RCA STAV3860 owner manual Setting UP for Surround Sound

SETTING UP FOR SURROUND SOUND

SETTING UP FOR SURROUND SOUND

The STAV-3860 offers several options for surround sound listening, depending on the speakers in your set up. Having installed the speakers in your room, it's important to set up the relative volume levels and delay time in order to make the most of the receiver's surround sound capabilities. You only need to make these settings once, unless you change the placement of your current speaker system or add new speakers.

Setting the Center Mode, the Subwoofer and Speaker Distances

It is important to set the type of center mode which corresponds to your speaker system, set the subwoofer on/off, set speaker distances, and set volume levels of each speaker. From your normal listening position, the volumes of the various speakers in your system should appear to be equal. Follow the steps below for settings, especially the volumes of the center and surround speakers relative to the main front speakers for Dolby Pro Logic mode, 5.1 CH. mode and the DSP mode.

	SOURCE			CD	TUNER
	POWER
		TAPE		SOURCE SELECT
	$ ASMS		$	! SEARCH !
	1		2	3	4
	@		*DECK 2 &		#
	5		6	7	8
	EFFECT			DISC/STATION
	9		0	@	#
	D. ACCESS				CLASS
			TUNING
			DECK 1
	T.TONE			&
	FM/AM				MPX
2			TUNING
	SORROUND	2		DSP MODE	MUTING
	CH SELECT		CHANNEL
			LEVEL
1	RECEIVER			FL	VOLUME
		FUNCTION DIMMER
	POWER
	STAV-3860

AUDIO/VIDEO SYSTEM REMOTE OSR

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1Switch on the receiver.

2Press the SURROUND button.

3Press the 3 button to select the surround sound setup mode. Repeatedly pressing the button cycles through the three setup modes (center mode setup; subwoofer setup; distance setup). The mode appears in the display on the front panel.

4Use the 5° buttons to select one of the four types of center mode.

4	The center mode cycle and the diagrams below explain each
3	center mode.
			3 NORMAL 2	3	WIDE 2
4			3 3 STEREO 2	3 PHANTOM 2
	Normal
	Middle and high frequency sounds are heard
	from the center speaker.
	Bass frequencies from the center channel are
	played	through the front speakers.

Wide

If a full range speaker is used for the center channel, all center channel sound, including bass frequencies, are heard through the center speaker.

Phantom

Center channel sounds are played through both front speakers equally.

3 Stereo

Surround channel sounds and center channel bass frequencies are heard through the front stereo speakers.

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