Sony kdl-46r453a Manual

Sound Mode
Customized 
sound listening

Sets a sound mode. Sound Mode includes options best suited for video and 
photographs, respectively.

Optimizes sound quality for general content.

Lets you experience dynamic and clear sound, like that of a 
concert.

Optimizes surround sound for movies.

Broadens your game-playing experience with superb sound 
quality.

Reproduces realistic sound, like that in a stadium.

Resets the current Sound settings to their defaults, except MTS Audio, 
Alternate Audio and Speakers.

Adjust allows you to select your frequency response curve. Select Reset to 
reset the Equalizer settings to the default values.

Select On to enhance treble/bass and reproduces dynamic sound, or Off to 
provide natural sound.

Select On for spoken dialog.

Select On to stabilize the volume across all programs and commercials. 
Select Off to disable this function.

Adjust to emphasize left or right speaker balance.

Adjust the volume level of the current input relative to other inputs.

MTS Audio
Enjoy stereo, 
bilingual and 
mono programs

Select for stereo reception when viewing a program 
broadcast in stereo.

Select to automatically switch the TV to second audio 
programs when a signal is received. If no SAP signal is 
present, the TV remains in Stereo mode.

Select for mono reception. Use to reduce noise during weak 
stereo broadcasts.

Alternate Audio
Digital channels 
only

Select among the available options to switch among the alternate audio 
streams. The program you are tuned to may be broadcasted in a different 
language in the alternate audio streams.

Select to use the TV speakers.

Audio System Select to use an external audio system for the TV sound. By 

selecting this option you are disabling the TV speakers.

Adjusts the volume with the TV’s remote control, when using 
an external audio system.

Adjusts the volume using the connected audio system’s 
remote control.

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