Auto Sound Calibration Setup

* This function is available only for DVD/CD playback.

Auto Sound Calibration

By setting the auto sound calibration function just once when you relocate or install the unit, you can have the unit automatically recognize the distance between speakers, levels between channels, and frequency characteristics to create 5.1-channel sound field optimized for the listener's environment.

* The following images are for illustrative purposes only and may differ from the actual product.

Auto Sound Calibration

Microphone

L: Front Speaker (L)

R: Front Speaker (R)

C: Center Speaker

SW: Subwoofer

LS: Rear Speaker (L)

RS: Rear Speaker (R)

Note • If you purchased the unit for the first time or initialized it, pressing the Auto Sound Calibration button without connecting the auto sound calibration microphone will display the message "PLEASE SET ASC FUNCTION FIRST" in the display.

•Because the volume level of the tone is fixed during the auto sound calibration setup, you cannot adjust the volume using the volume control buttons.

•If the auto sound microphone is disconnected during the auto sound calibration setup, the setup will be cancelled.

 

 

Plug

the auto sound calibration

 

 

 

microphone into the auto sound

 

 

1 calibration input jack.

 

 

 

Place the auto sound calibration

 

 

2 microphone at the listener's position.

 

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Adjust the volume control on the main

 

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unit as follows:

 

If the distance between the listener and the speaker is over 5 m:

 

 

 

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Set the main unit's volume to over 25.

 

 

 

If the distance between the listener and the speaker is 3 to 5 m:

 

 

 

 

Set the main unit's volume to 25.

 

 

 

• If the distance between the listener and the speaker is below 3 m:

 

 

 

 

Set the main unit's volume to 15.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Press ASC button.

 

 

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The tone will be output twice, in the given order (L ➝ C ➝ R ➝ RS ➝

 

 

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LS ➝ SW), and 5.1-channel sound field is optimized automatically.

 

 

 

The auto sound calibration setup takes about 2 minutes to complete.

 

 

 

 

SETUP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A bell will sound and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the setup finishes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A tone is output.

 

 

 

A result for each speaker is displayed.

 

When the message "REMOVE MIC"

5 appears in the display, unplug the auto sound calibration microphone.

To Turn On or Off Sound Logo

When you turn on the power, the unit produces a sound logo after the disc reading to notify that the unit is optimized for playback.

1 Press and hold ASC button.

•"S.LOGO ON" or "S.LOGO OFF" appears in the display.

2 Briefly press ASC button.

 

• Each time the button is pressed, the selection alternates

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between S.LOGO ON and S.LOGO OFF.

• If you select "S.LOGO ON", a sound logo will be output

when the disc reading is finished after power-on. If you

select "S.LOGO OFF", no sound logo will be output.

To Verify the Auto Sound Calibration

1 Press and hold ASC button twice.

•"ASC CHECK" appears in the display.

2 Briefly press ASC button.

•Distance and level values specified for each channel will appear in the display.

To cancel the auto sound calibration setup, press ASC button.

•The tone output stops, "CANCEL ASC" appears in the display followed by "REMOVE MIC", and the setup will be cancelled.

To listen in the auto sound calibration mode, briefly press ASC button.

(If you set the auto sound calibration in the order from 1 to 4 above for the first time)

•The selection alternates between ASC ON and ASC OFF in the display.

•If you select "ASC ON", you can listen in the auto sound calibration mode.

If you select "ASC OFF", you can listen in the mode set in the audio setting of the setup screen.

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