Setup—Continued

Sp Distance (Speaker Distance)

With the Speaker Distance settings, you can specify the distances from the speakers to your listening position.

Unit

feet:

Distances can be set in feet. Range: 1 to 30 feet in 1-foot steps.

meters:

Distances can be set in meters. Range: 0.3 to 9 meters in 0.3-meter steps.

On North American models, the default set- ting is feet. On other models, it’s meters.

Front, Center, SurrRight (Surround Right), SurrLef (Surround Left), Subwoofer

Speakers set to No or None in the Speaker Configuration on page 39 cannot be selected. The default value is 0.

Notes:

The Center and Subwoofer distances can be set up to 5 ft. (1.5 m) more or less than the Front distance. For example, if the Front distance is set to 20 ft. (6 m), the Center and Subwoofer distances can be set between 15 and 25 ft. (4.5 and 7.5 m).

The Surround distance can be set up to 5 ft. (1.5 m) more or 15 ft. (4.5 m) less than the Front distance. For example, if the Front distance is set to 20 ft. (6 m), the Surround distance can be set between 5 and 25 ft. (1.5 and 7.5 m), and if the Front distance is set to 10 ft. (3 m), they can be set between 1 and 15 ft. (0.3 and 4.5 m).

Level Cal (Level Calibration)

With the Level Calibration settings, you can adjust the volume of each speaker so that all speakers can be heard equally at your listen- ing position.

Left, Center, Right, SurrRight (Surround Right), SurrLef (Surround Left), Subwoofer

The levels can be adjusted from –12 to

+12 dB in 1 dB steps (–15 to +12 dB for the subwoofer). The default value is 0.

Notes:

Speakers set to No or None in the Speaker Configuration on page 39 cannot be selected.

When you play source material that con- tains no information in the LFE (Low Fre- quency Effects) channel, the subwoofer will produce no sound.

These levels can also be adjusted by using the [TEST TONE] button on the remote controller. Press the [TEST TONE] button to output the test tone. Use the [CH SEL]

button to select each speaker, and use the Left and Right []/[] buttons to adjust the level. The dB indicator flashes while the levels are being adjusted.

Audio Adjust

With the Audio Adjust settings, you can adjust the sound and listening modes as you like.

Input (Mux)

This setting determines which channel of a stereo multiplex source is output. Use it to select audio channels or languages with mul- tiplex sources, multilingual TV broadcasts, and so on.

Main:

The main channel is output (default).

Sub:

The sub channel is output.

M/S:

Both the main and sub channels are out- put.

Input (Mono)

This setting determines which channel is out- put when the Mono listening mode is used with a stereo source.

L+R:

Both the left and right channels are output (default).

L:

Only the left channel is output.

R:

Only the right channel is output.

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Onkyo HTX-22HDXPAW, HTX-22HDXST instruction manual Sp Distance Speaker Distance, Level Cal Level Calibration, Audio Adjust

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