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Sub Stereo: This setting allows the volume level of the sub woofer to be adjusted for when the sub

woofer is being used with 2-channel (stereo) sources. The sub woofer level for stereo music often needs

to be set at a lower level than that for cinema use; use this trim setting, with a stereo source, to reduce

the sub woofer output in stereo playback to an acceptable level. The level required depends on various

factors such as speakers, the types and styles of music to be played and personal taste.

DVD-A Sub Level: This setting allows compensation for sub woofer level gain from external decoders or

sources (such as DVD-A players).

When decoding digital inputs, the AVP700 follows the convention for products of this type and sets

the sub woofer level 10dB higher than that of the other channels. Source products such as DVD-audio

players do not follow this pattern, however, setting the sub woofer level to be the same as the other

channels. This means that switching from material that has been decoded by the AVP700 to that

decoded externally may mean that the sub woofer sounds very quiet. This setting provides for the

removal of that difference by allowing the sub woofer level of the DVD-A (multi-channel) input to be

raised by 10dB.

< NORMAL: No gain compensation. This allows the DVD-A sub level to pass directly to the output

with no gain adjustment.

< +10DB: This increases the DVD-A (multi-channel input) sub level by 10dB

If you are using the AVP700 in combination with the multi-channel analogue outputs of an Arcam DVD-A

player, then this item should be set to ‘+10dB’.

4 – Speaker Delay Settings

The relative positioning of speakers

within a room may mean that sound

from some speakers arrives at the

listener later than sound from others.

By altering the delay settings for the

different speakers, this difference

in arrival time can be reduced or

eliminated.

When setting the delay, it should be

imagined that the listener is sitting

in a circle of the speakers; the delay

indicates the distance of the speaker

from the listener.

The speaker distance control can be used to set

automatically the appropriate time delays required

for all the speakers in your system. To use this,

measure from the usual listening position to the front

of each individual speaker in the system and

enter this value in the appropriate place. The

measurements can be entered either in feet or

(more precisely) in metres, as selected from

the ‘General Settings’ menu page. 1 foot is

approximately 0.3 metres.

An alternative to using the speaker distance

control is to enter the delays manually in

milliseconds.

Note that the delay adjustment is not a

substitute for proper speaker placement, but it

can help to ensure accurate and correct signal arrival times from all the channels to the primary

listening position.

No measurement can be entered for a speaker that is not selected in the previous ‘Speaker Sizes’

menu.

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Distance measurements for 5.1 [and 7.1]

speaker delay settings

Enter these delay

settings only once you

have speci ed which

delay units (i.e., Time,

Imperial or Metric) you

wish to use. Your settings

will be lost if the units are

changed.

If the delay units are set

to Time, then enter the

delay in milliseconds for

each channel.