Advanced Setup—Continued

Speaker Distance

With these settings, you can specify the distance 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] REMOTE

RECEIVER

MODE button, followed by the

 

 

 

 

[SETUP] button.

 

SETUP

 

3

 

Use the Up and Down [ ]/[ ]

 

 

buttons to select “2. SP Dis-

tance,” and then press [ENTER].

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 and Surround Back 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, Surr Left, Surr Back R, and Surr Back L distances can be set between 5 and 25 ft. (1.5 and 7.5 m).

Speaker Levels

You can set the volume level of each speaker so that all speakers can be heard equally at the listening position.

The speaker levels cannot be adjusted while a pair of headphones is connected, speaker set B is on, or the AV receiver is muted.

4

While “Unit” is displayed, use the

 

 

Left and Right [ ]/[ ] buttons to

 

select “feet” or “meters”.

feet: Distances can be set in feet. Range: 1 to 30 feet in 1-foot steps.

meters: Distances can be set in meters. Range: 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 speaker.

6

Repeat step 5 for all speakers.

 

 

Note:

 

Speakers that you set to No or None in

 

the Speaker Configuration (page 34)

 

cannot be selected.

 

 

7

Press the [SETUP] button.

 

 

Setup closes.

 

 

Notes:

•The Center and Subwoofer distances can be set up to 5 ft. (1.5 m) more or less than the Front distance. For

1

 

Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE

RECEIVER

MODE button, followed by the

 

 

 

 

[SETUP] button.

 

SETUP

 

2

 

Use the Up and Down [ ]/[ ]

buttons to select “3. Level Cal,” and then press [ENTER].

A pink noise test tone is output by the front left speaker.

3

Turn up the volume so that you

 

 

can hear the test tone suffi-

 

ciently.

 

As each speaker outputs the test tone,

 

its name appears on the display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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