Advanced Setup—Continued

7

Press the [SETUP] button.

 

 

Setup closes.

SETUP

Notes:

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

The speaker distance cannot be adjusted while a pair of headphones is connected, speaker set B is on, or the multichannel DVD input is being used.

Speaker Levels

These settings are set automatically by the Automatic Speaker Setup function (see page 35).

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

1

 

Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE

RECEIVER

MODE button, followed by the

 

 

 

 

[SETUP] button.

 

SETUP

 

2

 

Use the Up and Down [ ]/[ ]

buttons to select “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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Use the Left and Right [

]/[ ]

 

buttons to adjust the speaker

 

level, and use the Down [

] but-

 

ton to select the next speaker.

The levels can be adjusted from –12 to +12 dB in 1 dB steps (–15 to +12 dB for the subwoofer).

5

Repeat step 4 so that the level of

 

 

the test tone coming from each

 

speaker is the same.

 

Speakers that you set to No or None in

 

the Speaker Configuration (page 56) do

 

not output the test tone.

 

 

6

Press the [SETUP] button.

 

 

Setup closes.

 

Don’t forget to turn down the volume if

SETUP

you turned it up while setting the levels.

 

 

Notes:

A quick way to adjust the speaker levels is to press the remote controller’s [TEST TONE] button to turn on the test tone, use the [LEVEL–] and [LEVEL+] but- tons to adjust the levels, and use the [CH SEL] button to select the speakers.

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

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