Advanced Speaker Setup, Subwoofer Setup

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ADVANCED: Speaker conﬁguration is generally a global setting for all surround modes and need only be done once. However, for special circumstances, the receiver provides the option of setting the speaker conﬁguration independently for each of four surround modes. Select the ADVANCED line on the menu and press ENTER to go to the ADVANCED SPEAKER SETUP menu described in the following section.

To change a setting on the SPEAKER SETUP menu, place the highlight on the desired line using the UP/DOWN buttons and use the +/– buttons to toggle through the available settings. To return to the MAIN menu, press the ENTER button. Press the MENU/OSD button on the remote to cancel the display and return to normal operation.

Advanced Speaker Setup

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In most cases, the standard speaker conﬁguration described above is a global setting and can be used for all surround modes. However, the receiver provides the capability to customize these settings for four different surround modes: Dolby, DTS, Stereo, and DSP. For example, you could set up the Dolby and DTS modes for 5.1 channel sound, while the Stereo mode changes to a 2-speaker setup with or without a subwoofer. In addition, the ADVANCED SPEAKER SETUP allows you to select a customized high-pass crossover frequency for the front, center, surround, and surround back speakers.

Note: In most systems, the default settings on this menu will provide the most predictable results and most users will not need to change any settings. You should fully understand bass management and have a speciﬁc reason for needing a custom conﬁguration before changing these settings. Otherwise, skip to the following topic, SUBWOOFER SETUP.

The available settings on the ADVANCED SPEAKER SETUP menu are as follows:

SPEAKER (front/center/surround/center back/subwoofer): Select the set of speakers to be conﬁgured with custom settings.

CROSSOVER (40Hz/60Hz/80Hz/100Hz/120Hz/150Hz/200Hz): Typically, this receiver uses a single master setting for the high-pass and low-pass crossover point between all SMALL speakers and the subwoofer. This master crossover point is set on the SUBWOOFER SETUP menu described in the following section. When you ﬁrst access the ADVANCED SPEAKER SETUP menu, the current master crossover point will be shown on this line. Change the value of this line only if you want the current speaker to have a different crossover point. For example, if your master crossover is set to 80Hz, but you want your front speakers to crossover to the subwoofer at 60Hz, you would select 60Hz for the front speakers on this line. This setting ONLY affects redirected bass and does not affect the LFE channel in any way. The OFF setting (available only for the subwoofer) sends a full-range signal to your subwoofer so that you can use its built-in low-pass ﬁlter.

Note: When a speaker is set to LARGE on the SPEAKER SETUP menu or on this menu, the crossover setting is not available since, by deﬁnition, a LARGE speaker plays full-range with no bass redirection to the subwoofer and no crossover. Likewise, the OFF setting for the subwoofer crossover is not available for SMALL speakers, since SMALL means that the speaker will redirect its bass below a given crossover point to the subwoofer. In addition, the CROSSOVER setting is not available for the MULTI INPUT.

DOLBY (large/small/none): Sets the current speaker (shown in the ﬁrst line) to LARGE, SMALL, or NONE, overriding the master setting from the SPEAKER SETUP menu. This setting will ONLY take effect with Dolby Digital or Dolby Pro Logic II decoding.

DTS (large/small/none): The same options described for Dolby above, except these settings ONLY take effect with DTS and DTS Neo:6 decoding.

STEREO (large/small/none): The same options described for Dolby above, except these settings ONLY take effect in STEREO surround mode.

DSP (large/small/none): The same options described for Dolby above, except these settings ONLY take effect with any of the DSP MUSIC surround modes.

Note: When the front speakers are set to use the master crossover frequency on the Advanced Speaker Setup menu, the surround mode speciﬁc “large/small/none” settings are not available for the other speakers. These speakers will use the setting determined in the basic Speaker Setup menu.

Subwoofer Setup

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The SUBWOOFER SETUP menu allows selection of the master subwoofer crossover frequency and independent adjustment of subwoofer level for each surround mode.

CROSSOVER (40Hz/60Hz/80Hz/100Hz/120Hz/150Hz/200Hz/ OFF): This setting speciﬁes a master low-pass ﬁlter for the subwoofer and a corresponding high-pass ﬁlter for all SMALL speakers in the system at the selected frequency. To adjust the crossover frequency, highlight the CROSSOVER line using the UP/DOWN buttons. Then, use the

+/– buttons to choose the master crossover point. The 80Hz or 100Hz crossover points are the most common in home theater systems and should be used unless you have a speciﬁc reason to choose a different crossover point based on your speciﬁc speakers.

The OFF setting sends a full-range signal to your subwoofer so that you can use its built-in low-pass ﬁlter. With the OFF setting, a 100Hz high- pass ﬁlter is activated for all SMALL speakers in the system.

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Rotel RSX-1550 owner manual Advanced Speaker Setup, Subwoofer Setup

Models: RSX-1550

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Advanced Speaker Setup

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