RCA RP-9380 Speaker System User Manual


 
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SUBWOOFERS
If you choose to add a subwoofer to your system, it is not necessary to
concern yourself so much with its placement. For the most part, a subwoofer
can be hidden behind furniture or draperies without affecting its
performance.
However, you do need to pay attention to how it responds to low bass
frequencies in certain positions. It may be necessary to move the subwoofer
around the room until you are satisfied with its output.
Balancing your speakers
Your system is equipped with
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, which enables you to
reproduce sound effects as they were intended. But to do so, the speakers
must be correctly balanced.
To balance the speakers using the Test Tone, all speakers must be connected
to your receiver and your receiver must be in the Dolby Pro Logic Surround
Mode.
1. Press the TEST TONE button on the receiver front panel. The Test
Tone LED on the front panel will light. The receiver will
generate a “pink noise” and apply it automatically at three-
second intervals to the left main channel, center channel,
right main channel and left and right rear channels
(simultaneously), in that order.
2. As the pink noise is generated, go to the spot in the room
where you are most likely to be when listening to your
system. The rear surround and center speakers should
be adjusted to equal the level of output from the left and
right main speakers.
3. Make adjustments by pressing the REAR•CTR button, and
then the +/- button on your remote control. The output from
the selected speaker(s) is adjusted accordingly.
Each time you press the + or - button on your remote control
to adjust a channel, the receiver provides you with two more
seconds of pink noise to that channel before moving on to
the next.
4. Press the TEST TONE button again to end the test.
You may not need to check or adjust these levels again unless you move
your system, rearrange the speakers, or change your preferred seating
location in the room.
Setting up the system
Sit Back and Listen ...
Fine tuning is best
performed with the remote
control so that adjustments
can be made from the
viewing or listening area.
Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing
Corporation. “Dolby,” the double-D symbol (
) and “Pro Logic”
are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
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SUBWOOFER
OUTPUT