Yamaha RX-V457 Speaker level BSP LEVEL, Speaker distance CSP DISTANCE, Dynamic range FD.RANGE

■Speaker level B)SP LEVEL

Use these settings to manually balance the level of each speaker selected in SPEAKER SET (page 56). Choices: –10.0 dB to +10.0 dB

•FL adjusts the balance of the front left speaker.

•FR adjusts the balance of the front right speaker.

•C adjusts the balance of the center speaker.

•SL adjusts the balance of the surround left speaker.

•SR adjusts the balance of the surround right speaker.

•SB adjusts the balance of the surround back speaker.

•SWFR adjusts the balance of the subwoofer.

■Speaker distance C)SP DISTANCE

Use this feature to manually input the distance of each speaker and adjust the delay applied to respective channel. Ideally, each speaker should be the same distance from the main listening position. However, this is not possible in most home situations. Thus, a certain amount of delay must be applied to the sound from each speaker so that all sound will arrive at the listening position at the same time.

Unit UNIT

Choices: meters (m), feet (ft)

Initial setting:

U.S.A. and Canada models: feet (ft)

Other models: meters (m)

•Select meters to input speaker distances in meters.

•Select feet to input sp eaker distances in feet.

Speaker distances

Choices: 0.3 to 24.0 m (1 to 80 ft)

•FRONT L adjusts the distance of the front left speaker. Initial setting: 3.0 m (10.0 ft)

•FRONT R adjusts the distance of the front right speaker. Initial setting: 3.0 m (10.0 ft)

•CENTER adjusts the distance of the center speaker. Initial setting: 3.0 m (10.0 ft)

•SUR. L adjusts the distance of the surround left speaker. Initial setting: 3.0 m (10.0 ft)

•SUR. R adjusts the distance of the surround right speaker. Initial setting: 3.0 m (10.0 ft)

•SUR. B adjusts the distance of the surround back speaker. Initial setting: 2.10 m (7.0 ft)

•SWFR adjusts the distance of the subwoofer. Initial setting: 3.0 m (10.0 ft)

SET MENU

■Center graphic equalizer D)CENTER GEQ

Use this feature to adjust the built-in 5-band graphic equalizer for the center channel so that the tonal quality of the center speaker matches that of the front speakers. You can make adjustments listening to the currently selected source component or a test tone.

You can adjust 5 frequency bands: 100Hz, 300Hz, 1kHz, 3kHz, 10kHz Choices: –6 to +6 dB

Initial setting: 0 dB

• Select ON to output test t ones from the front left and center speakers, and adjust the tonal quality of the center speaker.

• Select OFF to stop the test tone and output the currently selected source component.

■Low-frequency effect level E)LFE LEVEL

Use 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 Dolby Digital or DTS signals.

Choices: –20 to 0 dB

Speaker SP LFE

Select to adjust the speaker LFE level.

Headphone HP LFE

Select to adjust the headphone LFE level.

Note

Depending on the “LFE LEVEL” setting, some signals may not be output from the SUBWOOFER OUTPUT jack.

■Dynamic range F)D.RANGE

Use to select the amount of dynamic range compression to be applied to your speakers or headphones. This setting is effective only when the unit is decoding Dolby Digital and DTS signals.

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

Speaker SP D.R

Select to adjust the speaker compression.

Headphone HP D.R

Select to adjust the headphone compression.

•Select MAX for feature films.

•Select STD for general use.

•Select MIN for listening to sources at low volume levels.

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