07Surround sound settings

Chapter 7

Surround sound settings

Important

•RCV Press to set the remote control to receiver control mode in order to operate the receiver subwoofer (make sure that the LCD displays the RECEIVER screen, as shown below).

RECEIVER

SURR

ADV

F.S.

SURR

SURR

Using the Sound Setup menu

From the Sound Setup menu you can access all the surround sound settings of the system.

During setup, the speakers are represented by the following letters:

•L – Front left speaker

•C – Center speaker

•R – Front right speaker

•SR – Surround right speaker

•SL – Surround left speaker

•SW – Subwoofer

1

 

SETUP

 

Press SETUP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENTER

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

Select ‘Sound Setup’ then press ENTER.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENTER

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

Select ‘ChannelLevel’, then press ENTER.

4

 

 

 

 

 

Use the

buttons to select a channel

 

 

 

 

 

or the

 

 

buttons to adjust the level of that

channel.

 

 

 

 

 

• You can adjust the level of each channel by ±10 dB.2

 

 

 

 

5

 

ENTER

 

Press once when you’re finished.

•If you use the Auto MCACC feature again, it will overwrite the settings you have made here.

Speaker distance setting1

The Auto MCACC feature (see page 23) should give you the best surround sound setup. However you may find that by further adjustment of the speaker distance settings you can improve the surround sound in your listening room.

Set the distance of each speaker from your normal listening position.

Channel level setting1

The Auto MCACC feature (see page 23) should give you the best surround sound setup. However you may find that by further adjustment of the channel levels you can improve the surround sound in your listening room.

This method of setting the channel levels allows you to listen to a source and adjust the levels of each playback channel.

A further method of setting the channel levels is to use the test tone method. See Adjusting the channel levels using the test tone on page 32 for more on this.

 

 

ENTER

 

1

SETUP

Open the ‘Sound Setup’ menu.

 

ENTER

 

 

2

 

Select ‘Distance’ then press ENTER.

3

 

Use the

buttons to select a speaker

or the

buttons to adjust the distance.

Each speaker can be adjusted from 0.1m to 9.0m.

4

ENTER

Press ENTER when you’re finished.

•If you use the Auto MCACC feature again, it will overwrite the settings you have made here.

Note

1 When this function is set while MCACC Effect is on, the value for the same function adjusted with the Auto MCACC feature is overwritten. When MCACC Effect is off, the value set here is applied, regardless of the value adjusted with the Auto MCACC feature. (The Auto MCACC setting is not overwritten.)

2 The range of adjustment is limited when the volume level is set over 51.

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