Activating the Surround Sounds

5. Press Control @/ # to select the center mode.

Each time you press the button, the center modes change as follows:

WIDE NORMAL PHANTOM

WIDE

Select this mode when the center speaker can reproduce the bass

 

better than the front speakers. All signals of the center channel are

 

output through the center speaker.

 

 

NORMAL

Select this mode when the center speaker cannot reproduce the

 

bass better than the front speakers. The bass portions of the center

 

channel signals are output through the front speakers.

 

 

PHANTOM

Select this mode when you do not use a center speaker. The center

 

speaker channel signals are output through the front speakers.

 

 

6. Press Control %/ Þ until “–DELAY +” appears on the display.

7. Press Control @/ #to adjust the delay time of the rear speaker output.

Each time you press the button, the delay time changes as follows:

DELAY 1 DELAY 2 DELAY 3

DELAY 1

Select this when the distance from you to your rear speakers is

 

greater than that to the front speakers.

 

 

 

DELAY 2

Select this when the distance from you to your rear speakers is

 

almost equal to that to the front speakers.

 

 

DELAY 3

Select this when the distance from you to your rear speakers is less

 

than that to the front speakers.

 

 

 

8. Press Control %/ Þ until “TEST” appears on the display, then press Control @/ # to start checking the speaker output balance.

“TEST” starts flashing on the display, and a test tone comes out of the speakers in the following order:

Left front

 

Center

 

Right front

speaker

 

speaker

 

speaker

Rear speakers

Note:

When you have selected “3CHLOGIC,” you cannot select “PHANTOM.”

Note:

When you have selected “3CHLOGIC” or “THEATER,” you cannot adjust the delay time.

Notes:

No test tone comes out of the rear speakers when you have selected “3CHLOGIC.”

No test tone comes out of the center speaker when you select “PHANTOM” for the center mode.

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JVC RX-554VBK manual Press Control @/ # to select the center mode, Wide, Normal, Phantom, Delay

RX-554VBK specifications

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