First Time Setup—Continued

Speaker Settings

If you change these settings, you must run the Audyssey 2EQ™ Room Correction and Speaker Setup again (see page 37).

If the impedance of any speaker is 4 ohms or more but less than 6, set the Speaker Impedance to 4 ohms.

North American and Taiwan models do not support speakers with an impedance of less than 6 ohms.

To use bi-amping, you must change the Speaker Type setting. For hookup information, see page 19.

Notes:

When bi-amping is used, the AV receiver is able to drive up to 5.1 speakers in the main room.

Before you change these settings, turn down the volume.

1Press the [RECEIVER] button, followed by the [SETUP] button.

2

Use the Up and Down [q]/[w]

 

buttons to select “2. Speaker

Setup”, and then press [ENTER].

3 Use the Up and Down [q]/[w] buttons to select “2-1.Sp Settings”, and then press [ENTER].

4

Use the Up and Down [q]/[w]

 

buttons to select “Impedance”,

 

and use the Left and Right

 

[e]/[r] buttons to select (not

 

North American and Taiwan

 

models):

 

4 ohms: Select if the impedance of any

 

speaker is 4 ohms or more but

 

less than 6.

 

6 ohms: Select if the impedances of all

 

speakers are between 6 and

 

16 ohms.

5

Use the Up and Down [q]/[w]

 

buttons to select “Sp Type”, and

 

use the Left and Right [e]/[r]

 

buttons to select (TX-SR577

 

only):

 

Normal: Select this if you’ve

 

connected your front speakers

 

normally.

 

Bi-Amp:Select this if you’ve

 

connected your front speakers

 

for bi-amped operation.

 

Note:

 

Powered Zone2 cannot be used if “Sp

 

Type” is set to “Bi-Amp”.

6

Use the Up and Down [q]/[w] but-

tons to select “SB/FH”, and then use the Left and Right [e]/[r] buttons to select (TX-SR577 only):

FrontHigh:

Select this if you’ve con- nected your front high speak- ers to the SURR BACK L/R terminal posts.

SurrBack:

Select this if you’ve con- nected your surround back speakers to the SURR BACK L/R terminal posts.

 

Note:

 

If the “Sp Type” setting is set to “Bi-

 

Amp”, or Powered Zone 2 is set to “Not

 

Act” (page 81), this setting cannot be

 

selected.

7

Press the [SETUP] button.

Setup closes.

 

Note:

This procedure can also be performed on the AV receiver by using its [SETUP] button, arrow buttons, and [ENTER] button.

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SR507, TX-SR577 specifications

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