xFront speaker size ( L R XXXXX)

•If you connect large speakers that will effectively reproduce bass frequencies, select “LARGE”. Normally select “LARGE”.

•If the sound is distorted, or you feel a lack of surround effects when using multi channel surround sound, select “SMALL” to activate the bass redirection circuitry and output the front channel bass frequencies from the sub woofer.

•When the front speakers are set to “SMALL”, the center and surround speakers are also automatically set to “SMALL” (unless previously set to “NO”).

•When the sub woofer is set to “NO”, the front speakers are automatically set to “LARGE” and you cannot change the setting.

xCenter speaker size ( C XXXXX)

•If you connect a large speaker that will effectively reproduce bass frequencies, select “LARGE”. Normally select “LARGE”. However, if the front speakers are set to “SMALL”, you cannot set the center speaker to “LARGE”.

•If the sound is distorted, or you feel a lack of surround effects when using multi channel surround sound, select “SMALL” to activate the bass redirection circuitry and output the center channel bass frequencies from the front speakers (if set to “LARGE”) or sub woofer.*1

•If you do not connect a center speaker, select “NO”. The sound of the center channel will be output from the front speakers.*2

xSurround speaker size (SLSR XXXXX)

• If you connect large speakers that will effectively reproduce bass frequencies, select “LARGE”. Normally select “LARGE”. However, if the front speakers are set to “SMALL”, you cannot set the surround speakers to “LARGE”.

• If the sound is distorted, or you feel a lack of

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surround effects when using multi channel

 

surround sound, select “SMALL” to activate

 

the bass redirection circuitry and output the

 

surround channel bass frequencies from the sub

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woofer or other “LARGE” speakers.

“NO”.*3

and

• If you do not connect surround speakers, select

Setting

Tip

 

*1–*3 correspond to the following Dolby Pro Logic

 

modes

 

*1 NORMAL

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*2 PHANTOM

 

*3 3 STEREO

the

Tip

Speaker

Internally, the LARGE and SMALL settings for each

 

speaker determine whether or not the internal sound

 

processor will cut the bass signal from that channel.

 

When the bass is cut from a channel, the bass

 

redirection circuitry sends the corresponding bass

System

frequencies to the sub woofer or other “LARGE”

 

speakers.

 

However, since bass sounds have a certain amount of

 

directionality, it best not to cut them, if possible.

 

Therefore, even when using small speakers, you can

 

set them to “LARGE” if you want to output the bass

 

frequencies from that speaker. On the other hand, if

 

you are using a large speaker, but prefer not to have

 

bass frequencies output from that speaker, set it to

 

“SMALL”.

 

If the overall sound level is lower than you prefer, set

 

all speakers to “LARGE”. If there is not enough bass,

 

you can use the BASS parameter in the TONE menu

 

to boost the bass levels. To adjust the bass, see page

 

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