Kenwood KRF-X7775D manual SP Level, Surround Test Home

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8.When the center speaker setting menu (Center) appears, select Center Nml/THX, Large or Off in the same way as step 6, then press the Next button. Select Off when no center speaker is connected. (If you select Nml/THX in step 7. “Large” cannot be selected here.)

9.When the surround (left and right) speaker setting menu (Surround) appears, select Surround Nml/THX, Large or Off in the same way as step 6, then press the Next button. Select Off when no surround speaker is con- nected. (If you select Nml/THX in step 7. “Large” can- not be selected here)

10.When the surround back (left and right) speaker set- ting menu (Sur. Back) appears, select Sur. Back Nml/ THX, Large or Off in the same way as step 6, then press the Next button. Select Off when no surround back speaker is connected. (If you select Nml/THX in step 7. “Large” cannot be selected here. If you select the sur- round to Off in step 9, skip this step and surround back speakers select Off automatically.)

•Select Nml/THX if the speaker is not capable of pro- ducing clean, deep bass energy at output levels that match those produced by a typical powered subwoofer. All bass below 80Hz in that channel is removed from that speaker and is sent to the sub- woofer (or sent to the front speakers if subwoofer is set to off) in all listening modes. Most speakers should be considered Nml/THX. If no subwoofer is connected, that signal is sent to front left and right speakers.

If you have THX certified speakers, select the Nml setting.

•Select Large if the speaker is capable of producing clean, deep bass energy at output levels that match those produced by a typical powered subwoofer. All bass below 80Hz in that channel is left in that speaker in all listening modes.

The subwoofer may not output audio depending on the setups of the input signal, speakers and listen mode.

Speaker combinations that can be selected with custom setup

Subwoofer	Front	Center	Surround	Surround back
	speakers	speaker	speakers	speakers
			Nml/THX	Nml/THX
		Nml/THX		Off
	Nml/THX
		Off
			Off	Off
On			Nml/THX	Nml/THX
		Nml/THX
				Large
	Large		Large
		Large		Off
		Off	Off	Off
		Nml/THX	Nml/THX	Nml/THX
				Large
			Large
		Large		Off
		Off	Off	Off
Off	Large
			Nml/THX	Nml/THX
		Nml/THX
				Large
			Large
		Large		Off
		Off	Off	Off

Off : Donot use

11.When the subwoofer re-mixing setting menu (SW Re- Mix) appears, select On or Off in the same way as step 6. (If you set the subwoofer to Off in step 6, skip this step.)

•To output the bass from the subwoofer in any mode, set SW Re-Mixto On. SW Re-Mixmixes some of the bass components in the signals for all the speakers and output it to the subwoofer.

The SW Re-Mixis defeated when the left and right Front speakers are set to Nml/THX.

12.Press the Next button to proceed to the “SP Level” set- ting below.

Press the Home button to quit setting and return to the normal operation screen.

When activating the THX operation, it is recommended to set SW Re-MixOFF-THX so that the THX operation can match correctly the human sense of audition.

SP Level

Now position yourself in the listening position of your AV room and adjust the balance between the volume levels of all speakers, except for the subwoofer, by actually listening to them (To set the subwoofer level, see “Adjusting the

Subwoofer Level” on page 38.). You need to set all the speak- ers to the same levels in order to enjoy the realistic, widely expanding surround sound.

It is recommended to use a SPL meter to adjust the speaker levels accurately. (See “To obtain accurate output levels” on page 38)

When setting the speaker levels, be careful against the high-level test tone that is produced.

1.Minimize external noise in the listening room.

2.Position yourself in a place where you usually listen to music or view video.

3.In step 11 of the speaker selection procedure above, se- lect Next.

4.“Test Tone = Off” appears on the display.

5.Press the LCD cursor up/down button (, ) to se- lect On, then press the Next button (LCD function but- ton 2)

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6.Test noise is generated from the front left speaker. Lis- ten to the volume of the noise carefully.

The test noise moves from a speaker to the next speaker every about 2 seconds. The test noise does not move while a control is manipulated.

7.Listen to the test noise level carefully. If the noise level from the center speaker differs from that from the front

left speaker, press the or button to make the noise level equal. (Do not adhere to the displayed vol- ume levels because they are provided for mere references. Use your own ears to check if the levels from two speak- ers are identical or not.)

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