Mark Levinson N40 - Manual (Page 72)

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Menu System Mark Levinson
Speakers Menu
The first thing you need to tell your Nº40 Media Console about is
the speakers with which it has to work. The Nº40 has remarkably
powerful and flexible bass management capabilities that allow it to
redirect deep bass away from any speaker than cannot easily repro-
duce it, to those that can.
In addition, it can (within limits) compensate for any speakers that
might be missing from what would be considered a “standard” 5.1
channel configuration, and it can take advantage of additional
speakers beyond a “standard” 5.1 channel configuration.
Many of the menus within the Nº40 setup menu system automati-
cally change to reflect the nature of the speakers you are using. This
is another important reason for defining the speakers used in the
system first, since without this critical information you may find
that a needed feature elsewhere in the menus is not available.
But in order to do these things, you (or your installer) must provide
certain information about the speakers you have selected to use.
Note
The information conveyed to the Nº40 through the Speakers menu
describes the actual speakers available in the system and their optimal
use. Please complete this section of the menu system before moving
on to any other.
If you would like to use your speakers differently some of the time,
for example using your front speakers full range for two-channel
stereo listening, use the “sound profile” capabilities of the Nº40,
described later.
Center If you are using a center channel speaker, choose “yes” in the menu
and center channel information will be directed to the center
channel output.
If for some reason you cannot use a center channel speaker in your
system, choose “no” in the menu. The Nº40 will create a “phantom
center channel” by splitting center channel information equally
between the front left and front right speakers.
Subwoofer If you using one or more subwoofers in the system, select “yes” in
the menu. If not, choose “no” (in which case the information that
would normally be reproduced by a subwoofer will be redirected to
other speakers in the system that can handle deep bass).
Left/Right Surround If you using one or more surround speakers in the system, select
“yes” in the menu. If not, choose “no.”