CP-3
Lexicon
Surround
The SURROUND modes make full use of additional loudspeakers at the
center, sides and rear of the room. TELEVISION provides surround effects
for television viewing of monaural, stereo, and stereo synthesized pro-
grams. MUSIC is a 7-channel ambience extraction mode, appropriate for
any type of music. It also provides a unique way to listen to films, particu-
larly stereo films which are not Dolby surround encoded. FULL (Full
Range) allows unprocessed music to be played over all the speakers for
background music, or for maximum acoustical output of the system.
MONO LOGIC takes a monaural soundtrack and sends music and sound
effects to the sides and rear through a room simulator mode, while keeping
dialog in the center. PRO LOGIC is Lexicon’s all-digital implementation of
the Dolby Pro Logic Surround decoding process. Home THX Cinema is
designed for any surround sound encoded movies, music, or television
programs.
Because each Surround mode makes use of different configurations, the
EFFECT LEVEL control will be described separately at the beginning of
each set of parameter descriptions.
Television
Surround Parameters
EFFECT LEVEL controls the loudness of the front, side and rear outputs.
CENTER EFFECT The essence of the Television mode is that dialog, music
and sound effects are dynamically directed to the output channels, a process
called steering. The CENTER EFFECT control allows you to adjust the
amount of steering in the front channels. Increasing this parameter will
increase the separation between the center and the main left and right
channels. Selecting OFF will steer the center signal to both the left and right
channels.
The AUTO AZIMUTH/BAL (short for Auto Azimuth Error Correction/
Automatic Input Balance) parameter should be set to ON for films, OFF for
* Phantom if configured with no center speaker
** BYPASS if center speaker configured as NONE or FULL;
63 Hz if configured as SMALL (Presets only)
*** Inaccessible if side speakers configured as THX or NONE