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05 The System Setup menu Speaker setting Use this setting to specify your speaker configuration (size, number of speakers). 1 Select 'SP SET' from the SP SETUP menu. 2 Use / to choose the speaker(s) that you want to set then select a speaker size. Use / to select the size (and number) of each of the following speakers: • Front (F) - Select LARGE if your front speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively, or if you didn't connect a subwoofer. Select SMALL to send the bass frequencies to the subwoofer.1 • Center (C) - Select LARGE if your center speaker reproduces bass frequencies effectively, or select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn't connect a center speaker, choose NO (the center channel is sent to the other speakers). • Front Height (FH)2 - Select LARGE if your front height speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively. Select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn't connect front height speakers choose NO. • Surround (S) - Select LARGE if your surround speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively. Select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn't connect surround speakers choose NO (the sound of the surround channels is sent to the other speakers). • Surround Back (SB)3 - Select the number of surround back speakers you have (one, two or none).4 Select LARGE if your surround back speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively. Select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn't connect surround back speakers choose NO. • Subwoofer (SW) - LFE signals and bass frequencies of channels set to SMALL are output from the subwoofer when YES is selected.5 Choose the PLUS setting if you want the subwoofer to output bass sound continuously or you want deeper bass (the bass frequencies that would normally come out the front and center speakers are also routed to the subwoofer). If you did not connect a subwoofer choose NO (the bass frequencies are output from other speakers). Note 1 If you select SMALL for the front speakers, the subwoofer will automatically be fixed to YES. Also, the center, surround, surround back and front height speakers can't be set to LARGE if the front speakers are set to SMALL. In this case, all bass frequencies are sent to the subwoofer. 2 • You can only adjust this setting when PRE OUT is set to HEIGHT. • If the surround speakers are set to NO, the front height speakers will automatically be set to NO. 3 You can only adjust the this setting when PRE OUT is set to SURR.BACK. 4 • If the surround speakers are set to NO, the surround back speakers will automatically be set to NO. • If you select one surround back speaker only, make sure that additional amplifier is hooked up to the PRE OUT L (Single) terminal. 5 If you can't get good bass results, listen to the bass response with the subwoofer set to PLUS and YES or the front speakers set to LARGE and SMALL alternatively and let your ears judge which sounds best. If you're having problems, the easiest option is to route all the bass sounds to the subwoofer by selecting SMALL for the front speakers. 38 En

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The System Setup menu
05
38
En
Speaker setting
Use this setting to specify your speaker
configuration (size, number of speakers).
1
Select ‘SP SET’ from the SP SETUP menu.
2
Use
/
to choose the speaker(s) that
you want to set then select a speaker size.
Use
/
to select the size (and number) of
each of the following speakers:
•
Front
(
F
) – Select
LARGE
if your front
speakers reproduce bass frequencies
effectively, or if you didn’t connect a
subwoofer. Select
SMALL
to send the bass
frequencies to the subwoofer.
1
•
Center
(
C
) – Select
LARGE
if your center
speaker reproduces bass frequencies
effectively, or select
SMALL
to send bass
frequencies to the other speakers or
subwoofer. If you didn’t connect a center
speaker, choose
NO
(the center channel is
sent to the other speakers).
•
Front Height
(
FH
)
2
– Select
LARGE
if your
front height speakers reproduce bass
frequencies effectively. Select
SMALL
to
send bass frequencies to the other
speakers or subwoofer. If you didn’t
connect front height speakers choose
NO
.
•
Surround
(
S
) – Select
LARGE
if your
surround speakers reproduce bass
frequencies effectively. Select
SMALL
to
send bass frequencies to the other
speakers or subwoofer. If you didn’t
connect surround speakers choose
NO
(the sound of the surround channels is
sent to the other speakers).
•
Surround Back
(
SB
)
3
– Select the number
of surround back speakers you have (one,
two or none).
4
Select
LARGE
if your
surround back speakers reproduce bass
frequencies effectively. Select
SMALL
to
send bass frequencies to the other
speakers or subwoofer. If you didn’t
connect surround back speakers choose
NO
.
•
Subwoofer
(
SW
) – LFE signals and bass
frequencies of channels set to
SMALL
are
output from the subwoofer when
YES
is
selected.
5
Choose the
PLUS
setting if you
want the subwoofer to output bass sound
continuously or you want deeper bass (the
bass frequencies that would normally
come out the front and center speakers are
also routed to the subwoofer). If you did not
connect a subwoofer choose
NO
(the bass
frequencies are output from other
speakers).
Note
1
If you select
SMALL
for the front speakers, the subwoofer will automatically be fixed to
YES
. Also, the center, surround,
surround back and front height speakers can’t be set to
LARGE
if the front speakers are set to
SMALL
. In this case, all bass
frequencies are sent to the subwoofer.
2
• You can only adjust this setting when
PRE OUT
is set to
HEIGHT
.
• If the surround speakers are set to
NO
, the front height speakers will automatically be set to
NO
.
3
You can only adjust the this setting when
PRE OUT
is set to
SURR.BACK
.
4
• If the surround speakers are set to
NO
, the surround back speakers will automatically be set to
NO
.
• If you select one surround back speaker only, make sure that additional amplifier is hooked up to the
PRE OUT L
(Single)
terminal.
5
If you can’t get good bass results, listen to the bass response with the subwoofer set to
PLUS
and
YES
or the front speakers
set to
LARGE
and
SMALL
alternatively and let your ears judge which sounds best. If you’re having problems, the easiest option
is to route all the bass sounds to the subwoofer by selecting
SMALL
for the front speakers.