Kenwood KRF-X7775D manual Setting Up Speakers, Speaker Placement, Speaker Selection

Chapter Two : Setting Up Remote Control Unit

Setting Up Speakers

Setting Up

Before you can begin using the receiver to control your home entertainment system, you must set up Remote Control unit to operate your speakers effectively. There are three areas of speaker setup:

•SP Selection

•SP Level

•Bass Prek Level

•SP Distance

The receiver must be on and speakers must be connected before you can set up speakers.

Speaker Placement:

An example of installation is shown here.

Use this figure as a reference for installing the system ac- cording to the types of your speakers and conditions of your listening room.

36	FL	C	FR
		SW

SL SR

SBL/SBR (Surround back speakers) : The SBL/SBR speakers are required to reproduce the 6.1-channel signals. Place them on the left and right behind the listening posi- tion and at a height slightly higher than the SL/SR speak- ers.

Speaker Selection:

1.Press the POWER ON/STANDBY button on the main unit to turn the power on.

2.Press the MUSIC button or MOVIE button to display the “Menu”.

Tuner

FM

3. Press the Menu button (LCD function button 2).

5.Press the LCD cursor up/down button (, ) to se- lect “02. Surround”, then press the Enter button (LCD function button 2)

Surround

Sub

Home

6. Press the LCD cursor up/down button ( ,	) to se-
lect Sub Woofer On or Off, then press the Next button
(LCD function button 2).
• If you selected On for the subwoofer, all of the bass
below 80Hz is removed from all other Nml (Normal)/
THX setting speakers in your system and is sent to

SBL SBR Home

the subwoofer in all listening modes. This improves

your speakers’ power handling and reduces overall dis-

tortion.

• If you selected Off for the subwoofer, the bass tone

FL/FR (Front speakers) : Place to the front left and right of the listening position. Front speakers are required for all surround modes.

C (Center speaker) : Place front and center. This speaker stabilizes the sound image and helps recreate sound mo- tion.

SW (Subwoofer) : Reproduces powerful deep bass sounds.

SL/SR (Surround speakers) : Place to the direct left and right, or slightly behind, the listening position at even heights, approximately 1 meter above the ears of the listen- ers.

4. Press the Setup button (LCD function button 2).

01.IR

02.Surround

03.Contrast Home

is removed from all other Nml/THX setting speakers

in your system and is sent to the front L and R speakers.

Select Nml/THX for the speaker for use in THX re-

production.

7. When the front (left and right) speaker setting menu

(Front) appears, select Front Nml (Normal)/THX or

Large in the same way as step 6, then press the Next

button. (If you set the subwoofer to Off in step 6, skip

this step.)