Settings (General/Speaker setup)
Use these speaker setup menus when the i.LINK (AUDIO) terminal is connected to a surround sound amplifier with a decoder, and when you don’t use the speaker menus of the amplifier.
There is no need for this setup when not using the i.LINK (AUDIO) terminal, or when you use the speaker menus of the amplifier. In this case, leave this setup as it is (factory settings).
<This setup has an effect on the sound output from the i.LINK (AUDIO) terminal and the AUDIO OUT terminals when the Analog Out setting is set to “Multi Channel”.
<In the following cases, the settings made here are ignored:
•When the Analog Out setting is set to “2ch”.
•Play a
Speaker Size
[GENERAL q Speaker Setting q Size]
Speaker Setting | Size | L/R | Large * | |
Audio Digital Out | Distance (m) | C | Small | |
Video Out |
| Level (dB) | SR/SL |
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Display Setting | Test Tone | SW |
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Parental Lock |
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Move | Return | Select |
| Exit |
Select the size (Large* or Small) independently for the L/R (front pair of speakers), the C (center speaker) and the SR/SL (surround pair of speakers). Turn the subwoofer (SW) ON* or OFF (if you have no subwoofer).
Large *
Select this when the connected speakers can fully reproduce bass frequencies.
Small
Select this when the connected speakers are rather small and cannot reproduce bass frequencies.
When this setting is selected, bass frequencies are output from the subwoofer (if no subwoofer is connected, from the front speakers).
OFF
Select this when no speaker is connected. The sound is output from the front (or surround) speakers.
<When the front speaker is set to “Small”, the subwoofer is set to “ON” automatically. You cannot set the subwoofer “OFF”.
ON (subwoofer only)
Select this when a powered subwoofer is connected.
<For the center and surround pair options, if these speakers are not physically present, you can select OFF to prevent any output from those channels (you cannot turn off the front L/R pair). Any speakers turned off will downmix (if this option is selected) to the other enabled channels.
<Turning downmix on and off may affect the overall volume.
Speaker distance
[GENERAL q Speaker Setting q Distance]
Ideally, the speakers should be placed so that they are all the same distance from the listening position. If this is not possible, you should use this method described here to adjust them individually. It is also possible to adjust all distances together. The point of these settings is to provide the best synchronization between sound and image by delaying the sound by an appropriate amount. The subwoofer is not included in this setting (the placement of the subwoofer is less critical than that of other speakers).
Speaker Setting | Size |
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Audio Digital Out | Distance (m) | L/R | 3.0 | |
Video Out |
| Level (dB) | C | 3.0 |
Display Setting | Test Tone | SR/SL | 3.0 | |
Parental Lock |
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Move | Return | Select |
| Exit |
The L/R setting changes the distance of all speakers together. Pressing the up button adds 0.1m to each value, and pressing the down button subtracts 0.1m from each value.
Distances are measured in meters (1 meter = just over 3 feet, and 0.1 meter = about 4 inches).
Carry out this operation first before setting the other speaker distances.
After setting the L/R, C and SR/SL speaker distances together, you can now set the center and surround pair distances. The minimum distance for these is 0m and the maximum is 9m, with the additional restrictions described here.
<The distance that you set for the center speaker cannot be greater than the distance set for the L/R pair and must be within 1.7m of that L/R distance.
So for example, if the distance to the L/R pair is set to 5.0m, the center distance must be between 3.3m (5 - 1.7) and 5m.
<The distance that you set for the SR/SL surround pair cannot be greater than the distance set for the L/R pair (and must be within 9m of that distance).
So with the L/R pair set at 5m, the SR/SL pair distance can be set from 0m to 5m.
Speaker levels
[GENERAL q Speaker Setting q Level]
Use this to set the relative levels of the speakers. You can set the L/R pair together, and the center, and surround rear pair independently, as well as the subwoofer. The maximum value you can set here is 0dB and the minimum is
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