01Getting started
Chapter 1
Getting started
Home theater sound setup
Depending on the size and characteristics of your room, you can place your speakers in one
of two ways using this system:1
• Standard surround
a standard multichannel surround sound speaker setup for optimal 5.1 channel home theater sound.
Front left | Center | Front right |
| Subwoofer | |
Listening position |
| |
Surround |
| Surround |
left |
| right |
•Front surround
Center
Front | Front |
left | right |
Subwoofer
Surround | Surround |
left | right |
Listening position
After placing your speakers, complete Setting the channel levels below then refer to Speakers settings on page 21 to complete your surround sound setup.
Setting the channel levels
Set the relative channel levels from your main listening position.2
1 Press SHIFT+TEST TONE .
The test tone is output in the following order (from the speakers active in the current listening mode):
•L – Front left speaker
•C – Center speaker
•R – Front right speaker
•SR – Right surround speaker
•SL – Left surround speaker
•SW – Subwoofer3
2Use the VOLUME +/– button to adjust the volume to an appropriate level.
3 Use the (cursor up/down) buttons to adjust the speaker levels in turn.
You should hear the test tone at the same volume from each speaker when seated in the main listening position. The channel level range is ± 10 dB.
4When you’re done, press ENTER to exit test tone setup.
Note
1See About the listening modes on page 11 for more on using the different listening modes with each speaker setup.
2• This is only available when DVD/CD is selected and playback is stopped. Also make sure headphones are unplugged.
• The speaker volume can be adjusted while listening to any sound source you want: Press SHIFT+SYSTEM SETUP, use the
(cursor left/right) buttons to select the channel level setting, then press ENTER. Use | (cursor up/down) to adjust the | |
channel levels; | (cursor left/right) to move to the next channel. Press ENTER when you’re finished. |
3 Since the subwoofer produces
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