Yamaha RXV1800 Owner's Manual - Page 41

PREPARATION Optimizing the speaker setting for your listening room This unit employs the YPAO (Yamaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer) technology which lets you avoid troublesome listening-based speaker setup and achieves highly accurate sound adjustments automatically. The supplied optimizer microphone collects and this unit analyzes the sound your speakers produce in your actual listening environment. Using AUTO SETUP The following menu screen appears on the video monitor. Notes • Be advised that it is normal for loud test tones to be output during the "AUTO SETUP" procedure. • To achieve the best results, make sure the room is as quiet as possible while the "AUTO SETUP" procedure is in progress. If there is too much ambient noise, the results may not be satisfactory. • We recommend that you get out of the room while this unit is in the automatic setup procedure. Keep quiet when you leave the room. It takes approximately 3 minutes for this unit to complete the automatic setup procedure. y • The initial setting for each parameter is indicated in bold. • Before performing operations, set the operation mode selector on the remote control to CAMP. ■ Basic procedure of the automatic setup [ p AUTO SETUP SETUP;;;;;;;;;AUTO WIRING;;;;;;;CHECK DISTANCE;;;;;CHECK SIZE;;;;;;;;;CHECK EQ;;;;;;;;;NATURAL LEVEL;;;;;;;;CHECK . START [ ]/[ ]: UP/DOWN [ENTER]: Start y You can also run "AUTO SETUP" using the system menu that appears in the front panel display. When you connect the optimizer microphone to the OPTIMIZER MIC jack, the following display appears in the front panel display. This manual uses the OSD illustrations to explain the "AUTO SETUP" procedure. AUTO SETUP ENTER TO START 1 Make sure of the following check points before starting the AUTO SETUP operations. ❏ Speakers are connected appropriately. ❏ Headphones are disconnected from this unit. ❏ This unit and the video monitor are turned on. ❏ The connected subwoofer is turned on and the volume level is set to about half way (or slightly less). ❏ The crossover frequency controls of the connected subwoofer is set to the maximum. ❏ If you use the external amplifiers (see page 29), the amplifiers are turned on and the settings are appropriate. ❏ The room is sufficiently quiet. 3 Place the optimizer microphone at your normal listening position on a flat level surface with the omni-directional microphone heading upward. Optimizer microphone 2 Connect the supplied optimizer microphone to the OPTIMIZER MIC jack on the front panel. "MIC ON" and "View OSD Menu" appears in the front panel display. AUDIO TONE SELECT CONTROL A/B/C/D/E CATEGORY STRAIGHT EFFECT YPAO PRESET/TUNING/CH PRESET/ TUNING EDIT SEARCH MODE MULTI ZONE MEMORY TUNING FM/AM MAN'L/AUTO FM MODE DISPLAY ZONE ON/OFF ZONE CONTROLS ZONE 2 ZONE 3 SILENT CINEMA S VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R OPTICAL PROGRAM OPTIMIZER MIC PHONES VIDEO AUX SLEEP Omni-directional microphone y It is recommended that you use a tripod (etc.) to affix the optimizer microphone at the same height as your ears would be when you are seated in your listening position. You can use the attached screw of a tripod (etc.) to fix the optimizer microphone to the tripod (etc.). English 37 En