Kenwood VR-5700 User Manual 1 - Page 48

Remote Setup Chapter Two : Setting Up the Remote Control Unit Balancing the Speaker Levels with a Sound Level Meter Note: These instructions assume you are using a Radio Shack SPL meter, model 33-2050. 1. Eliminate as many external noise sources as possible 2. Sit in the place where you and your guests will sit while watching movies or listening to music 3. Press the MUSIC button or MOVIE button to display the "Menu". Tuner FMF01chFFAuto F87.50MHz FFFFFFMenu 42 4. Press the Menu button (LCD function button 2). HomeFFFSetup 6. Press the LCD cursor up/down button ( , ) to select "02. Surround", then press the Enter button (LCD function button 2) REC SurroundFSetUp SubFWooferF=FOn HomeFFNext 7. Press the Next button (LCD button 2) repeatedly until "Test Tone = Off" is displayed. 8. Press the LCD cursor up/down button ( , ) to select "On", then press the Next button (LCD function button 2) SurroundFSetUp TestFToneF=FL FFFFFF-10dB HomeFFNext 11. Hold the meter at arm's length and ear height. press the or button to adjust the speaker's level so that the needle on the meter points between 4 and 6 (75dB). You can adjust the speaker's level by 1dB each time you touch one of the buttons. 12. Repeat step 11 for each speaker in the system (including the subwoofer). 13. When all of the speakers in the system play the test noise at 75dB on the SPL meter, press the Next button. To quit setting and return to the normal operation screen, Press the Home button . Reference Playback Level Your system will now play carefully-transferred film soundtracks at the volumes intended by their makers when you set the receiver's volume control to 0dB. You can, of course, set the volume level to your own preferences. 5. Press the Setup buttonRE(CLCD function button 2). 01.IR 02.Surround 03.Contrast HomeFFEnter 9. The receiver's volume control will automatically be set to 0dB and test noise will play from the front left speaker. Listen to the volume of the noise carefully. The test noise moves from a speaker to the next speaker every about 2 seconds. The test noise does not move while a control is manipulated. 10. On the SPL meter, choose 70dB on the large dial, and set the meter controls to "C" and "Slow".