8|KDC-X896/ KDC-BT852HD/ KDC-X496/ KDC-452U/ KMR-550UEnglish|9ContentsAudio preset recallYou can recall the Audio control items registered tothe 1Select a sourcePress the [SRC] button.2Enter the Audio control modePress the Control knob.3Select the Audio preset memory modeSelect the following items using the Controlknob.“Detailed Settings”“Audio Preset”4Select the Audio preset recallTurn the Control knob to select “Recall”, andthen press the Control knob.5Determine the selectionTurn the Control knob to select “YES”, and thenpress the Control knob.“Recall Completed” is displayed.6Exit the Audio Control modePress and hold the [] button.Audio preset memoryYou can register the values set the Audio controlitems.1Set the audio control itemsRefer to 2Enter the Audio control modePress the Control knob.3Select the Audio preset memory modeSelect the following items using the Controlknob.“Detailed Settings”“Audio Preset”4Select the Audio preset memoryTurn the Control knob to select “Memory”, andthen press the Control knob.5Determine the selectionTurn the Control knob to select “YES”, and thenpress the Control knob.“Memory Completed” is displayed.6Exit the Audio Control modePress and hold the [] button.⁄•Register a pair of Audio preset memories. You cannotregister them by source.•When you press the [Reset] button, audio control values ofall sources will be set to the values registered here.•The following Audio control items can be registered.“Bass Center FRQ”*, “Bass Level”, “Bass Q Factor”*, “Bass EXT”*,“Middle Center FRQ”*, “Middle Level”, “Middle Q Factor”*,“Treble Center FRQ”*, “Treble Level”, “SubWoofer Level”, “HPF”,“LPF SubWoofer”, “SubWoofer Phase”*KDC-X896, KDC-X496 onlyAudio adjustments⁄•You can set Bass, Middle, and Treble levels for each source.About SupremeTechnology to extrapolate and supplement with proprietaryalgorithm, the high-frequency range that is cut off whenencoding at low bit rate (less than 128Kbps, Samplingfrequency is 44.1kHz).Supplementing is optimized by a compression format (AAC,MP3 or WMA) and processed according to bit rate.The effect is negligible with music that is encoded at highbit rate or variable bit rate or music that has a minimal highfrequency range.1Select the source to adjustPress the [SRC] button.2Enter the Audio control modePress the Control knob.3Select the audio item subject to adjustmentTurn the Control knob to select the audio itemsubject to adjustment and then press theControl knob.Press the [] button to return to the previousitem.4Adjust the value set for the selected audioitemTurn the Control knob to display the value toadjust, and then press the Control knob.The previous item is displayed.5Exit the Audio control modePress and hold the [] button.Audio controlYou can adjust the following audio control items;DisplayAudio setting itemRange“SubWoofer Level”Subwoofer level–15 — +15 (dB)“Bass Level”Bass level–8 — +8 (dB)“Middle Level”Middle level–8 — +8 (dB)“Treble Level”Treble level–8 — +8 (dB)“Equalizer PRO”*“Bass Adjust”“Bass Center FRQ” Bass Center Frequency 60/ 80/ 100/ 200 (Hz)“Bass Level”Bass level–8 — +8 (dB)“Bass Q Factor”Bass Q Factor1.00/ 1.25/ 1.50/ 2.00“Bass EXT”Bass ExtendOFF/ ON“Middle Adjust”“Middle CenterFRQ”Middle CenterFrequency0.5/ 1.0/ 1.5/ 2.5 (kHz)“Middle Level”Middle level–8 — +8 (dB)“Middle Q Factor” Middle Q Factor0.75/ 1.00/ 1.25“Treble Adjust”“Treble CenterFRQ”Treble CenterFrequency10.0/ 12.5/ 15.0/17.5 kHz“Treble Level”Treble level–8 — +8 (dB)“Preset Equalizer”Preset Equalizer curve“Rock”/“Pops”/“Easy”/“Top40”/“Jazz”/”Powerful”/“Natural”/“User”‡“Bass Boost”Bass Boost“Level1”/“Level2”/”Level3”/“OFF”“Loudness”Loudness“Level1”/“Level2”/“OFF”“Balance”BalanceLeft 15 — Right 15“Fader”FaderRear 15 — Front 15“SubWoofer”Subwoofer outputOFF/ ON“Detailed Settings”“HPF”High Pass FilterThrough/ 100/ 120/150 (Hz)“LPF SubWoofer” Low Pass Filter85/ 120/ 160/ Through(Hz)“SubWooferPhase”Subwoofer PhaseReverse (180°)/Normal (0°)“Supreme”Supreme settingON/ OFF“Audio Preset”Audio Preset memory†Recall/ Memory“Volume Offset”Volume offset–8 — ±0 (dB)(AUX: -8 — +8)*Function of KDC-X896/ KDC-X496.†Refer to