surround back speakers are also

• NO

automatically set to “SMALL” (unless

If you have not connected surround

previously set to “NO”).

speakers, select “NO.”

xCENTER SP (Center speaker)

• LARGE

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.”

• SMALL

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.

• NO

If you have not connected a center speaker, select “NO,” the sound of the center channel will be output from the front speakers.

• MIX

If you have not connected a center speaker, select “MIX.” The sound of the center channel will be output without affecting sound quality.

xSURROUND SP (Surround speaker)

The surround back speakers will be set to the same setting.

•LARGE

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.”

•SMALL

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 surround channel bass frequencies from the sub woofer or other “LARGE” speakers.

x SUR BACK SP (Surround back speakers)

When the surround speakers are set to “NO,”

 

the surround back speakers are also

 

automatically set to “NO” and the setting

 

 

cannot be changed.

 

• DUAL

Amplifier

If you connect two surround back speakers,

 

select “DUAL.” The sound will be output to

 

a maximum of 7.1 channels.

 

• SINGLE

Operations

If you connect only one surround back

 

speaker, select “SINGLE.” The sound will

 

be output to a maximum of 6.1 channels.

 

• NO

 

If you have not connected surround back

 

speakers, select “NO.”

 

• ZONE 2

 

If you use the surround back speaker in zone

 

2, select “ZONE 2.” When you select

 

“ZONE 2,” the input to the SURROUND

 

BACK jacks of the MULTI CHANNEL

 

INPUT is invalid (page 24).

 

• BI-AMP

 

If you connect front speakers in a bi-

 

amplifier configuration, select “BI-AMP”

 

(page 104).

 

Tip

The “LARGE” and “SMALL” settings for each speaker determine whether 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 frequencies to the sub woofer or other “LARGE” speakers.

However, since bass sound has a certain amount of directionality, it is 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.”

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