Setting Up for Surround Sound

To ensure the best possible surround sound, complete the following setup operations. Some of these are the same (and take precedence over) the settings you made in the Easy Setup Guide, so consider if the ones you made at that time were adequate. If you feel they were, move on to the next setting in this section.

These setup operations use on-screen displays (OSDs) on your TV to display the settings and choices so be sure your TV and receiver are properly hooked up and that your TV is set to this receiver. You need to connect the setup mic to the front panel of the receiver so that it can measure the sound and ensure the proper settings. For more information on the mic hookup see page 13. Use the arrow buttons (5∞) and the ENTER button on the remote control to navigate the OSDs on your TV. Conversely, you can use the MULTI JOG dial and ENTER button, and look at the display, on the Front Panel.

SETUP

1Turn on the receiver and your TV. Press the RECEIVER button on the remote control.

S0URCE

TV

SYSTEM RECEIVER

OFF

Make sure your TV is connected and set to the video input the receiver is using.

DVD/LD

TV/SAT

VCR1/

DVR

MULTI CONTROL

VCR2

VIDEO

CD

CD-R/

MD/

TUNER

TAPE1

TAPE2

DIMMER

LOUDNESS

TONE

TV CONT

 

 

 

MULTI

1

2

Press the SYSTEM SETUP button.

OPERATION

RECEIVER

 

The menu possibilities appear on your TV.

EFFECT/CH SEL

 

 

1

2

3

4

 

 

 

SIGNAL SEL

DNR BASS/TREBLE +

 

 

 

5

6

7

8

3

SURROUND SETUP should be selected. If

 

9

0

+10

ENTER

 

VIDEO SEL

HI-BIT

DISC

 

 

2

MENU

DIRECT ACCESS SEARCH MODE

 

it isn’t use the 5∞ buttons to select it.

 

 

TOP MENU

 

SYSTEM SETUP

 

 

GUIDE

3-4

 

TUNER EDIT

 

 

TRACK

Press the ENTER button.

 

ENTER

EXIT

 

 

 

 

AUDIO

 

 

RETURN

 

 

MPX

TEXT ON

RF ATT

DISP MODE

 

 

 

8

 

SUB TITLE

4

Use the 5∞ buttons to navigate through

 

1

3

 

¡

 

TUNING

BAND

TUNING +

 

the menus. When you have the setting

 

STATION

TEXT OFF

CLASS

STATION +

 

 

4

7

 

¢

 

 

 

CHANNEL–

 

 

CHANNEL+

 

you want in a particular menu, press

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3-4

2

 

ENTER.

 

 

In each mode, the current settings are displayed. We suggest

 

 

 

 

 

 

you do a basic system setup for surround sound when you

 

 

 

 

 

 

first hook up the receiver. That gets it out of the way and you

 

 

 

 

 

 

won't need to do it again unless you change your home set

STANDBY/ON

MOVIE MUSIC ENTER

MULTI JOG

STANDBY

MULTI JOG

CONTROL

SIGNAL

HI-BIT

SB CH

BAND

SET UP

RETURN

SELECT

HI-SAMPLING

MODE

PHONES

 

 

TONE CONTROL

 

 

SPEAKERS

TONE

BASS/TREBLE

 

 

up (by adding new speakers, etc.). To do a basic setup use the SURRBACK menu if necessary and then choose either the AUTO SETTING, QUICK or NORMAL setup procedure and complete that. You don’t need to do all three as they accom- plish the same ends and we recommend the AUTO SETTING method.

To do a more advanced setup for surround sound see EXPERT setup starting on page 95.

SURRBACK (Surround Back) SYSTEM (See page 37) Use to choose options for your surround back speakers.

3

System Setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

]

 

[

1. Surround Setup

 

[2. THX CINEMA Setup ]

 

[3. Input Assign

]

 

[4. Function Rename ]

 

[5. PHONO/LINE Setup ]

 

[Exit

]

4

1.Surround Setup

 

 

[

 

]

 

SurrBack System

 

[

Auto Setting

 

]

 

[ Quick

]

 

[ Normal

]

 

[ Expert

]

 

[ Exit

]

AUTO SETTING (See page 13-15)

See the Easy Setup Guide Part 2 for an explanation of this setup.

QUICK setup (See page 38)

Use to setup your surround sound system in the minimum amount of time.

NORMAL setup (See page 39)

Use this method to manually adjust all the surround sound functions.

EXPERT setup (See pages 95-103)

Use these settings to fine tune your surround sound and make it more personalized.

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