Preparing for surround sound
Speaker settings
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To enable you to obtain optimum enjoyment from the receiver’s listening modes, make sure to complete the speaker settings as described below.
SETUP
MULTI CONTROL
Preparations
VIDEO 
7Press the SETUP key to accept the setting.
•The receiver enters the speaker volume level adjustment mode.
•In steps 3 and 4, indications appear only for the selected channels of the speakers that require adjusting.
3Adjust the volume levels for the speakers.
Sit in your normal listening position and listen to the test tone. Adjust the volume levels for the speakers until all speakers seem to be equally loud.
1Use the MULTI CONTROL (TUNING/SKIP) to adjust the volume when the test tone is being output from the speaker channel to be adjusted.
The channel indication blinks while the test tone is being output.
SP 
A
TUNING/SKIP 
L
SW
Lch +1dB
SETUP
1Turn on the receiver.
2Select a speaker system.
The test tone issues from the speakers for 1.5 seconds at a time in the following sequence:
Lch = Cch = Rch = RS = LS = SW = Lch
•If you change the volume level settings for the speakers while
%listening to music, the settings referred to on this page are also
changed.°
•If the speaker setting selects are changed, the speaker level settings are reset.
1Press the SETUP key to make the subwoofer setting indica- tion (SUBW) appear.
SP A | L | R | sUBW NO STEREO |
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| SW |
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2Use the MULTI CONTROL (TUNING/SKIP) to select the appro- priate subwoofer setting.
1 SUBW YES: A subwoofer is connected to the receiver. 
2 SUBW NO: No subwoofer is connected to the receiver.
3Press the SETUP key to accept the setting.
• The center speaker setting indication (CNTR) appears.
SP A | L | R | CNTRYEsSTEREO |
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| SW |
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4Use the MULTI CONTROL (TUNING/SKIP) to select the appro- priate center speaker setting.
If you selected “YES” as the subwoofer setting.
1 CNTR YES: A center speaker is connected to the
receiver.
2 CNTR NO: No center speaker is connected to the receiver.
2Press the SETUP key.
•The receiver enters the mode for inputting the distance to the speakers.
4Input the distance to the speakers.
1 Measure the distance from the listening position to each of the speakers.
Jot down the distance to each of the speakers.
Distance to front speakers: | ____ feets (meters) |
Distance to center speaker: | ____ feets (meters) |
Distance to surround speakers: | ____ feets (meters) |
2Use the MULTI CONTROL (TUNING/SKIP) to select the distance to the front speakers.
The speaker indicator to be adjusted blinks.
SP A | L | R | 1)FT3. | )M |
Indication in feet Indication in meters
• The allowable setting range is 1 to 30 feet (0.3 to 9.0 m), adjustable in 1 foot (0.3 m) increments.
If you selected “NO” as the subwoofer setting.
1 CNTR NML (normal): An average size center speaker is connected to the receiver.
2CNTR LRG (large): A large center speaker is con-
nected to the receiver.
3 CNTR NO:No center speaker is connected to the receiver.
5Press the SETUP key to accept the setting.
• The surround speaker setting indication (SURR) appears.
6Use the MULTI CONTROL (TUNING/SKIP) to select the appro- priate surround speaker setting.
1 SURR YES: Surround speakers are connected to the receiver.
2 SURR NO: No surround speakers are connected to the receiver.
3Press the SETUP key.
4Repeat steps 2 and 3 to input the distance for each of the speakers.
5Setup is complete when the input indication reappears.
SP A | L | R | C |
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| SW |
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Display when all speakers have been selected.
•The speakers you selected appear on the display. Confirm that all the speakers have been correctly selected.
•If you used the remote control to perform the settings, press the VIDEO key at this point to turn off the remote control’s own
adjustment mode. In this case, the input source is not switched.