Tip

Surround speaker position is designed specifically for implementation of the Cinema Studio EX modes. For other sound fields, speaker position is not so critical.

Those sound fields were designed under the premise that the surround speakers would be located behind the listening position, but presentation remains fairly consistent even with the surround speakers positioned at a rather wide angle. However, if the speakers are pointing toward the listener from the immediate left and right of the listening position, the surround effects become unclear unless set to “SIDE.”

Nevertheless, each listening environment has many variables, such as wall reflections, and you may obtain better results using “BEHD” if your speakers are located high above the listening position, even if they are located to the immediate left and right. Therefore, although it may result in a setting contrary to the above explanation, we recommend that you playback multi-channel surround encoded software and select the setting that provides a good sense of spaciousness and that best succeeds in forming a cohesive space between the surround sound from the surround speakers and the sound of the front speakers. If you are not sure which sounds best, select “BEHD” and then use the speaker distance parameter and speaker level adjustments to obtain proper balance.

xSP CROSSOVER

(Speaker crossover frequency)

Lets you set the bass crossover frequency of speakers that has been set to “SMALL” in the System Settings menu. You cannot set “SP CROSSOVER” when setting speakers using the auto calibration function. To adjust the speaker crossover, set “A.CAL LOAD ?” to “OFF” in the Auto Calibration menu. Then, set up the speakers manually, and select the parameter from “SP CROSSOVER.”

Settings for the system(System Settings menu)

You can use the System Settings menu to customize the settings of the receiver. Select “System Settings” in the setting menus. For details on adjusting the parameters, see “Navigating through menus” (page 54) and “Overview of the menus” (page 55).

System Settings menu parameters

xDIMMER

(Brightness of the display)

Lets you adjust the brightness of the display. When you choose setting such that you turn off the display completely, the MULTI CHANNEL DECODING indicator is also turned off.

xSP. IMPEDANCE (Speaker impedance)

For details, see “6: Setting the speakers” (page 39).

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