Onkyo TX-NR717 En-57, Manual Equalizer, Surr Back Speaker Spacing, THX Ultra2/Select2 Subwoofer

•When the “Powered Zone 2” setting is set to “Yes” and Zone 2 is turned on, the surround back and front high speakers cannot be used.

•When the “Powered Zone 3” setting is set to “Yes” and Zone 3 is turned on, the surround and surround back speakers cannot be used.

•The test tone is output at the standard level for THX, which is 0 dB (absolute volume setting 82). If you normally listen at volume settings below this, be careful because the test tone will be much louder.

*1 For the center speaker and subwoofer, the level settings made by using the Quick Setup are saved in this menu (➔ page 49).

Tip

•If you’re using a handheld sound level meter, adjust the level of each speaker so that it reads 75 dB SPL at the listening position, measured with C-weighting and slow reading.

Equalizer Settings

With the Equalizer settings, you can adjust the tone of speakers individually with a 5-band equalizer. The volume of each speaker can be set (➔ page 56).

■Manual Equalizer

`On:

You can adjust the equalizer for each speaker manually. Continue with the following procedure:

1	Press wto select “Channel”, and then use e/rto
	select a speaker.
2	Use q/wto select a frequency, and then use the e/r
	to adjust the level at that frequency.

The volume at each frequency can be adjusted from –6dBto 0dB to +6dB in 1 dB steps.

Tip

•You can select: “63Hz”, “250Hz”, “1000Hz”, “4000Hz”, or “16000Hz”. And for the subwoofer, “25Hz”, “40Hz”, “63Hz”, “100Hz”, or “160Hz”.

•Low frequencies (e.g., 63Hz) affect bass sounds; high frequencies (e.g., 16000Hz) affect treble sounds.

3 Use qto select “Channel”, and then use e/rto select another speaker.

Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each speaker.

You cannot select speakers that you set to “No” or “None” in the “Speaker Configuration”

(➔ page 55).

`Off:

Tone off, response flat.

Note

•When the Direct or Pure Audio listening mode is selected, the equalizer settings have no effect.

•If “Audyssey” is enabled, it prevails over this setting (➔ page 60).

THX Audio Setup

■Surr Back Speaker Spacing

`<1ft (<0.3m)

`1ft-4ft (0.3m-1.2m)

`>4ft (>1.2m)

You can specify the distance between your surround back speakers.

Note

•This setting is not available in any of the following cases:

–“Surround Back” is set to “None” (➔ page 55).

–“Surround Back Ch” is set to “1ch” (➔ page 56).

–“Powered Zone 2/3” is set to “Yes” (➔ page 55) and Zone 2/3 is turned on (➔ page 71).

■THX Ultra2/Select2 Subwoofer

`No

`Yes

If you’re using a THX-certified subwoofer, set this setting to “Yes”.

Note

•If the “Subwoofer” setting is set to “No”, this setting cannot be selected (➔ page 55).

Advanced Operations

■BGC

`Off

`On

You can apply THX’s Boundary Gain Compensation (BGC) to compensate the perceived exaggeration of low frequencies for listeners sitting very close to a room boundary (i.e., wall).

Note

•This setting is only available if “THX Ultra2/Select2 Subwoofer” is set to “Yes”.

•If the “Subwoofer” setting is set to “No”, this setting cannot be selected (➔ page 55).

■Loudness Plus

`Off

`On

When the “Loudness Plus” setting is set to “On”, it is possible to enjoy even subtle nuances of audio expression at low volume. This is only available when the THX listening mode is selected.

■Preserve THX Settings

`Yes

`No

If this setting is set to “Yes”, Dynamic EQ and Dynamic Volume have no effect in THX listening mode.

Note

• This setting is fixed at “Yes” if “Loudness Plus” is set to “On”.

■Metadata Compatible

`On:

When Metadata Compatible is set to “On”, valid metadata is transmitted via the HDMI connections, and can be used by other devices in the system.

`Off:

When Metadata Compatible is set to “Off”, metadata is not transmitted via the HDMI connections.

To be continued

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