Surround sound settings | 08 |
Chapter 8
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).
1 | SETUP Press SETUP. |
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2 | Select ‘Sound Setup’ then press ENTER. |
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SURR | ADV | F.S. |
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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
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| Select ‘ChannelLevel’, then press ENTER. | |
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| • 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 30) 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 30) should give you | 1 |
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the best surround sound setup. However you may find | SETUP | Open the ‘Sound Setup’ menu. | |
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improve the surround sound in your listening room. |
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This method of setting the channel levels allows you to | 2 |
| Select ‘Distance’ then press ENTER. |
listen to a source and adjust the levels of each playback |
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channel. |
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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 39 for more on this.
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| Use the | buttons to select a speaker |
or the | buttons to adjust the distance. | ||
Each speaker can be adjusted from 0.1 m to 9.0 m. | |||
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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