How do i turn my centre speaker up on my onkyo 606????

[admin_exported]

I am made up but when i watch a film at night the rears over power the spech sometimes

 

[Andrew Everard]

You can use the night mode, which brings the dialogue up a bit, or just turn the centre up in the speaker set-up menu

 

[Anonymous]

this one dose not have a night mode well cant find it on remote or the menu.

am i right in thinking you go to speaker setup then level calibration the rears are curruntly -8db fronts -5db and centre -5db should they all be the same or is it correct rears slightly louder.

 

[digigriffin]

Night mode only appears as an option with a Dolby soundtrack so DD or Dolby True HD.

Have you run the auto calibration with the microphone?
This will give you a starting point for the speaker levels from your seating position

You can then increase the centre speaker level manually.
With the remote in receiver mode press the audio button and toggle round the options to select 'Centre:' and set as desired.
My centre is set to +4db
It would be in this menu that night mode would appear with a relevant sound track.

 

[Anonymous]

what are your other ones mine are set to - not + what are you rears and fronts set to

 

[Anonymous]

were is the night mode i still don't know how to active it

 

[professorhat]

mike0619:what are your other ones mine are set to - not + what are you rears and fronts set to

There's no correct setting for these levels so don't just adjust yours to what someone else has as it won't be right for your room. The levels should have been set automatically when you used the microphone to setup the receiver, however, you should definitely adjust by ear to what you prefer - use the test tones and adjust each one so that is sounds like the noise from all the speakers are at the same level when sat in your normal sitting position for movie watching.

 

[digigriffin]

As aready said run the setup with the microphone first and then adjust to your preference.

'Night mode' as the name may suggest is if you want the sound softened so as not to disturb the neighbours at night.
So in effect speech thought the centre speaker is unaffected and other speakers are dialled down.
So I think this is why it was suggested in answer to your original question.
Although just adjusting the center speaker is what you really need to do to get the centre louder.

You will only get night sound showing in the menu if it is a soundtrack that supports it.
I think this is only available on Dolby variants.
So when your display is showing Dolby D or Dolby True HD.

 

[ElectroMan]

Yes, I think Onkyo call it Late Night Function, and it works with Dolby Digital soundtracks.