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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 25
ENGLISH
System Configuration
surround modes are selected a Center speaker
must be used, the Logic 7 Music mode works
well without a Center too.
5.When you have completed your selection for
the center channel, press the
¤
Button
D
on the remote to move the cursor to
SURROUND.
6. Press the
‹
/
›
Buttons
Ea
on the remote
to select the option that best describes the sur-
round speakers in your system based on the
speaker definitions shown on page 23.
When
SMALLis selected, with all digital sur-
round modes low-frequency surround channel
sounds will be sent to the Fronts when Sub is
turned off or to the subwoofer output when Sub
is on.With any analog surround mode the rear
bass feed depends on the mode selected and the
setting of the Sub and front speakers.
When
LARGEis selected, a full-range output
will be sent to the surround channel outputs (with
all analog and digital surround modes), and
except with Hall and Theater modes, NO surround
channel bass will be sent to the subwoofer out-
put.
When
NONEis selected, surround-sound infor-
mation will be split between the front left and
front right outputs. For optimal performance
when no surround speakers are in use, the
Dolby 3 Stereo mode should be used.
7.When you have completed your selection for
the surround channels, press the
¤
Button
D
on the remote to move the cursor to
SUBWOOFER.
8. Press the
‹
/
›
Buttons
Ea
on the remote
to select the option that best describes your
system.
The choices available for the subwoofer position
will depend on the settings for the other speak-
ers, particularly the front left/right positions.
If the front left/right speakers are set to
SMALL,
the subwoofer will automatically be set to
SUB,
which is the “on” position.
If the front left/right speakers are set to
LARGE,
three options are available:
• If no subwoofer is connected to the AVR, press
the
‹
/
›
Buttons
Ea
on the remote so
that
NONEappears in the on-screen menu.
When this option is selected, all bass informa-
tion will be routed to the front left/right
“main” speakers.
• If a subwoofer is connected to the AVR, you
have the option to have the front left/right
“main” speakers reproduce bass frequencies at
all times, and have the subwoofer operate only
when the AVR is being used with a digital
source that contains a dedicated Low
Frequency Effects, or LFE soundtrack.This
allows you to use both your main and sub-
woofer speakers to take advantage of the spe-
cial bass created for certain movies. To select
that option press the
‹
/
›
Buttons
Ea
on
the remote so that
LFEappears in the on-
screen menu.
• If a subwoofer is connected and you wish to
use it for bass reproduction in conjunction with
the main front left/right speakers, regardless of
the type of program source or Surround mode
you are listening to, press the
‹
/
›
Buttons
Ea
on the remote so that L/R+LFE
appears in the on-screen menu.When this
option is selected, a full-range signal will be
sent to the front left/right “main” speakers.The
subwoofer will receive the front left and right
bass frequencies under the crossover frequency
selected in another setting on this menu, as
described below, and also the LFE soundtrack.
9.When all initial speaker “size” settings have
been made, you now have the option to take
advantage of the AVR’s Triple Crossover system,
which allows individual crossover settings to be
made for each speaker group. In systems where
full-range or tower speakers are used for the
front soundstage or where different brands or
models are in use at the various speaker posi-
tions, this feature allows you to custom tailor the
bass management and redirection circuits with a
precision not previously possible.
If you have already run EzSet/EQ the settings
calculated during that procedure will already
appear. No further adjustment is required unless
you wish to conform a specific item to your
personal taste or a nonstandard system
configuration.
The low-frequency crossover point is set by the
design of your speakers. It is defined as the fre-
quency which is the lowest possible frequency
the speaker is capable of reproducing. Before
making any changes to the settings for the
crossover point we suggest that you find the
crossover point for the speakers in each of the
three groupings, front left/right, center front and
surrounds by looking at the specifications page of
the speaker’s owner’s manual, by getting that
information from the manufacturer’s Web site, or
by contacting your dealer or the manufacturer’s
customer service department.You will need this
figure to accurately configure the next group of
settings.
The factory default setting for all speaker posi-
tions is 100Hz. If that setting is acceptable for all
channels, then no adjustments are needed and
you may skip this section. However, should you
wish to change one of the settings, please pro-
ceed to the
SPEAKERX-OVER submenu, as
shown in Figure 10.
Figure 10
To change the setting for any of the three
speaker groups Left/Right, Center or Surround,
press the
⁄
/
¤
Buttons
D
until the cursor is
next to the line where you wish to make a
change and then press the
‹
/
›
Buttons
Ea
until the desired setting appears. The available
choices at which point low-frequency information
will be sent to the subwoofer (or to the Front
Left/Right speakers in case subwoofer is set to
OFF), rather than to the speaker channel, are
40Hz, 60Hz, 80Hz, 100Hz, 120Hz, 150Hz and
200Hz. Pick the choice that is identical to the
information for the speakers, or if an exact match
is not possible, pick the closest choice that is
ABOVE the speaker’s lowfrequency limit to avoid
the creation of a low-frequency “hole” where
your system will have no bass information.
In cases where
LARGEhas been selected as the
front channel speaker option and
L/R+LFE
has been selected as the subwoofer option, the
front channel sound information below the cross-
over point selected for the L/R front speakers
(when fronts are set to "Small") will be sent to
BOTH the front channel speakers and the sub-
woofer.
The crossover settings for the Left/Right, Center
and Surround speakers are used to determine
where bass information is sent when it is derived
from the main channels of a source. The setting
for the menu line shown as
LFEis used to
impose a low-pass filter point for the information
in the Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel that is
a part of Dolby Digital- and DTS-encoded source
material.While the LFE channel, which is the
“.1” you see in surround sound designations, is
restricted to low fre-quency sounds, some mixes
may include information that is higher in frequen-
cy than your subwoofer is capable of reproduc-
ing.To prevent unwanted sounds from being sent
to subwoofers that cannot handle them and
which do not have a built-in low-pass filter, the
LFEoption line enables you to select a setting
for the low-pass filter that is part of the sub-
woofer feed from the LFE channel.
The settings available are the same as those tied
to any one of the four available speaker positions
on this submenu.We recommend that you use
the frequency that is just slightly higher than the
upper capability limit of your subwoofer, as
shown in the sub’s Owner’s Manual. When the
cursor is on the
LFEline, press the
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