Yamaha DSP-Z11 Manual Setup Volume, Manual Setup Sound, 86 En, Speaker Level Speaker level, Notes

Graphical user interface (GUI) menu

■Speaker Level (Speaker level)

Use this feature to manually balance the speaker levels between the front left or surround left speakers and each speaker selected in “Speaker Set” (see page 84).

Control range: –10.0 dB to +10.0 dB

Initial setting: 0.0 dB

Control step: 0.5 dB

Speaker Level	Adjusted speaker
Front L	Front left speaker
Front R	Front right speaker
Center	Center speaker
Surround L	Surround left speaker
Surround R	Surround right speaker
Surround Back L	Surround back left speaker
Surround Back R	Surround back right speaker
Front Presence L	Front presence left speaker
Front Presence R	Front presence right speaker
Rear Presence L	Rear presence left speaker
Rear Presence R	Rear presence right speaker
Subwoofer L	Subwoofer left
Subwoofer R	Subwoofer right

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•If your subwoofer can adjust the output volume and the crossover frequency, set the volume to about half way (or slightly less) and set the crossover frequency to the maximum.

•If you use a handheld sound pressure level meter, hold at arm’s length and point upwards so that the meter is in the listening position. With the meter set to the 70 dB scale and to C SLOW, calibrate each speaker to 75 dB.

Notes

•The available speaker channels differ depending on the setting of the speakers.

•If you are only using one surround back speaker, connect it to the SUR.BACK SINGLE jack, and adjust the balance in “Surround Back L”.

•The setting of “Speaker Level” changes depending on the setting of “PEQ Select” in “Manual Setup” (see page 87).

Manual Setup (Volume)

Use this menu to manually adjust the various volume settings.

Adaptive DRC (Adaptive dynamic range control)

Use this feature to adjust the dynamic range in conjunction with the volume level. This feature is useful when you are listening at lower volumes or at night. When “Adaptive DRC” is set to “Auto”, this unit controls the dynamic range as follows:

–If the VOLUME setting is low: the dynamic range is narrow

–If the VOLUME setting is high: the dynamic range is wide

level	AUTO	level	AUTO
Output		Output
	OFF		OFF

Input level		Input level
	VOLUME: low	VOLUME: high
Choice		Functions
Auto	Adjusts the dynamic range automatically.
Off	Does not adjust the dynamic range automatically.

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•You can also adjust the dynamic range of the bitstream signal sources by using “Dynamic Range” in “Sound” (see page 87).

•This function is also useful for listening with your headphones.

Notes

•The adaptive dynamic range control feature does not function when this unit is in the THX Surround modes (see page 73) or Pure Direct mode (see page 61).

•If you set “Direct” in “2ch Stereo” to “Auto” (see page 80) and this unit is in the 2ch Stereo mode, the adaptive dynamic range control feature does not function in some cases.

Adaptive DSP Lvl (Adaptive DSP effect level)

Use this feature to make fine adjustments of the DSP effect level (see page 77) automatically in conjunction with the volume level.

Choice	Functions
Auto	Adjusts the DSP effect level in conjunction with the
	volume level.
Off	Does not adjust the DSP effect level automatically.

Note

Even if you set “Adaptive DSP Lvl” to “Auto”, this unit does not change but fine-tunes the specified value of “DSP Level” (see page 77).

Max Volume (Maximum volume)

Use this feature to set the maximum volume level in the main zone. This feature is useful to avoid the unexpected loud sound by mistake. For example, the original volume range is –80.0 dB to +16.5 dB. However, when “Max Volume” is set to –5.0 dB, the volume range becomes –80.0 dB to –5.0 dB.

Control range: –30.0 dB to +15.0 dB, +16.5 dB

Control step: 5.0 dB

Initial Volume (Initial volume)

Use this feature to set the volume level of the main zone when the power of this unit is turned on.

Choices: Off, Mute, –80.0 dB to +16.5 dB

Control step: 0.5 dB

Notes

•When this unit is in the auto setup procedure, the volume level is automatically set to 0 dB regardless of the current “Max Volume” setting.

•The “Max Volume” setting takes priority over the initial volume setting. For example, if “Initial Volume” is set to –20.0 dB and “Max Volume” is set to –30.0 dB, the volume level is automatically set to –30.0 dB when you turn on the power of this unit next time.

Muting Type (Muting type)

Use this feature to adjust how much the mute function reduces the output volume (see page 52).

Choice	Functions
Full	Mutes all the audio output.
–20dB	Reduces the current volume by 20 dB.
–40dB	Reduces the current volume by 40 dB.

Manual Setup (Sound)

Use this menu to adjust the sound parameters.

■LFE Level (Low-frequency effect level)

Use this feature to adjust the output level of the

LFE (low-frequency effect) channel according to the capacity of your subwoofer or headphones. The LFE channel carries low- frequency special effects which are only added to certain scenes. This setting is effective only when this unit decodes bitstream signals.

Control range: –20.0 to 0.0 dB

Control step: 1.0 dB

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