The System Setup menu

The System Setup menu

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Surr. Back – Select the number of surround back speakers you have (one, two or none).1 Select LARGE if your surround back speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively. Select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn’t connect surround back speakers choose NO.

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 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).

3When you’re finished, press RETURN. You return to the Manual SP Setup menu.

Tip

Crossover Network

• Default setting: 100Hz

This setting decides the cutoff between bass sounds playing back from the speakers selected as LARGE, or the subwoofer, and bass sounds playing back from those selected as SMALL. It also decides where the cutoff will be for bass sounds in the LFE channel.2

1Select ‘Crossover Network’ from the Manual SP Setup menu.

2.Manual SP

Setup

2b.Crossover

Network

 

a.Speaker

Setting

Frequency

 

 

 

 

 

100Hz

 

b.Crossover Network

 

 

 

 

 

 

c.Channel

Level

 

 

 

 

 

 

d.Speaker

Distance

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return

 

 

 

Return

2Choose the frequency cutoff point.

Frequencies below the cutoff point will be sent to the subwoofer (or LARGE speakers).

3When you’re finished, press RETURN. You return to the Manual SP Setup menu.

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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.

Channel Level

Using the channel level settings, you can adjust the overall balance of your speaker system, an important factor when setting up a home theater system.

1Select ‘Channel Level’ from the Manual SP Setup menu.

2.Manual SP

Setup

2c.Channel Level

 

a.Speaker

Setting

Test Tone

 

 

 

Manual

 

b.Crossover Network

 

 

 

 

c.Channel

Level

 

 

 

 

 

d.Speaker

Distance

 

 

 

 

 

Return

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Crossover Network Note

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

• If you select one surround back speaker only, make sure that additional amplifier is hooked up to the PRE OUT SURROUND BACK L (Single) terminal.

2For more on selecting the speaker sizes, see Speaker Setting on page 42.

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