Speaker Configuration

lThese settings are extremely crucial to the overall sound quality and performance of the AVR-2802. Use the “Left/Right” arrow keys to select size and the “Up/Down” arrow keys to select the speaker channel to adjust.

lYour options for speaker sizes are ‘Large’, ‘Small’, or ‘None’. These settings are not based on the physical size of your speakers, but they do tell the AVR-2802 about the overall frequency response of the speakers you are connecting to it. The overall frequency response of a loudspeaker not only includes it’s frequency range, but also its ability to accurately handle low frequency information (80 Hz and down) at any volume level.

•Should there be a subwoofer in the system, Denon recommends that no matter what the physical size of the loudspeakers are, select ‘Small’ for the Fronts, Center, and Surrounds.

•When ‘Small’ is selected the subwoofer is automatically set to ‘Yes’ (if no subwoofer is in the system do not set the fronts to ‘Small’ as you will get no bass response from your speakers).

•The ‘Small’ speaker setting, for front, center, or surrounds, allows the one speaker in the system, the subwoofer, to accurately handle the low frequency information. It also allows the AVR-2802’s amplifiers to deliver more power, dynamics and clarity from 80 Hz and up.

lAfter adjusting the settings for the Front, Center and Subwoofer, pressing the “Down” arrow key will take you to the ‘Surrounds’ screen..

vShould you feel that your Front Left and Right Loudspeakers can handle all low bass frequency information accurately at any volume level or are using loudspeakers with built-in amplified subs, you can select ‘Large’ for the front speakers. When ‘Large’ is selected, the ‘Large’ setting option for the center and surrounds appears on screen; we still recommend that you select ‘Small’ for those speakers.

♦Once ‘Large’ has been selected and you are satisfied with the other speaker settings, press the ‘’Enter” key on the remote, this takes you to the “Subwoofer Mode” screen.

♦For speakers with built-in subs, we suggest you select ‘LFE+Main’. This setting will prevent the subwoofer from going ‘to sleep’ when there is no LFE information for an extended period of time (which happens, as there is often very little information in the LFE channel).

♦We recommend for those users of speakers with built-in powered subs to connect RCA cables from the AVR-2802 subwoofer output (using a Y-adapter) into each speakers’ LINE INPUT, not LFE. Using this input will yield excellent bass response and never allow the subwoofer to go into a ‘sleep’ mode. Set the front speaker size to ‘Small’ and subwoofer to ‘Yes’.