Denon DVD-5900 Review - Page 4

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are 14’ ¾” away, then tell the 5900 for that speaker 15 feet.

Once you have done all the

speakers in your system, press the ‘Return’ key.

NOTE: IF USING THE ‘DSP’ SETTING ON THE AVR-5803S ‘EXT. INPUTS, PLEASE SET THE

CHANNELS LEVELS ON THE DVD-5900 TO MAXIMUM, OR 0dB, AND THE DELAY TIMES TO

MINIMUM, 0 OR 1 FOOT.

DO NOT DO THE CALIBRATON STEPS BELOW.

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NOW TOGGLE TO THE ‘CHANNEL LEVEL’ BUTTON, AND PRESS ‘ENTER’

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For these adjustments we highly recommend you use an SPL (Sound Pressure Level)

meter, Radio Shack makes an excellent

analog

one for about $35.

This exercise is similar

to setting up the surround processor, with a twist.

Since you are using test tones

generated inside the DVD-5900, and not the processor,

it is crucial that

you first have

your AVR-5803 already calibrated

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Be sure to first set the ‘Input Mode’ of your AVR-5803 set to either EXT. In 1 or 2,

depending on which one you have connected the 5.1 analog cables from the DVD-5900.

Next turn the volume of your receiver till ‘00’ is the level shown on the front panel display.

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We suggest setting the ‘Test Tone’ to manual as this setting allows you to control the

tempo of calibration, not the player.

You can do this by highlighted ‘Test Tone’ and

toggling right or left until ‘Manual’ shows on the display.

It is also easier on the nerves.

The meter switches should be set to ‘C’ weighting and ‘Slow’.

Go through each channel,

so they calibrate to, or as close to, 75dB on the meter.

If you cannot get a 75dB reading

with the channels levels on the 5900 at maximum, you will need to adjust the EXT. Input’s

channels levels on the receiver.

Use the same procedure as described above to access

and adjust the levels, but be sure the test tones from the DVD-5900 are still active.

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ONCE COMPLETED, PRESS THE ‘RETURN’ KEY TWICE.

YOU SHOULD BE BACK TO THE

‘AUDIO SETUP’ MENU.

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FROM HERE WE NEED TO ACTIVATE ‘DENON LINK’.

TOGGLE DOWN AND HIGHLIGHT

‘DENON LINK’, TOGGLE RIGHT, THEN DOWN TO HIGHLIGHT ‘’2

ND

’ AND PRESS ENTER.

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You will note that all other options on the ‘Audio’ Page of been grayed out, read “no longer

accessible”.

This is normal.

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ONCE COMPLETED, PLEASE PRESS THE ‘INPUT’ MODE BUTTON ON THE REMOTE OR

FRONT PANEL OF THE AVR-580X, TILL THE DISPLAY PANEL READS ‘AUTO’.

You may ask “why did we set up the delay time and channel levels, when after activating DENON Link the

options are no longer available?”

Well truth be told, those settings are active during SACD playback (which

for the moment does not travel digitally down the Link) on the analog outputs.

The DVD-5900 does permit,

in pure DSD, channel level and delay time control!

The only drawback is you loose Bass Management

control.

You may notice a low output from your subwoofer channel, if so you can adjust the ‘Subwoofer Input

Level’ control on the ‘EXT. Input’ in the AVR-5803 System Setup and/or increase the ‘Subwoofer Channel

Output’ level control to compensate (for AVR-5800 users this is your only option).

Now digital data from any of the following formats will travel down the Link and be decoded by the 5803;

Dolby, dts, PCM, MP3, WMA and DVD-Audio.

The 5803 will know what to do with the signals automatically

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Note: If Using The 'dsp' Setting On The Avr-5803s 'ext. Inputs, Please Set - manual

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