SOUND 2 SP DISTANCE

(speaker distance)

Use this feature to adjust the delay applied to center and rear center channel sounds. This feature works when there is sound output from the center speakers with a source such as Dolby Digital or DTS. Ideally, the center speaker and the rear speakers should be the same distance from the main listening position as the left and right main speakers. However, in most home situations, the center speaker or the rear center speaker is placed in line with the main speakers or the rear speakers. By delaying the sound from the center speaker and the rear speakers, you can adjust the apparent distance from the center speaker and the rear speakers to the main listening position to make it seem the same as the distance between the listening position and main left and right speakers.

1 Press u / d to select “UNIT”.

2 Press j / i to select the unit “meters” or “feet” to be used in setting.

3 Press u / d to select the speaker for which you want to adjust the delay.

4 Press j / i to set the delay.

Press i for higher values and j for lower values.

C

L

C

R

RL

RC

RR

RL

 

RR

 

RC

 

SET MENU

SOUND 3 LFE LEVEL

Use this feature to adjust the output level of the LFE (low-frequency effect) channel when playing back a Dolby Digital or DTS signal. The LFE signal carries low- frequency special effect sound which is only added to certain scenes.

Control range:

 

SPEAKER

–20 to 0 dB

HEADPHONE

–20 to 0 dB

Initial setting: 0 dB

 

1 Press u / d to select the item to be adjusted.

2 Press j to adjust the LFE level.

Note

Adjust the LFE level according to the capacity of your subwoofer or headphones.

SOUND 4 D. RANGE

(dynamic range)

Use this feature to adjust the dynamic range. This setting is effective only when the unit is decoding Dolby Digital signals.

Choices: MAX, STD (standard), MIN (minimum)

MAX

Select MAX for feature films.

STD

Select STD for general use.

MIN

Select MIN for listening to sources at low volume levels.

OPERATION

ADVANCED

 

 

Setting by “meters”

Control range:

0.3 to 24.00 m (for main L/R, center,

 

rear L/R, rear center)

Initial settings:

3.00 m (for main L/R, center, rear L/

 

R), 2.10 m (for rear center)

Setting by “feet”

Control range:

1 to 80 ft (for main L/R, center, rear

 

L/R, rear center)

Initial settings:

10.0 ft (for main L/R, center, rear L/

 

R), 7.0 ft (for rear center)

Note

No delay will be set if you set the same distance for the main L/R and center, or the rear L/R and rear center.

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Yamaha RX-V440RDS owner manual Speaker distance, Dynamic range, Setting by meters, Setting by feet

RX-V440RDS specifications

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