Flow of settings on the receiver

The unit is a full-fledged AV receiver equipped with an abundance of functions and terminals. It can be used easily after following the procedure below to make the connections and settings.

The colors of the steps indicate the following:

Required setting item

Setting to be made as necessary

1Before you start

•Checking what’s in the box (page 7)

•Loading the batteries (page 7)

2Connecting the speakers

Where you place the speakers will have a big effect on the sound. Place your speakers as shown below for the best surround sound effect.

•Placing the speakers (page 16)

•Connecting the speakers (page 18)

•Connect the surround back or front height speakers (page 19)

*Front Height

Right (FHR)

*Front Height

Left (FHL) Subwoofer (SW)

Front Listening

Right (R) position

Surround

FrontRight (SR)

Left (L)

4Power On

Make sure you’ve set the video input on your TV to this receiver. Check the manual that came with the TV if you don’t know how to do this.

5The Pre Out Setting (page 47)

(When connecting the front height speakers.)

The Input Assign menu (page 46)

(When using connections other than the recommended connections.)

6Use the on-screen automatic MCACC setup to set up your system

•Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) (page 29)

Center (C)

Surround Left (SL)

*Surround Back Right (SBR)

7 Basic playback (page 32)

*Surround Back

Left (SBL)

You can connect only one of either the surround back speaker or the front height speaker.

3Connecting the components

For surround sound, you’ll want to hook up using a digital connection from the BD/DVD player to the receiver.

•About video outputs connection (page 22)

•Connecting a TV and playback components (page 23)

•Connecting antennas (page 27)

•Plugging in the receiver (page 28)

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Adjusting the sound as desired

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Using the various listening modes

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Using the Sound Retriever (page 36)

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Better sound using Phase Control (page 36)

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Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ

 

(page 37)

• Using surround back channel processing

 

(page 37)

• Setting the Up Mix function (page 38)

• Setting the Audio options (page 38)

• Choosing the input signal (page 41)

• Manual speaker setup (page 43)

9Making maximum use of the remote control

•Setting the remote to control other components (page 51)

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