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SETTING THE SPEAKER SETUP

After you have installed this unit and connected all the components, you first perform the speaker setup settings for the optimum sound acoustics according to your environment and speaker layout.

S P E A K E R S E T U P

S P E A K E R C O N F I G

S P E A K E R D I S T A N C E

L F E L E V E L C O N T R O L

R E T U R N : B a c k

E N T E R : S e l e c t

To select the sizes of the speakers that are connected.

To enter the distance between the listening position and each speaker to set the delay time automatically for the optimum surround playback.

To adjust LFE(Low Frequency Effect) levels included in Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG program sources.

When selecting the SPEAKER CONFIG

1

Press the CURSOR UP(

)/DOWN( ) buttons to select the SPEAKER CONFIG, then press the ENTER

button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S P E A K E R C O N F I G

 

 

 

 

 

S U B W O O F E R : Yes

 

PAGE

MAIN

 

F R O N T

:

Large

 

VOL

 

CH

C E N T E R

:

Large

 

 

 

 

S U R R O U N D

:

Large

 

 

 

 

S U R R . B A C K

:

2CH

 

1

2

3

S/B CH

:

Small

 

4

5

6

R E T U R N : B a c k

, : S e l e c t

 

7

8

9

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

MI

M2

M3

 

 

 

Press the CURSOR UP(

)/DOWN( ) buttons to select the desired speaker.

2

 

 

 

PAGE

MAIN

 

 

VOL

 

CH

 

 

 

 

Each time these buttons are pressed, “ ” and “ ” are

1

2

3

moved to the corresponding speaker mode.

4

5

6

 

7

8

9

 

 

0

 

 

MI

M2

M3

 

Press the CURSOR LEFT(

3

PAGE

MAIN

VOL

CH

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

0

MI M2 M3

)/RIGHT( ) buttons to select the desired mode.

Depending on your speaker type, you can select one of these following speaker types. Yes/No : Select the desired depending on whether a subwoofer is connected or not.

Large : Select this when connecting speakers that can fully reproduce sounds below 80 Hz.

Small : Select this when connecting speakers that cannot fully reproduce sounds below 80 Hz. When this is selected, sounds below 80 Hz are sent to the subwoofer.

None : Select this when no speakers are connected.

When this is selected, sounds are sent to the front speakers.

2CH/1CH : Select the desired depending on the number of surround back speakers.

Notes :

When “FRONT’ is set to “Small”, “SUBWOOFER” is automatically set to “Yes”, and when “SUBWOOFER” is set to “No”, “FRONT” is automatically set to “Large”.

When “FRONT” is set to “Small”, “CENTER”, “SURROUND” and “S/B CH” cannot be set to “Large”. When “SURROUND” is set to “None”, “SURR. BACK” cannot be selected.

When “CENTER” is set to “None”, “SURROUND” cannot be set to “None” and vice versa. When “SURROUND” is set to “Small”, “S/B CH” cannot be set to “Large”.

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Sherwood R-963 manual Setting the Speaker Setup, When selecting the Speaker Config

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