5: Setting up the speakers

You can use the SPEAKER SETUP menu to set the size and distance of the speakers connected to this system.

1 Press ?/1 to turn on the system.2 Press MAIN MENU repeatedly to select “SP SETUP”.3 Turn MENU to select the parameter you want to adjust.

For details, see “SPEAKER SETUP menu parameters” below.

Note

Some speaker setup items may appear dimmed in the display. This means that they have been adjusted automatically due to other speaker settings or may not be adjustable.

4 Turn –/+ to select the setting you want.

The setting is entered automatically.

Note

Press MEMORY/ENTER if you select the setting for “SP PAT. X –X”.

5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you have set all of the items that follow.SPEAKER SETUP menu parameters

The initial setting is underlined.

xXXXX SET (Speaker easy setup)

•EASY

If you want to set up your speakers automatically, select “EASY SET”. You can select a pre-defined speaker pattern (see the supplied “Easy Setup Guide”).

•NORM.

If you want to adjust the settings of each speaker manually, select “NORM. SET”.

xSP PAT. X –X (Speaker setup pattern)

When you select “EASY SET”, select the speaker setup pattern. Turn –/+ to select the speaker setup pattern and press MEMORY/ ENTER to enter the selection. Check your speaker pattern using the supplied “Easy Setup Guide”.

x SW S.W. XXX (Sub woofer selection)

•

YES

 

 

If you connect a sub woofer, select “YES”.

Getting

•

NO

 

 

If you did not connect a sub woofer, select

 

 

“NO”. The front speakers are automatically

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set to “LARGE” and you cannot change this

 

 

 

setting. This activates the bass redirection

 

 

circuitry and outputs the LFE signals from

 

 

other speakers.

 

Note

In order to take full advantage of the Dolby Digital bass redirection circuitry, we recommend that you set the cut off frequency on the sub woofer as high as possible.

x L R XXXXX (Front speakers size)

•LARGE

If you connect large speakers that will effectively reproduce bass frequencies, select “LARGE”. Normally, select “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 front channel bass frequencies from the sub woofer. When the front speakers are set to “SMALL”, the center, surround and surround back speakers are also automatically set to “SMALL” (unless previously set to “NO”).

x C XXXXX (Center speaker size)

•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.

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