Getting started

Chapter 2

Getting started

Home theater sound setup

Place your speakers as shown below for optimal surround sound (see the Speaker Setup Guide for more placement tips).

Standard surround 5-spot setup – This is 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

Depending on the size and characteristics of your room, you can choose to use the following

setup option:1

Front surround 3-spot setup – This setup is ideal when rear surround speaker placement isn't possible or you want to avoid running long speaker cables in your listening area. Use this setup together with the Front Surround modes to take advantage of wall and ceiling reflections for a very realistic surround effect.

Front left

Center

Front right

 

Subwoofer

Surround

 

Surround

left

 

right

Listening position

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After placing your speakers, see Using the

 

Auto MCACC setup for optimal surround sound

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below to complete your surround setup.

 

Using the Auto MCACC setup for optimal surround sound

The Multichannel Acoustic Calibration

 

 

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(MCACC) system measures the acoustic

 

 

characteristics of your listening area, taking

 

into account ambient noise and testing for

 

channel delay and channel level. After you

 

have set up the microphone provided with your

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system, the receiver uses the information from

 

a series of test tones to optimize the speaker

 

settings and equalization (Acoustic Calibration

 

EQ) for your particular room.2

 

 

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Important

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• These test tones are loud; however, do not

 

turn the volume down during setup as this

 

may result in a sub-optimal calibration.

 

• Make sure the mic and speakers are not

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moved during the MCACC setup.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DISPLAY

ZOOM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOPMENU

TUNE

 

MENU

 

 

 

STANDBY

 

TUNER

 

 

 

 

INPUT CHANNEL

VOLUME

MUTE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/ON

DVD/CD (FM/AM)

 

SETUP

 

 

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SHIFT

VOLUME

 

 

 

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CLOSE

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ENTER ST

 

 

 

 

 

HOME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MENU

 

 

RETURN

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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MCACC

TUNE

 

TEST TONE

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SOUND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RETRIEVER SURROUND

ADVANCED SOUND

 

 

 

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Note

1See Using Front Surround on page 15 to select a front surround mode when using this setup.

2You only need to use the Auto MCACC setup once (unless you change the placement of your speakers or your room layout).

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