8. 8. Move the microphone to the second listening position, select “START” with the 3/4 cursor buttons and press the OK/ENTER button to measure the second point. At this point, you can cancel second point measurement and calculate measurement results by selecting “CALCULATE” and pressing the OK/ENTER button.

AUTO SETUP

SPEAKERS CHECK:OK

2ND MIC POSITION!!

START CALCULATE

EXIT

9. Repeat steps 7 and 8 until measuring 6 points between the main listening position and surrounding positions.

When all measurements end, the following OSD appears on the display.

AUTO SETUP

SPEAKERS CHECK:OK

CALCULATE

EXIT

Select “CALCULATE” with the 3/4 cursor buttons and press the OK/ENTER button to calculate measurement results. During calculations, the following OSD appears on the display.

AUTO SETUP

______________

NOW CALCULATE !!

EXIT

Note:

Less than 6 positions can be measured, but it is recommended to measure in all 6 positions in order to obtain the best results.

The time needed to complete calculations depends on the number of connected speakers and measured listening positions. The more speakers and listening positions, the more time is needed.

10. Checking Measurement Results

When calculations for the measurement results end, a screen appears for confirming the calculation results.

CHECK RESULT

SPEAKER CONFIG

SPEAKER SIZE

DISTANCE

CHANNEL LEVEL

CROSSOVER FREQ

STORE

EXIT

Select items to check with the 3/4 cursor buttons and press the OK/ENTER button to enter them.

Note:

To check equalizer (MultEQ) parameters, see page 39.

[Example] Confirmation screen for speaker detection

SPEAKER

CONFIG

CHECK

!!

SPEAKER

FRONT

: YES

CENTER

: NON

FRONT R

: YES

SURR . R

: YES

SURR . B R : NON

SURR . B L : NON

SURR . L

: YES

SUB W

: YES

RETURN

 

NEXT

[Example] Confirmation screen for the distance from speakers to the listening position

 

 

DISTANCE

UNIT

 

 

:

ft

FRONT

L

 

:

30 . 00ft

CENTER

 

 

:

19 . 33ft

FRONT

R

 

:

29 . 66ft

SURR . R

 

 

:

21 . 50ft

SURR . B

 

R

:

12 . 33ft

SURR . B

 

L

:

11 . 66ft

SURR . L

 

 

:

16 . 33ft

SUB W

 

 

:

12 . 50ft

RETURN

 

 

 

NEXT

*The units can be changed by moving the cursor to [ft] of UNIT and pressing 1 / 2 the cursor buttons. Each time a 1 / 2 cursor button is pressed, the units alternate between [ft] (feet) and [m] (meters).

[Example] Confirmation screen for speaker size and crossover frequency

SPEAKER

SIZE

FRONT

L

 

: AUTO

CENTER

 

 

: AUTO

FRONT

R

 

: AUTO

SURR . R

 

 

: AUTO

SURR . B

 

R

: AUTO

SURR . B

 

L

: AUTO

SURR . L

 

 

: AUTO

SUB W

 

 

: AUTO

RETURN

 

 

NEXT

CROSSOVER FREQ

FRONT

 

: AUTO

CENTER

 

: AUTO

SURR

 

: AUTO

SURR . B

 

: AUTO

RETURN

*AUTO is displayed to indicate that the speaker size and crossover frequency results were automatically measured.

11. Storing Measurement Results in Memory

Once finished confirming the measurement results, select “RETURN” with the 3/4 cursor buttons and press the OK/ENTER button to display the CHECK RESULT screen.

CHANNEL

 

LEVEL

FRONT

L

:

0

. 0dB

CENTER

 

: - 6 . 5dB

FRONT

R

: - 1 . 5dB

SURR . R

 

:

+1

. 0dB

SURR . B

R

:

+9

. 5dB

SURR . B

L

:

+12

. 0dB

SURR . L

 

: - 2 . 5dB

SUB W

 

: - 12 . 5dB

RETURN

 

 

NEXT

CHECK RESULT

SPEAKER CONFIG

SPEAKER SIZE

DISTANCE

CHANNEL LEVEL

CROSSOVER FREQ

STORE

EXIT

Place the cursor on “STORE” and press the OK/ENTER button to store all parameters including the equalizer parameters in memory. If not wanting to store the calculation results in memory, place the cursor on “EXIT” and press the OK/ENTER button.

Note:

ENGLISH

Pressing “EXIT” prior to pressing “STORE” erases all

 

measurement results and calculation results, therefore

 

operate the remote control unit with care.

 

When storing operations end, the following OSD

 

 

appears on the display.

 

2 . SPKR SETUP

AUTO SETUP

MANUAL SETUP

THX AUDIO SETUP

RETURN

EXIT

Note:

Do not turn the power to the SR7001 off while storing parameters in memory. This may erase all data in the SR7001’s memory and may damage the receiver.

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