JVC RX-8020VBK manual Setting the Speakers

1Setting the Speakers

To obtain the best possible surround sound from the Surround and DSP modes, you have to register the setting about the speaker arrangement after all connections are completed.

7Subwoofer setting—SUBWOOFER

[On-screen display] [Front panel]

Select whether you have connected a subwoofer or not.

YES	: Select this when a subwoofer is connected.
NO	: Select this when no subwoofer is used.

Note:

If you have selected “NO” for the subwoofer, you cannot use

SUBWOOFER OUT ON/OFF on the front panel.

7Sizes for front speakers, center speaker, surround speakers, and surround back speakers–—FRONT SPK, CENTER (CNTR) SPK, SURR SPK, S BACK (SBACK) SPK

[On-screen display] [Front panel]

7Surround back speakers quantity—S BACK (SBACK)

OUT

[On-screen display] [Front panel]

Select the surround back speakers quantity.

2SPK	: Select this to use 2 surround back speakers.
1SPK	: Select this to use 1 surround back speaker.

Notes:

•If you have selected “NONE” for the surround back speakers (see the left), this setting cannot be available.

•If you have selected “1SPK” for the surround back speaker quantity, connect the surround back speaker to the PRE OUT SURR BACK L (left) jack.

7Selecting surround speakers to use—SURR CH (OUT)

[On-screen display] [Front panel]

English

Select the sizes for each connected speaker.

LARGE : Select this when the speaker size is relatively large.

SMALL : Select this when the speaker size is relatively small.

NONE : Select this when you have not connected a speaker. (Not selectable for the front speakers)

Notes:

•Keep the following comments in mind as reference when adjusting.

–If the size of the cone speaker unit built in your speaker is larger than 12 cm (4 3/4 inches), select “LARGE,” and if it is smaller than 12 cm (4 3/4 inches), select “SMALL.”

•If you have selected “NO” for the subwoofer setting, you can only select “LARGE” for the front speakers.

•If you have selected “SMALL” for the front speakers, you cannot select “LARGE” for the center, surround, and surround back speakers.

•If you have selected “SMALL” for the surround speakers, you cannot select “LARGE” for the surround back speakers.

•If you have selected “NONE” for the surround speakers, the surround back speakers are fixed to “NONE.”

Select the surround speakers to activate when playing back 5.1-multi-channel software.

SURR	: Select this to use only the left and right
	surround speakers.
SBACK	: Select this to use only the surround back
	speakers.
SURR+SBK	: Select this to use both the surround speakers
(S+SBK)	and surround back speakers.

Notes:

•If you have selected “NONE” for the surround back speakers (see the left), this setting is skipped.

•If you have selected “1SPK” for the surround back speaker quantity, this setting is skipped. The surround channels’ signals are output through the surround speakers.

•This setting is ignored when performing 6.1-channel reproduction.

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