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The System Setup and Other Setup menus, Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu, Manual

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11 The System Setup and Other Setup menus Chapter 11: The System Setup and Other Setup menus Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu The following section describes how to change the speaker-related settings manually and make various other settings (input selection, OSD language selection, etc.). 1 Switch on the receiver and your TV. Make sure that the TV's video input is set to this receiver. 2 Press RECEIVER , then press HOME MENU. A Graphical User Interface (GUI) screen appears on your TV. Use and ENTER to navigate through the screens and select menu items. Press RETURN to confirm and exit the current menu. • Press HOME MENU at any time to exit the Home Menu. 3 Select 'System Setup' from the Home Menu, then press ENTER. 4 Select the setting you want to adjust. • Manual SP Setup - Sets the type of connection used for surround back terminals and the size, number distance and overall balance of the connected speakers (see Manual speaker setup below). • Input Setup - Specifies what you've connected to the digital, HDMI and component video inputs (see The Input Setup menu on page 37). • OSD Language - The GUI screen's display language can be changed (see Changing the OSD display language (OSD Language) on page 35). • Network Setup - Conducts the setup necessary to connect this unit to the network (see Network Setup menu on page 81). • Other Setup - Makes customized settings to reflect how you are using the receiver (see The Other Setup menu on page 82). Manual speaker setup This receiver allows you to make detailed settings to optimize the surround sound performance. You only need to make these settings once (unless you change the placement of your current speaker system or add new speakers). These settings are designed to customize your system, but if you're satisfied with the settings made in Automatically conducting optimum sound tuning (Auto MCACC) on page 35, it isn't necessary to make all of these settings. CAUTION • The test tones used in the Manual SP Setup are output at high volume. 1 Select 'Manual SP Setup', then press ENTER. See Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu above if you're not already at this screen. 2 Select the setting you want to adjust. If you are doing this for the first time, you may want to adjust these settings in order: • Speaker System - Specifies how you are using your surround back speakers (page 79). • Speaker Setting - Specifies the size and number of speakers you've connected (page 79). • Channel Level - Adjusts the overall balance of your speaker system (page 80). • Speaker Distance - Specifies the distance of your speakers from the listening position (page 80). • X-Curve - Adjusts the tonal balance of your speaker system for movie soundtracks (page 81). • THX Audio Setting - Specifies whether you are using a THX speaker setup (page 81). 3 Make the adjustments necessary for each setting, pressing RETURN to confirm after each screen. 78 En

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The System Setup and Other Setup menus
11
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Chapter 11:
The System Setup and Other Setup
menus
Making receiver settings from the
System Setup menu
The following section desc
r
ibes how to change the
s
p
eake
r
-
r
elated settings manually and make va
r
ious
othe
r
settings (in
p
ut selection, OSD language selection,
etc.).
1
Switch on the receiver and your TV.
Make su
r
e that the TV’s video in
p
ut is set to this
r
eceive
r
.
2
Press
, then press
HOME MENU
.
A G
r
a
p
hical Use
r
Inte
r
face (GUI) sc
r
een a
pp
ea
r
s on you
r
TV. Use
///
and
ENTER
to navigate th
r
ough the
sc
r
eens and select menu items. P
r
ess
RETURN
to
confi
r
m and exit the cu
rr
ent menu.
•P
r
ess
HOME MENU
at any time to exit the
Home
Menu
.
3
Select ‘
System Setup
’ from the
Home Menu
, then
press
ENTER
.
4
Select the setting you want to adjust.
Manual SP Setup
– Sets the ty
p
e of connection used
fo
r
su
rr
ound back te
r
minals and the size, numbe
r
distance and ove
r
all balance of the connected
s
p
eake
r
s (see
Manual speaker setup
below).
Input Setup
– S
p
ecifies what you’ve connected to
the digital, HDMI and com
p
onent video in
p
uts (see
The Input Setup menu
on
p
age 37).
OSD Language
– The GUI sc
r
een’s dis
p
lay language
can be changed (see
Changing the OSD display
language (OSD Language)
on
p
age 35).
Network Setup
– Conducts the setu
p
necessa
r
y to
connect this unit to the netwo
r
k (see
Network Setup
menu
on
p
age 81).
Other Setup
– Makes customized settings to
r
eflect
how you a
r
e using the
r
eceive
r
(see
The Other Setup
menu
on
p
age 82).
Manual speaker setup
This
r
eceive
r
allows you to make detailed settings to
o
p
timize the su
rr
ound sound
p
e
r
fo
r
mance. You only need
to make these settings once (unless you change the
p
lacement of you
r
cu
rr
ent s
p
eake
r
system o
r
add new
s
p
eake
r
s).
These settings a
r
e designed to customize you
r
system,
but if you’
r
e satisfied with the settings made in
Automatically conducting optimum sound tuning (Auto
MCACC)
on
p
age 35, it isn’t necessa
r
y to make all of
these settings.
CAUTION
The test tones used in the
Manual SP Setup
a
r
e
out
p
ut at high volume.
1
Select ‘
Manual SP Setup
’, then press
ENTER
.
See
Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu
above if you’
r
e not al
r
eady at this sc
r
een.
2
Select the setting you want to adjust.
If you a
r
e doing this fo
r
the fi
r
st time, you may want to
adjust these settings in o
r
de
r
:
Speaker System
– S
p
ecifies how you a
r
e using you
r
su
rr
ound back s
p
eake
r
s (
p
age 79).
Speaker Setting
– S
p
ecifies the size and numbe
r
of
s
p
eake
r
s you’ve connected (
p
age 79).
Channel Level
– Adjusts the ove
r
all balance of you
r
s
p
eake
r
system (
p
age 80).
Speaker Distance
– S
p
ecifies the distance of you
r
s
p
eake
r
s f
r
om the listening
p
osition (
p
age 80).
X-Curve
– Adjusts the tonal balance of you
r
s
p
eake
r
system fo
r
movie soundt
r
acks (
p
age 81).
THX Audio Setting
– S
p
ecifies whethe
r
you a
r
e
using a THX s
p
eake
r
setu
p
(
p
age 81).
3
Make the adjustments necessary for each setting,
pressing
RETURN
to confirm after each screen.
RECEIVER