Onkyo TX-DS696 appendix Speaker setup, Speaker Configuration submenu

Speaker setup

After you have installed the TX-DS696, connected all the components, and determined the speaker layout, it is now time to perform the settings in the Speaker Setup menu for the optimum sound acoustics for your environment and speaker layout.

Before you perform the following settings, it is important that you first determine the following characteristics:

•The types and sizes of the speakers that are connected.

•The distance from each speaker to your normal listening position.

Before performing the settings, write down your speaker settings in the diagram below for future reference.

Your speaker settings:

		Monitor
Front	SW	Center	Front

b	c	b
		a. meters / feet
		b. [	]m/ft
		c. [	]m/ft
		d. [	]m/ft
d		d
SL			SR

Use the buttons on the TX-DS696 to navigate through the menus and set the various settings and parameters according to your system setup and layout.

Buttons to be used

Setup button:

SETUPPress to enter the main menu level and put the TX-

DS696 in the mode for setting the various parameters.

If currently in the setting mode, press to exit.

	Jog dial:
DSP/MODE ADJ	If the indicators directly above and below the jog dial
	are lit, turning the jog dial selects a submenu and
	pushing the jog dial enters the selected submenu (i.e.
PUSH TO ENTER	takes you one level down).
DSP/MODE ADJ	If the indicators directly to the left and right of the jog
	dial are lit, turning the jog dial changes the setting of
	the currently selected parameter and pushing the jog

Jog dial

SETUP

REC OUT

ZONE 2 ZONE 2 LEVEL

CH LEVEL

MASTER VOLUME

STANDBY/ON

DSP/MODE ADJ

SETUP

STANDBY

RETURN

POWER

PUSH TO ENTER

ON

OFF

DISPLAY

DIMMER

FM MODE

PRESET MEMORY

TUNING

PRESET

SMART SCAN NAVIGATOR

BASS

TREBLE

PHONES

AUDIO

DVD

VIDEO 1

VIDEO 2

VIDEO 3

VIDEO 4

TAPE

FM

AM

PHONO

C D

SELECTOR

VCR 1

VCR 2

AV RECEIVER

TX-DS696

RETURN

The normal order for performing the settings for speaker setup in your TX-DS696 is to set the speaker configuration settings first, set the speaker distances second, and then calibrate the speaker levels third. Below is an explanation of how to perform these settings using the controls on the TX-DS696.

You can also perform these settings using the On-Screen Display (OSD) menu (see page 34).

The settings are in a hierarchical configuration as shown below.

Level 1 Main menu level

The level consisting of the menus contained in the Setup menu.

Level 2 Menu level

The level consisting of the submenus contained in each menu.

Level 3 Submenu level

The level consisting of the parameters contained in each submenu.

Speaker Configuration submenu

This submenu provides settings that tell the TX-DS696 which speakers you have connected and what size they are.

1. Press the SETUP button. SETUP

If a menu other than “1. Speaker Setup” appears, turn the jog dial until “1. Speaker Setup” does appear.

DSP/MODE ADJ

2. Press the jog dial.

PUSH TO ENTER

DSP/MODE ADJ

PUSH TO ENTER dial displays the next parameter.

RETURN button:

RETURN

Press to go back one level up.

3.Press the jog dial.

4.Turn the jog dial to set whether or not a subwoofer is connected.

Yes: Select when a subwoofer is connected.

No: Select when a subwoofer is not

PUSH TO ENTER

DSP/MODE ADJ

PUSH TO ENTER

connected.

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