Optimizing the speaker setting for your listening room

Optimizer microphone

Basic automatic setup

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It is recommended that you use a tripod (etc.) to affix the optimizer microphone at the same height as your ears would be when you are seated in your listening position. You can use the attached screw of a tripod (etc.) to fix the optimizer microphone to the tripod (etc.).

Before proceeding next operation

Once you perform the next operation, this unit starts the automatic setup procedure in 10 seconds. During the automatic setup procedure, do not perform any operation on this unit. For more accurate measurements, we recommended that you get out of the room or move to the wall where speakers are not around during the measurement. It takes approximately 3 minutes.

3Press 9ENTER to start the measurement.This unit starts to count down from 10 seconds. y

•To start the measurement immediately, press 9ENTER again.

•To cancel the automatic setup and return to the previous screen, press ?RETURN and then 9ENTER.

Use this feature to optimize the setup of this unit for one listening position. You can also select the parameters to be optimized in the automatic setup.

1Turn on the video monitor and then follow steps 1 and 2 in “Quick automatic setup” (page 35).

2Press IMENU on the remote control.The following screen (GUI menu) appears in the video monitor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information

NOTICE

 

 

 

 

Setup Menu

Loud test tones are

 

 

 

 

Start

output.

 

 

 

 

Please keep quiet

 

 

 

 

 

or leave the room.

 

 

 

 

 

Start:ENTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3To select the parameters to be optimized, press 9k to select “Setup Menu” and then press 9h.

When you do not need to select the parameters to be optimized, skip to step 6.

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If you do not select the parameters to be optimized, this unit will optimize the parameters you selected last time. All the parameters except “Angle” are selected by the initial factory settings.

Loud test tones are output from each speaker during the measurement. Once all items are measured, “COMPLETED” appears.

C O M P L E T E D

P L S U N P L U G M I C

Note

If an error or warning message appears, see “Automatic setup” (page 145).

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4Disconnect the optimizer microphone to complete the automatic setup.

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You can check the results of the measurements by using the GUI screen (page 40).

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4Press 9k / n repeatedly to select the parameter and then press 9ENTER tocheck or uncheck the box.Check the boxes for the parameters to be optimized.

Parameter

Descriptions

 

 

Multi Measure

You can optimize the setup of this unit for

(Multiple point

multiple listening positions. For details, see

measurement)

“Advanced automatic setup” (page 38). In

 

the basic automatic setup, leave this setting

 

to the default.

 

 

Wiring

This unit checks and adjusts which speakers

(Speaker wiring)

are connected and the polarity of each

 

speaker.

 

 

Distance

This unit checks and adjusts the distance of

(Speaker distance)

each speaker from the listening position and

 

adjusts the timing of each channel.

 

 

Size

This unit checks and adjusts the frequency

(Speaker size)

response of each speaker and sets the

 

appropriate low-frequency crossover for

 

each channel.