Owner's Manual

Customizing the equalizer curves
You can adjust the currently selected equalizer
curve setting as desired. Adjustments can be
made with a 13-band graphic equalizer.
p This function is available only when main
audio is available.
p If you make adjustments when a curve “S.
Bass”, “Powerful”, “Natural”, “Vocal”,or
“Flat” is selected, the equalizer curve set-
tings will be changed to “Custom1” auto-
matically.
p If you make adjustments when the “Cus-
tom2” curve is selected for example, the
“Custom2” curve will be updated.
p “Custom1” and “Custom2” curves can be
created common to all sources.
1 Press the HOME button to display the
Top menu screen.
2 Touch the following keys in the follow-
ing order.
The “Audio” screen appears.
3 Touch [Graphic EQ].
The “Graphic EQ” screen appears.
4 Touch one of the keys to select a curve
that you want to use as the basis of custo-
mizing.
5 Touch the frequency for which you
want to adjust the level.
p If you trail a finger across the bars of multi-
ple equalizer bands, the equalizer curve set-
tings will be set to the value of the touched
point on each bar.
Using the auto-adjusted equalizer
You can set the auto-adjusted equalizer to suit
the vehicle’s acoustics. To use this function,
the vehicle’s acoustics must be measured in
advance.
= For details of the operations, refer to Adjust-
ing the equalizer curve automatically (Auto
EQ) on page 203.
p To manually adjust the equalizer curve, set
“Auto EQ&TA” to “Off”.
1 Press the HOME button to display the
Top menu screen.
2 Touch the following keys in the follow-
ing order.
The “Audio” screen appears.
3 Touch [Auto EQ&TA] repeatedly until
the desired setting appears.
! Off (default):
Turns the Auto EQ&TA setting off.
! On:
Turns the Auto EQ&TA setting on.
Adjusting the equalizer curve
automatically (Auto EQ)
By measuring the vehicle’s acoustics, the
equalizer curve can be adjusted automatically
to suit the vehicle interior.
WARNING
A loud tone (noise) may be emitted from the
speakers when measuring the vehicle’s acous-
tics. Never perform Auto EQ measurement while
driving.
CAUTION
! Thoroughly check the conditions before per-
forming Auto EQ, as the speakers may be da-
maged if this is performed under the following
conditions:
— When the speakers are incorrectly con-
nected. (For example, when a rear speaker
is connected as a subwoofer output.)
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Audio adjustments
Audio adjustments