Assistant Menu
Thepurposeofthe SetupAssistantisto help you set up your surround system correctly. If you follo wthe stepsdescribedbelow,the K6willautomaticallycalibrate your loudspeakers with the help of the measurement
microphone supplied, and under normal listening roo | m | ||||
conditions this procedure will deliver optimum resu | lts | ||||
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Iftheautomaticcalibrationsystemistoworkprop | erlythe | ||||
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microphonemustbesetupwithfreespaceallround |
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close to your preferred listening position (e.g. on | the | |
living room table, or on the arm of an armchair). T | here | |
must be straightline visual contact between the mi | cro | |
phoneandeachloudspeaker. |
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Firstconnectthesuppliedmicrophonetotheheadph | one | |
socketontherighthandsideofthe | K6,belowthefront | |
panel.Setanormallisteningvolume. |
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CalluptheSetupAssistantandthemenushownbelow appears.
Main speaker:
Center speaker:
Rear speaker:
Subwoofer:
Satellite high pass:
Thefirststepistoenterthesizeofyourloudspe | akersin | |
the righthand column of the menu (see | 'Loudspeaker | |
Menu'),andstatewhether your system includes a sub wooferornot.
Auto-setup:
Nowmovetothe
Toensurethatthecalibrationprocesscanbecarri | edout |
correctlyitisessentialtosetthevolumetothe | optimum |
level beforehand. To help set the correct level the | K6 |
generates a hissing signal on the front left channe | l. In |
the'Volume'lineonthescreenyouwillseethecu | rrently |
set volume, following by a flashing indicator infor | ming |
youwhichbuttontopress. 'VOL+'meansthatthevolume istoolow.
tion process is initiated by pressing the | button, | |
butthiswillnotworkuntilyousee' | OK'onthescreen. | |
The K6willnowcarryouttheautomaticcalibrationproc ess.Duringthisperiodyouwillhearvarioustest signals fromyourloudspeakers.Theresultscouldbefalsif iedif anyloudnoisesoccurduringthedurationoftheca libra tionprocess,sotakecaretokeeptheroomquiet.
The onscreen
Typicaldisplayofmeasuredvalues |
producedbytheAutosetupmenu |
Notes
If the calibration process was spoiled by extraneou | s | |
sounds,orifimplausibleresultsaregeneratedfor | what | |
everreason,youcanrestartthecalibrationproce |
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anytime. |
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The distances established by the Assistant are calc | u | |
latedonthebasisofacousticreflectiontimes.Th | eymay | |
vary slightly from the true geometric distances due | to | |
signaldelaysinyourloudspeakers. |
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If the automatic calibration process supplies inval | id re | |
sultsduetodifficultacousticconditionsinyour | listening | |
room,werecommendthatyoushouldfirsttryvaryin |
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microphone position and / or the volume setting in |
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attempttoobtainavalidresult. |
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If this does not bring about an improvement, making | ||
automatic calibrationimpossible, you can still car | ry out | |
the loudspeaker setup procedure manually via the 'Loudspeaker Menu'.
35 | Basicsettings |
