Advanced Setup—Continued

Speaker Level Calibration

These settings are set automatically by the Automatic Speaker Setup function (see page 40).

With these 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 listening position.

Notes:

• The speakers cannot be calibrated while the output of

the AV receiver is muted or a pair of headphones is

connected.

• Because the AV receiver supports THX, the test

tone is output at the standard level of 0 dB (abso-

lute volume setting 82). If you normally listen at

volume settings below this, be careful because the

3

ENTER

ENTER

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

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

3-4.Level Calibration

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a.Left

:

0dB

b.Center

:

0dB

c.Right

:

0dB

d.Surround R

:

0dB

e.SurrBack R

:

0dB

f.SurrBack L

:

0dB

g.Surround L

:

0dB

h.Subwoofer

:

0dB

test tone will be much louder.

1

RECEIVER

Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE

MODE button, followed by the

 

 

[SETUP] button.

The main menu appears onscreen.

2

 

Use the Up and Down [ ]/[ ]

 

 

 

 

buttons to select “3. Speaker

 

 

Setup,” and then press [ENTER].

 

ENTER

The Speaker Setup menu appears.

 

 

ENTER

Note:

Speakers that you set to No or None on the Speaker Config menu (page 70) cannot be adjusted.

4

Use the Up and Down [ ]/[ ]

 

 

buttons to select each speaker,

 

and use the Left and Right

 

ENTER

 

[ ]/[ ] buttons to set the vol-

 

ume.

 

The level can be adjusted from –12 to

 

+12 dB in 1 dB steps (–15 to +12 dB

 

for the subwoofer).

5

Repeat step 4 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 it reads 75 dB SPL at the listening

 

position, measured with C-weighting

 

and slow reading.

6

Press the [SETUP] button.

 

 

Setup closes.

Note:

The speaker levels can also be changed by using the dedicated 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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SR804 specifications

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