Kenwood VR-5900 User Manual 1 - Page 54
Receiver Setup, Three : Using Receiver
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Receiver Setup Chapter Three : Using Receiver's Front Panel to Set Up the Speakers and Radio Stations ceed to step 5. (Just about all surround speakers should be considered NML/THX.) B. If your surround speakers are very large, and capable of reproducing clean, deep bass energy at output levels that match those produced by a typical powered subwoofer, press either MULTI CONTROL (fi/%) button repeatedly until the receiver's display reads SURR LARGE. C. If your speaker system doesn't have surround speakers, press either MULTI CONTROL (fi/%) button repeatedly until the receiver's display reads SURR OFF. NOTE: If your front speakers are set to NML/THX, you can only set the surround speakers to NML/ THX or OFF. 5. Press the SET UP button once more. The receiver's display will read S.BACK NML/THX. NOTE: If your surround speakers are set to OFF, the surround back speakers are automatically set 48 to OFF and the receiver skips to step 6. A. If your surround back speakers are not capable of producing clean, deep bass energy at output levels that match those produced by a typical powered subwoofer, leave the receiver set this way and pro- ceed to step 6. (Just about all surround back speak- ers should be considered NML/THX.) B. If your surround back speakers are very large, and capable of reproducing clean, deep bass energy at output levels that match those produced by a typical powered subwoofer, press either MULTI CONTROL (fi/%) button repeatedly until the receiver's display reads S.BACK LARGE. C. If your speaker system doesn't have surround back speakers, press either MULTI CONTROL (fi/%) button once. The receiver's display will read S.BACK OFF. NOTE: If your front speakers are set to NML/THX, you can only set the surround back speakers to NML/THX or OFF. 6. Press the SET UP button once more. The display will read SW RE-MIX OFF. NOTE: If your subwoofer is set to off, SW RE-MIX is automatically set to off and the receiver skips to the next setup. If you have a subwoofer as part of your home theater speaker system and have set your left & right front speakers to FRONT LARGE, SW RE-MIX mode gives you the flexibility to choose how bass information is distributed to your speakers. (As mentioned previously, most speakers will perform best when set to NML/THX.) 7. Use the MULTI CONTROL (fi/%) buttons to select the desired SW RE-MIX mode: • If SW RE-MIX OFF is selected, bass from the front left and front right channels will go ONLY to the front left and front right speakers. The subwoofer will only receive a bass signal from the LFE channel of Dolby Digital and DTS programs, and from any channels with speakers that you have designated as NML/ THX. This selection is preferred by THX. • If SW RE-MIX ON is selected, you will send the bass from the front left and right channels to the front left & right speakers AND the subwoofer simultaneously. While this setting keeps your subwoofer active in all listening modes, it can also cause the bass to sound indistinct (or "muddy") because it is now coming from up to 3 different speakers at once. If your home theater speaker system includes a subwoofer and you have set your front left & right speakers to FRONT LARGE, we suggest that you initially use the SW RE-MIX OFF setting. If this produces weaksounding bass in your room, change to the SW RE-MIX ON setting. 8. Balancing the speaker volumes You can use your ears to adjust the volume balance between the speakers in the system. See page 39 for details. A. Minimize external noise in the listening room. B. Position yourself in a place where you usually listen to music or view video. C. Press the SET UP button repeatedly until "TEST TONE OFF" is displayed. D. Press the MULTI CONTROL (fi/%) button to select ON, then press the SET UP button. When setting the speaker levels, be careful against the high-level test tone that is produced. The speaker volume adjustment display appears and test noise is generated from the front left speaker ("L 0 dB" displayed). Listen to the volume of the noise carefully. E. When the test noise moves to the center speaker and "C 0 dB" is displayed, adjust the volume to the same level as the front left speaker by pressing the MULTI CONTROL (fi/%) button. F. Similarly, adjust the volumes of the "R" (front right), "SR" (surround right), "SBR" (surround back right), "SBL" (surround back left) and "SL" (surround left) speakers. Do not adjust the "SW" (Subwoofer) volume using the test noise. It should be adjusted while listening to ordinary music. G. Press the SET UP button once more. The receiver's display will read BASS PEAK OFF. Since the LFE (bass effects) channel of Dolby Digital and DTS programs can contain up to 10dB more energy than the other channels, which is enough to damage some speakers. The VR-5900 has a bass limiter circuit that keeps the output to your subwoofer (or left & right speakers, if your system doesn't have a subwoofer) within safe limits.