Flow of settings on the receiver

The unit is a full-fledged AV receiver equipped with an abundance of functions and terminals. It can be used easily after following the procedure below to make the connections and settings.

The colors of the steps indicate the following:

Required setting item

Setting to be made as necessary

1Before you start

•Checking what’s in the box (page 7)

•Loading the batteries (page 7)

2Connecting the speakers

Where you place the speakers will have a big effect on the sound. Place your speakers as shown below for the best surround sound effect.

•Determining the speakers’ application (page 16)

•Connecting the speakers (page 19)

*Front Height

Right (FHR)

*Front Height

Left (FHL) Subwoofer (SW)

Front Listening

Right (R) position

Surround

FrontRight (SR)

Left (L)

4Power On

Make sure you’ve set the video input on your TV to this receiver. Check the manual that came with the TV if you don’t know how to do this.

5The Speaker System setting (page 49) (Specify either using the surround back or front height speaker.)

The Input Assign menu (page 48)

(When using connections other than the recommended connections.)

6 Use the on-screen automatic MCACC

setup to set up your system

• Automatically setting up for surround sound

Center (C)

Surround Left (SL)

*Surround Back Right (SBR)

(MCACC) (page 31)

7 Basic playback (page 34)

*Surround Back

Left (SBL)

3Connecting the components

For surround sound, you’ll want to hook up using a digital connection from the BD/DVD player to the receiver.

•About the video converter (page 23)

•Connecting a TV and playback components (page 24)

•Connecting antennas (page 29)

•Plugging in the receiver (page 30)

 

 

 

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Adjusting the sound as desired

•

Using the various listening modes

•

Using the Sound Retriever (page 38)

•

Better sound using Phase Control (page 38)

•

Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ

 

(page 39)

• Using surround back channel processing

 

(page 39)

• Setting the Up Mix function (page 40)

• Setting the Audio options (page 40)

• Choosing the input signal (page 43)

• Manual speaker setup (page 45)

 

 

9 Making maximum use of the remote control

• Setting the remote to control other components (page 55)

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