First Time Setup—Continued

Using Audyssey 2EQ

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MASTER VOLUME

STANDBY/ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNING

PRESET

 

 

STANDBY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MULTI CH

 

DVD

VCR/DVR

CBL/SAT

AUX

TAPE

TUNER

C D

SETUP

ENTER

RETURN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUX INPUT

 

PHONES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SETUP MIC

VIDEO

L AUDIO

R

A

SPEAKERS

B

TONE

 

STEREO

LISTENING MODE

DISPLAY DIGITAL INPUT

DIMMER

MEMORY TUNING MODE

 

 

 

 

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SETUP MIC

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Turn on the AV receiver.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Put the speaker setup microphone at

 

 

measurement point 1 (page 35), and

 

connect it to the SETUP MIC jack.

 

 

 

 

 

SETUP MIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:

•Make sure the microphone is horizontal.

•If there’s an obstacle between the micro- phone and any speaker, the automatic setup will not work correctly. Set up the room as you would when enjoying a DVD.

•Positioning the microphone close to where your ears would normally be will provide better results. You can adjust the height of the microphone by using a tripod or level table.

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Press [ENTER].

 

The automatic speaker setup starts.

A test tone is output by each speaker in turn, as the Audyssey 2EQ function determines which speakers are connected. This takes a few min- utes.

Note:

•If any extraneous noise is picked up by the microphone, the automatic setup may not work correctly, so don’t make any noise.

Notes:

•If the AV receiver was previously muted, it will be unmuted.

•Automatic speaker setup cannot be performed while a pair of headphones is connected.

•It takes about 10 minutes to complete the auto- matic speaker setup.

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When the following display appears,

 

 

move the speaker setup microphone to

 

measurement point 2 (page 35), and

 

then press [ENTER].

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audyssey 2EQ performs more measurements. This takes a few minutes.

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When the following display appears,

 

 

move the speaker setup microphone to

 

measurement point 3 (page 35), and

 

then press [ENTER].

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audyssey 2EQ performs more measurements. This takes a few minutes.

When the measurements are complete, the results are calculated and saved automatically.

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When the automatic speaker setup is

 

 

complete, disconnect the speaker setup

 

microphone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:

•When the automatic speaker setup is complete, the Equalizer Settings (page 60) will be set to “Audyssey.”

•You can cancel the automatic speaker setup at any point in this procedure simply by disconnecting the setup microphone.

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