Madrigal Imaging AVP2 owner manual special tip, Your Front L&R Speakers Treated

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important note about your subwoofer:

If you have THX-certified speakers all around, a shortcut for setting the configuration to the THX standard is provided. Simply move your cursor to the bottom line and press enter. This will set the menus for all the appropriate crossover settings at one touch. You may still select your own preference for the Auxiliary channels, however.

If you do not have THX speakers, define which (if any) of your speakers is full range, and select an appropriate crossover frequency for the others, below which bass is redirected to bass-capable speakers.

1ENTER THE SET CONFIGURATION MENU AND DEFINE HOW YOU WANT

YOUR FRONT L&R SPEAKERS TREATED

Using enter and the volume ± buttons, choose either full rng or an appro- priate crossover frequency for your front left and right speakers. Save your selection (enter).

2REPEAT THIS PROCESS FOR THE CENTER AND REAR SPEAKERS

Remember that you have an additional option with the center speaker of none (e.g., a phantom center channel). Similarly, if you do not yet have sur- round speakers installed, you can select none for them as well, and the in- formation intended for them will be mixed into the front channels.

3DEFINE YOUR SUBWOOFER APPROPRIATELY AND RETURN TO THE SET SPEAKERS MENU

You have the choice of full range (use this only if you intend to use the crossover in the subwoofer instead of the one in the AVP2); low pass (which will give the subwoofer any bass the other speakers cannot handle, plus the “.1” low frequency effects channel); or not used if you do not have a subwoofer. Note that without a subwoofer, the “.1” low frequency effects channel will be redirected to any speakers defined as full range.

4CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR AUXILIARY CHANNELS, IF ANYTHING

As notes above, your options include dual drive, stereo backs, center back, stereo subs, extra mono sub or not used. Note that whether dual drive or sides, using the aux channels for surround speakers will result in them having the same crossover characteristics as those defined for the sur- round speakers.

If you define all of your speakers as full range (as in the example above), the only signal left for the subwoofer to reproduce is the low frequency effects (LFE) or “.1” channel in discrete multichannel formats such as AC-3. Thus your subwoofer will normally remain inactive during other surround modes such as pro logic and stereo surround.

If you want your subwoofer to be contributing to the overall performance of your system more consistently, you need to give it something to do—by defining at