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Preparing for surround sound

If you selected other than “LARGE” as the center speaker setting,
1SURR ON : Surround speaker setting mode to the re-
ceiver is ON.
2SURR OFF : Surround speaker setting mode to the re-
ceiver is OFF.
• When the setting “SURR OFF” is selected, the procedure skips
to step #.
9Press the MM
MM
M key or Joystick (3) again to accept the setting.
• The surround speaker setting indication “SB” appears.
0Use the MULTI CONTROL knob or Joystick (5/∞) to select
appropriate surround back speaker setting.
If you selected “LARGE” as the surround speaker setting,
1SB NORMAL : Average size surround back speaker is
connected to the receiver.
2SB LARGE : Large surround back speaker is
connected to the receiver.
3SB OFF : Surround back speaker setting mode to
the receiver is OFF.
L
SL S SB SR
CR
SP MUTE
OPTICAL 6CH INPUT
COAXIAL ANALOG 96kHzfs
CINEMA EQ.
ACTIVE EQ.
DSP MODE
DTS.
MATRIX
DISCRETE
DOLBY DIGITAL
PRO LOGIC
STEREO
LOUDNESS
NEO:6
CSII
A B CLIP
AUTO DETECT THX
AUTO
RDS
RTY
MEMO
STEREO
TUNED
Surround EX
SW
LFE
If you selected “NORMAL” as the surround speaker setting,
1SB ON : Surround back speaker setting mode to the
receiver is ON.
2SB OFF : Surround back speaker setting mode to the
receiver is OFF.
• After setting SB (surround back) from OFF to ON, 6ch AMP setup
display will appear to enable you to re-select either SW or SB from
the surround back or subwoofer speaker terminal.
!Press the MM
MM
M key or Joystick (3) again to accept the setting
and “SURR:MIX” appears.
• Surr:mix is when the SL and SR speakers signals are mixed to
produce sound from the surround back speaker which would
enable the listener to enjoy sound coming from the back.
L
SL S SB SR
CR
SP MUTE
OPTICAL 6CH INPUT
COAXIAL ANALOG 96kHzfs
CINEMA EQ.
ACTIVE EQ.
DSP MODE
DTS.
MATRIX
DISCRETE
DOLBY DIGITAL
PRO LOGIC
STEREO
LOUDNESS
NEO:6
CSII
A B CLIP
AUTO DETECT THX
AUTO
RDS
RTY
MEMO
STEREO
TUNED
Surround EX
SW
LFE
@Use the MULTI CONTROL knob or Joystick (5/∞) to select
the following.
1SURR:MIX ON : Surround mix setting mode to the
receiver is ON.
2SURR:MIX OFF : Surround mix setting mode to the
receiver is OFF.
• If surround back speaker is turned OFF, SURR:MIX setting is not
visible and the procedure skips to step #.
#Press the MM
MM
M key or Joystick (3) again to accept the setting.
• The subwoofer remix setting indication “SW RE-MIX” appears.
$Use the MULTI CONTROL knob or Joystick (5/∞) to select
the appropriate subwoofer re-mix setting.
1SW RE-MIX ON : Subwoofer re-mix setting mode to
the receiver is ON.
2SW RE-MIX OFF : Subwoofer re-mix setting mode to
the receiver is OFF.
• If subwoofer is turned OFF, subwoofer re-mix setting is not visible.
%Press the SETUP key again to return to the main setup displays.
• The receiver enters the speaker volume level adjustment mode.
• In steps 4 and 5, indications appear only for the selected
channels of the speakers that require adjusting.
4

Adjust the speaker volume level.

From your usual listening position, adjust the volume levels. The
volume levels from each speaker should be the same.
1Press the MM
MM
M/??
??
? keys or Joystick (2/3) to select TEST TONE.
2Press the SETUP key for the following displays:
1T.TONE AUTO
2T.TONE MANUAL
3The selection of AUTO/MANUAL TEST TONE is done by the
MULTI CONTROL knob or Joystick (5/∞).
Press the SETUP key again to begin TEST TONE.
Use the MULTI CONTROL knob or Joystick (5/∞) to adjust
the volume level of the test tone output from the speaker
channel to be adjusted.
For AUTO selection, the first test tone is heard from the front left
speaker for 2.5 seconds. The next test tone is heard from the
speakers in the following sequence for 2 seconds each.
LEFT CNTR RIGHT
SRSBSLSUBW
The channel indication blinks while the test tone is being output.
L
SL S SB SR
CR
SP MUTE
OPTICAL 6CH INPUT
COAXIAL ANALOG 96kHzfs
CINEMA EQ.
ACTIVE EQ.
DSP MODE
DTS.
MATRIX
DISCRETE
DOLBY DIGITAL
PRO LOGIC
STEREO
LOUDNESS
NEO:6
CSII
A B CLIP
AUTO DETECT THX
AUTO
RDS
RTY
MEMO
STEREO
TUNED
Surround EX
SW
LFE
• 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 OFF, the speaker level settings
are reset.
For MANUAL selection, press the MM
MM
M/??
??
? keys or Joystick (2/3)
each time to select the speaker channel.
4Press the SETUP key again.
• The test tone is turned off and return to the main setup displays.
5

Input the distance to the speakers.

1Press the MM
MM
M/??
??
? keys or Joystick (2/3) to select the SP
DISTANCE on setup displays and press the SETUP key again.
2Measure the distance from the listening position to each of
the speakers.
Jot down the distance to each of the speakers.
Distance to Front left speaker (L) : ____ feet (meters)
Distance to Center speaker (C) : ____ feet (meters)
Distance to Front right speaker (R) : ____ feet (meters)
Distance to Surround right (SR) : ____ feet (meters)
Distance to Surround back (SB) : ____ feet (meters)
Distance to Surround left (SL) : ____ feet (meters)
Distance to Subwoofer (SW) : ____ feet (meters)
3Use the MM
MM
M/??
??
? keys or Joystick (2/3) to select the speakers
and the MULTI CONTROL knob or Joystick (5/∞) to adjust
the distance to the front speakers.
The speaker indicator to be adjusted blinks.
L
SL S SB SR
CR
SP MUTE
OPTICAL 6CH INPUT
COAXIAL ANALOG 96kHzfs
CINEMA EQ.
ACTIVE EQ.
DSP MODE
DTS.
MATRIX
DISCRETE
DOLBY DIGITAL
PRO LOGIC
STEREO
LOUDNESS
NEO:6
CSII
A B CLIP
AUTO DETECT THX
AUTO
RDS
RTY
MEMO
STEREO
TUNED
Surround EX
SW
LFE
• The allowable setting range is 1 to 30 feet (0.3 to 9.0 m),
adjustable in 1 foot (0.3 m) increments.
Indication in feet Indication in meters

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•VR6060/21-28/EN 3/11/02, 8:50 PM21