The System Setup menu

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Chapter 5:

The System Setup menu

Using the System Setup menu

The following section shows you how to make detailed settings to specify how you’re using the receiver, and also explains how to fine-tune individual speaker system settings to your liking.

Important

•If headphones are connected to the receiver, disconnect them.

•APD – Sets to automatically turn off the power when the receiver has not operated for several hours (see The Auto Power Down menu on page 26).

•FL DEMO – Sets the demo display on the front panel display (see The FL Demo Mode menu on page 26).

The Speaker Setup menu

This receiver allows you to make detailed settings to optimize the surround sound performance. You only need to make these settings once (unless you change the placement of your current speaker system or add new speakers).

Speaker Setting

• SB (Surround Back) – Select the number of surround

back speakers you have (one (X1), two (X2) or none).

Select L (LARGE) if your surround back speakers

reproduce bass frequencies effectively. Select S (SMALL)

to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or

subwoofer. If you didn’t connect surround back speakers

choose NO.

-If you select one surround back speaker only, make sure

that additional amplifier is hooked up to the PRE OUT L

(Single) terminal.

• SW (Subwoofer) – LFE signals and bass frequencies of

channels set to SMALL are output from the subwoofer

when YES is selected (see notes below). Choose the PLUS

setting if you want the subwoofer to output bass sound

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Use this setting to specify your speaker configuration (size, number of speakers).

1

Use / to select ‘SP SETUP’ from the System Setup

menu, then press ENTER.

2

Use / to select ‘SP SET’ from the SP SETUP menu,

then press ENTER.

3

Use / to select the set of speakers that you want to

continuously or you want deeper bass (the bass

frequencies that would normally come out the front and

center speakers are also routed to the subwoofer). If you

did not connect a subwoofer choose NO (the bass

frequencies are output from other speakers).

4When you’re finished, press RETURN. You return to the Speaker Setup menu.

Note

1Press RECEIVER to switch the receiver on.

2Press RECEIVER , then press SETUP.

The System Setup menu appears on the front panel display. Use /// and ENTER on the remote control to navigate through the screens and select menu items. Press RETURN to confirm and exit the current menu.

• Press SETUP at any time to exit the System Setup menu.

3Select the setting you want to adjust.

•SP SETUP

-SP SET – Specify the size and number of speakers you’ve connected (see below).

-X.OVER– Specify which frequencies will be sent to the subwoofer (page 26).

-CH LEVEL – Adjust the overall balance of your speaker system (page 26).

-SP DISTN – Specify the distance of your speakers from the listening position (page 26).

•HDMI SET – Set when using the ARC function. (see ARC Setup on page 27).

set then select a speaker size.

Use / to select the size (and number) of each of the

following speakers:

• F (Front) – Select LARGE if your front speakers reproduce

bass frequencies effectively, or if you didn’t connect a

subwoofer. Select SMALL to send the bass frequencies to

the subwoofer.

• C (Center) – Select LARGE if your center speaker

reproduces bass frequencies effectively, or select SMALL

to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or

subwoofer. If you didn’t connect a center speaker, choose

NO (the center channel is sent to the other speakers).

• S (Surround) – Select LARGE if your surround speakers

reproduce bass frequencies effectively. Select SMALL to

send bass frequencies to the other speakers or

subwoofer. If you didn’t connect surround speakers

choose NO (the sound of the surround channels is sent

to the other speakers).

•If you select SMALL for the front speakers, the subwoofer will automatically be fixed to YES. Also, the center, surround and surround back speakers can’t be set to LARGE (L) if the front speakers are set to SMALL. In this case, all bass frequencies are sent to the subwoofer.

•If the surround speakers are set to NO, the surround back speakers will automatically be set to NO.

•If you have a subwoofer and like lots of bass, it may seem logical to select LARGE for your front speakers and PLUS for the subwoofer. This may not, however, yield the best bass results. Depending on the speaker placement of your room you may actually experience a decrease in the amount of bass due to low frequency cancellations. In this case, try changing the position or direction of speakers. If you can’t get good results, listen to the bass response with it set to PLUS and YES or the front speakers set to LARGE and SMALL alternatively and let your ears judge which sounds best. If you’re having problems, the easiest option is to route all the bass sounds to the subwoofer by selecting SMALL for the front speakers.

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