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Advanced Setup

Advanced Speaker Settings

ON/STANDBY

REMOTE MODE

 

 

RECEIVER

DVD

RECEIVER

 

 

TAPE

 

 

INPUT SELECTOR

 

 

1

2

3

CD

 

V1

V2

V3

 

 

4

5

6

MD

 

 

MULTI CH

DVD

 

 

7

8

9

CDR

 

TAPE

TUNER

CD

 

 

+10

0

CLR

HDD

 

3

ENTER

Use the Up and Down []/[ ] buttons to select “2. SP Dis- tance,” and then press the [ENTER] button.

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DIMMER

SLEEP

 

 

 

CH

VOL

 

 

DISC

 

 

ALBUM

 

TOP MENU

 

 

MENU

SP A / B

 

 

MUTING

ENTER

ENTER

 

 

 

 

PLAYLIST

 

PLAYLIST

RETURN

 

 

SETUP

RETURN

 

 

SETUP

 

LISTENING MODE

 

STEREO

SURROUND

 

 

AUDIO SUBTITLE RANDOM

REPEAT

TEST TONE

CH SEL

LEVEL-

LEVEL+

PLAY MODE

 

 

DISPLAY

OR-EQ

L NIGHT

CINE FLTR

 

RC-646S

 

Speaker Distance

The speaker distance setting cannot be changed while a pair of headphones is con- nected, speaker set B is on, or the multichan- nel input is being used.

4

While “Unit” is displayed, use the

 

 

Left and Right [ ]/[ ] buttons to

 

select feet or meters.

feet: Distances in feet. Can be set from 1 to 30 feet in 1-foot steps.

meters: Distances in meters. Can be set from 0.3 to 9 meters in 0.3-meter steps.

5

Use the Down [

] button to

 

select “Front,” and use the Left

 

and Right [ ]/[

] buttons to

 

specify the distance for the “front

 

speakers,” then press the Down

 

[ ] button to select the next

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speaker.

 

Repeat step 5 for all speakers.

 

 

Note:

 

 

Speakers that you set to No or None in

 

the Speaker Configuration (page 52)

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cannot be selected.

 

Press the [SETUP] button.

 

 

Setup closes.

 

 

When you want to go back up one

SETUP

menu level to “SP Distance,” press the

 

[RETURN] button.

 

To get the best from surround sound, it’s important that the sound from each speaker reaches the listener at the same time. To achieve this, you need to specify the dis- tance from each speaker to the listening position.

1

 

Measure and make a note of the

 

 

 

 

distance from each speaker to

 

 

the listening position.

 

 

 

2

 

Press the [RECEIVER] button fol-

RECEIVER

lowed by the [SETUP] button on

 

 

the remote controller.

SETUP

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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 distances 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 SurrRight and Surr Left distances can be set between 5 and 25 ft. (1.5 and 7.5 m).

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Onkyo SKM-340S, SKC-340C, SKF-340F, SKW-340 instruction manual Advanced Setup, Advanced Speaker Settings, Speaker Distance

SKW-340, SKM-340S, SKF-340F, SKC-340C specifications

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