Advanced Setup—Continued

Speaker Level Calibration

These settings are set automatically by the Automatic Speaker Setup function (see page 52).

With the Level Calibration settings, you can adjust the level of each speaker while listening to the test tone so that the volume of each speaker is the same at the listen- ing position.

Note:

• The test tone is output at the standard level for THX,

which is 0 dB (absolute volume setting 82). If you nor-

mally listen at volume settings below this, be careful

because the test tone will be much louder.

3

ENTER

ENTER

Use the Up and Down []/[ ] buttons to select “4. Level Cali- bration,” and then press [ENTER].

The Level Calibration screen appears and the pink noise test tone is output by the front left speaker.

2-4.Level Calibration

Left

-12.0dB

Center

-12.0dB

Right

-12.0dB

Surr Right

-12.0dB

Surr Back R

-12.0dB

Surr Back L

-12.0dB

Surr Left

-12.0dB

Subwoofer

-15.0dB

1

Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE

MODE button, followed by the

 

RECEIVER

[SETUP] button.

The main menu appears onscreen.

SETUP

Note:

Levels cannot be adjusted for speak- ers set to No or None in the Speaker Configuration (page 94).

4

 

Use the Up and Down [

]/[

]

 

buttons to select a speaker, and

 

 

 

 

use the Left and Right [

]/[

]

 

ENTER

buttons to adjust the level.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Levels can be adjusted from –12 to

 

 

 

+12 dB in 0.5 dB steps (–15 to +12 dB

2

ENTER

ENTER

Use the Up and Down []/[ ] buttons to select “2. Speaker Setup,” and then press [ENTER].

The Speaker Setup menu appears.

2.Speaker Setup

1.Speaker Settings 2.Speaker Config 3.Speaker Distance 4.Level Calibration 5.Equalizer Settings 6.THX Audio Setup

 

for the subwoofer).

 

 

5

Repeat step 4 for each speaker

so that the volume of the test

 

 

tone from each speaker is the

 

same.

 

If you’re using a handheld sound level

 

meter, adjust the level of each speaker

 

so that it reads 75 dB SPL at the listen-

 

ing position, measured with C-weight-

 

ing and slow reading.

 

 

6

Press the [SETUP] button.

Setup closes.

 

 

S

 

E

 

T

 

UP

Note:

Speaker levels can also be adjusted by using the dedi- cated buttons 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

[LEVEL–] and [LEVEL+] buttons to adjust the level.

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