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SETUP MENU

Surround L/R

Set the distance from your listening position to the surround speakers. We recommend to place the surround left speaker and right speaker at the same distance from the listening position.

Control range: 1ft to 40ft (0.3m to 12.0m)

Control step: 1ft (0.3m)

Note

For the [Surround L/R] setting, you cannot specify the distance beyond the [Front L/R] setting or below the [Front L/R] setting minus 15ft (4.5m).

Initialize

You can reset [Distance] settings to the initial factory settings.

1Select [Initialize] under [Distance] in [SPEAKER] menu.

2Press .

➜The confirmation screen appears.

3Select [Yes] to reset the setting, and then press

ENTER.

➜[Distance] settings are reset to the initial factory settings.

Setting speaker levels

You can set the volume levels for individual speakers.

•Select [Level] in [SPEAKER] menu.

Front L, Center, Front R, Surround L, Surround R, Subwoofer

Set the volume levels for front L/R speakers, center speaker, surround L/R speakers or subwoofer.

Control range: 0dB to –12dB

Control step: 1dB

Test Tone

A test tone can be output to help you judge the volume level of each speaker.

1Select [Test Tone] under [Level] in [SPEAKER] menu.

2Press / to select [Off], [Manual] or [Auto].

Off

Select this to output no test tone.

Manual

Select this to output the test tone manually.

Auto

Select this to output the test tone from each speaker automatically.

3For [Auto], press ENTER to output the test tone.

For [Manual], press / to select each speaker, and then press ENTER to output the test tone.

Initialize

You can reset [Level] settings to the initial factory settings.

1Select [Initialize] under [Level] in [SPEAKER] menu.

2Press .

➜The confirmation screen appears.

3Select [Yes] to reset the setting, and then press

ENTER.

➜[Level] settings are reset to the initial factory settings.

Setting the SA-CD configuration

You can select speaker sizes and on/off statuses for SA-CD discs.

•Select [SA-CD Config] in [SPEAKER] menu.

Config 1, Config 2, Config 3

Select speaker sizes and on/off statuses from the following three settings.

Speaker		Size or on/off
Speaker
	Config 1	Config 2	Config 3

Front L/R	Large	Small	Large

Center	Large	Small	Small

Surround L/R	Large	Small	Small

Subwoofer	On	On	Off

Setting the cut-off frequency (SA-CD only)

You can select a cut-off (cross-over) frequency for all low- frequency signals. All frequencies below the selected frequency are sent to the subwoofer.

•Select [CUT-OFF Frequency] in [SPEAKER] menu.

60, 80, 100, 120 (Hz)

Select the cut-off frequency.

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