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Getting Started 10: Calibrating the appropriate speaker settings automatically (Auto Calibration) The DCAC (Digital Cinema Auto Calibration) function allows you to perform automatic calibration, such as checking the connection between each speaker and the receiver, adjusting the speaker level, and measuring the distance of each speaker from your seating position automatically. - When using the zone 2/zone 3 function in zone 2/zone 3. • Cancel MUTING if it is set to on. Optimizer microphone Before you perform auto calibration • Set up and connect the speakers (page 2124). • The AUTO CAL MIC jack is used for the supplied optimizer microphone only. Do not connect other microphones. Doing so may damage the receiver and the microphone. • During the measurement, the sound that comes out of the speakers is very loud. The volume of the sound cannot be adjusted. Pay attention to the presence of children or to the effect on your neighborhood. • Perform the measurement in a quiet environment to avoid the effect of noise and get a more accurate measurement. • If there are any obstacles in the path between the optimizer microphone and the speakers, the calibration cannot be performed correctly. Remove any obstacle from the measurement area to avoid measurement error. Notes • In the following situations, the measurements have not been performed correctly or auto calibration cannot be performed. - When headphones are connected. - When connecting special speakers, such as dipole speakers. 1 Select the speaker pattern (page 44). If you connect front high speakers, select the speaker pattern that has front high speakers (5/x.x or 4/x.x) each time you perform auto calibration. Otherwise, the characteristics of the front high speakers cannot be measured. However, even if you perform auto calibration with a speaker pattern such as 5/2.x or 4/2.x, when surround back speakers or a subwoofer are (is) connected to the receiver, the speaker pattern is set automatically so that all the detected speakers are utilized (e.g., 5/4.1, etc.). If you change the number of speakers you want to use, reselect the desired speaker pattern manually after auto calibration. Then, you can restore the speaker pattern that has surround back speakers or a subwoofer such as 5/4.x, as the measurement value for those speakers is stored in the receiver. continued 47GB

Section	Page
Table of Contents	6
Description and location of parts	8
Getting Started	20
Checking the connection appropriate for your components	20
1: Installing speakers	21
2: Connecting the monitor	25
3: Connecting the video components	26
4: Connecting the audio components	35
5: Connecting the IR Blaster	39
6: Connecting the antennas (aerials)	40
7: Connecting to the network	41
8: Preparing the receiver and the remote	43
9: Setting the speakers	44
10: Calibrating the appropriate speaker settings automatically (Auto Calibration)	47
11: Configuring the network settings of the receiver	53
12: Preparing a computer to use as a server	53
Guide to on-screen display operation	55
Playback	58
Enjoying sound/images from the component connected to the receiver	58
Enjoying sound/images from the components connected to the DIGITAL MEDIA PORT	60
Operating the TDM-iP50 using the GUI menu of the receiver	61
Tuning	64
Listening to FM/AM radio	64
Presetting FM/AM radio stations	66
Listening to satellite radio (USA/Canadian model only)	67
Connecting a satellite radio tuner	68
Preparing to listen to a satellite radio	68
Selecting a channel of the satellite radio	69
Presetting satellite radio channels	70
Restricting access to specific channels (Parental Lock)	71
Enjoying Surround Sound	74
Playing back with 2-channel sound	74
Playing back with multi-channel surround	75
Enjoying a surround effect for music	76
Enjoying a surround effect for movies	78
Using Network Features	81
About the network functions of the receiver	81
Enjoying content stored on the server	82
Enjoying the audio of a component connected to the receiver using other device via the home network	85
Using a controller	87
Listening to Rhapsody	88
Listening to SHOUTcast	91
Features of the Setup Manager application software	92
Using Multi-zone Features	94
What you can do with the Multi-zone function	94
Making a multi-zone connection	94
Setting the speakers in zone 2	98
Switching the zone setting of the remote	99
Operating the receiver from another zone (ZONE 2/ZONE 3 operations)	99
Using Other Features	102
Using “BRAVIA” Sync features	102
Switching the monitors that output the HDMI video signals	105
Outputting the HDMI signals even when the receiver is in standby mode (Pass Through)	105
Switching between digital and analog audio	106
Enjoying the sound/images from other inputs (Input Assign)	107
Using the sleep timer	109
Enjoying the surround effect at low volume levels (Night Mode)	109
Recording using the receiver	110
Switching the command mode of the receiver and the remote	111
Using a bi-amplifier connection	112
Adjusting Settings	114
Using the setting menu	114
Auto Calibration	115
Speaker settings	118
Surround settings	122
EQ settings	123
Multi Zone settings	124
Audio settings	125
Video settings	127
HDMI settings	129
Network settings	131
Quick Click settings	133
System settings	134
Operating without connecting to a TV	135
Operating Each Component Using the On-screen Remote (Quick Click)	142
Operating components or lighting connected to the receiver using the on-screen remote (Quick Click)	142
Using Quick Click	143
Setting components that are operated by the on-screen remote	148
Performing several commands in sequence automatically with Quick Click (Macro Play)	148
Setting remote control codes that are not stored in Quick Click	150
Resetting the remote code for Quick Click	151
Operating Each Component Using the Multifunction Remote	152
Operating each component using the multifunction remote	152
Programming the remote	153
Performing several commands in sequence automatically (Macro Play)	157
Setting remote commander codes that are not stored in the remote	158
Clearing all the contents of the remote’s memory	160
Additional Information	161
Precautions	161
Troubleshooting	162
Specifications	169

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Getting Started

10: Calibrating the

appropriate speaker

settings automatically

(Auto Calibration)

The DCAC (Digital Cinema Auto Calibration)

function allows you to perform automatic

calibration, such as checking the connection

between each speaker and the receiver,

adjusting the speaker level, and measuring the

distance of each speaker from your seating

position automatically.

•

Set up and connect the speakers (page 21-

24).

•

The AUTO CAL MIC jack is used for the

supplied optimizer microphone only. Do not

connect other microphones. Doing so may

damage the receiver and the microphone.

•

During the measurement, the sound that

comes out of the speakers is very loud. The

volume of the sound cannot be adjusted. Pay

attention to the presence of children or to the

effect on your neighborhood.

•

Perform the measurement in a quiet

environment to avoid the effect of noise and

get a more accurate measurement.

•

If there are any obstacles in the path between

the optimizer microphone and the speakers,

the calibration cannot be performed

correctly. Remove any obstacle from the

measurement area to avoid measurement

error.

Notes

• In the following situations, the measurements have

not been performed correctly or auto calibration

cannot be performed.

–

When headphones are connected.

–

When connecting special speakers, such as

dipole speakers.

–

When using the zone 2/zone 3 function in zone

2/zone 3.

• Cancel MUTING if it is set to on.

Select the speaker pattern

(page 44).

If you connect front high speakers, select

the speaker pattern that has front high

speakers (5/

or 4/

) each time

you perform auto calibration. Otherwise,

the characteristics of the front high

speakers cannot be measured.

However, even if you perform auto

calibration with a speaker pattern such as

5/2.

or 4/2.

, when surround back

speakers or a subwoofer are (is)

connected to the receiver, the speaker

pattern is set automatically so that all the

detected speakers are utilized (e.g., 5/4.1,

etc.). If you change the number of

speakers you want to use, reselect the

desired speaker pattern manually after

auto calibration.

Then, you can restore the speaker pattern

that has surround back speakers or a

subwoofer such as 5/4.

, as the

measurement value for those speakers is

stored in the receiver.

Before you perform auto

calibration

Optimizer microphone

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