Chapter Two : Setting Up PowerTouch

Setting Up Speakers

Before you can begin using the receiver to control your home entertainment system, you must set up PowerTouch to op- erate your speakers effectively. There are four areas of speaker setup:

SP Selection

SP Distance

SP Level

Bass Peak Level

You can set up your speakers in the order presented here (via the Next button) or individually, selecting each option from the Surround menu.

The receiver must be on, speakers must be connected, and Speaker A on the front panel must be turned on 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.

FL

C

FR

 

 

SW

 

SL

SR

SBL

SBR

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

To begin setting up speakers:

1.Touch (setup) on the Quick access menu to access the Setup menu.

2. Touch on the Setup settings.

1Aim PowerTouch at the receiver. If the speaker is present, touch the speaker button until “Yes” appears in the button. (SW=subwoofer, C=center, SL=surround left, SR=surround right, SBL=surround back left and SBR=surround back right back):

If you selected Yes for the subwoofer, all of the bass

below 80Hz is removed from other speakers in your system and is sent to the subwoofer in all listening 37 modes. This improves your speakers’ power handling and reduces overall distortion.

2Touch to save your settings.

3Touch to move to the next speaker setting or

touch to return to the Setup Surround menu.

Speaker Combinations That Can be Selected with Quick Setup

Remote Setup

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 motion.

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.

SP Selection

1.Touch on the Setup Surround menu to open the Speaker Selection menu:

2.Kenwood provides two ways to set up your speakers:

Quick Setup: Use this method for a simplified setup where you identify whether a speaker is present and let the receiver automatically determine the appropriate speaker settings.

Subwoofer

Center

Surround

Surround back

speaker

speakers

speakers

 

 

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

 

No

No

No

No

 

 

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Kenwood VR-5900 setup guide Setting Up Speakers, SP Selection, Speaker placement