About status messages

Refer to the following information when you come up with a status message while operating the Home Media Gallery.

Status messages

Descriptions

STARTING H.M.G.

A component on the network, including a PC, is currently being connected.

Wait for a while.

 

Connection Down

The selected category or Internet radio station cannot be accessed.

File Format Error

Cannot be played back for some reasons.

Track Not Found

The selected song has not been found anywhere on the network.

Server Error

The selected server cannot be accessed.

Server Disconnected

The server has been disconnected.

empty

There are no files stored in the selected folder.

Preset Not Stored

The selected Internet radio station is not currently registered and saved.

Out of Range

The value entered is beyond the permitted range of the network settings.

License Error

The license for the contents to be played back is invalid.

Item Already Exists

This is displayed when the file you have attempted to register in the Favorites

folder has already been registered.

 

Favorite List Full

This is displayed when you have attempted to register a file in the Favorites

folder but the Favorites folder is already full.

 

Speaker Setting Guide

In order to achieve an even better surround effect, it is important to accurately position the speakers and make their volume and tone characteristics uniform so as to finely focus the multi-channel sound.

The three major elements in positioning the speakers are distance, angle and orientation (the direction in which the speakers are pointing).

Distance: The distance of all the speakers should be equal.

Angle: The speakers should be horizontally symmetrical.

Orientation: The orientation should be horizontally symmetrical.

In most homes, however, it is not possible to achieve this environment. For the distance, on this receiver it is possible to automatically correct the speaker distance electrically to a precision of 0.5 inch using the Full Auto MCACC Setup function (page 25).

Step 1: Speaker layout and distance adjustment

Use speaker stands or the like to make sure the speakers are steady, and leave at least 10 cm (4 inches) from the surrounding walls. Position the speakers attentively so that the speakers on the left and right are at equal angles from the listening position (center of the adjustments). (We recommend using cords, etc., when adjusting the layout.) Ideally all the speakers should be equidistant from the listening position.

Note

!If the speakers cannot be set at equal distances (on a circle), use the Auto MCACC Setup speaker distance correction and Fine Speaker Distance functions to make them equalize the distance artificially.

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Step 2: Adjusting the speaker height

Adjust the heights (angles) of the different speakers.

Adjust so that the front speaker units reproducing mid- and high frequencies is roughly at the height of the ears.

If the center speaker cannot be set at the same height as the front speakers, adjust its angle of elevation to point it to the listening position.

Set surround speaker 1 so that it is not under the height of the ears.

Step 3: Adjusting the speaker orientation

If the left and right speakers are not pointing in the same direction, the tone will not be the same on the right and left, and as a result the sound field will not be reproduced properly.

However, if all the speakers are pointed towards the listening position, the sound field will seem cramped. Testing by the Pioneer Multi-channel Research Group has shown that a good sense of sound positioning can be achieved by pointing all the speakers towards an area 30 cm to 80 cm (12 inches to 31 inches) behind the listening position (between the surround speakers and the listening position).

However, the sense of sound positioning can differ according to the conditions in the room and the speakers being used. In smaller environments in particular (when the front speakers are close to the listening position), with this method the speakers will be pointed too inward. We suggest you use this example of installation as reference when trying out different installation methods.

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