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4 • Center – 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).
• Surr – 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).
• Surr. Back (VSX-S510 only) – Select the number of
surround back speakers you have (one, two or none). 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.
- VSX-S510 only: When using only one surround back
speaker, connect it to the SURROUND BACK L (Single)
terminals.
• Subwoofer – LFE signals and bass frequencies of
channels set to SMALL are output from the subwoofer
when YES is selected (see notes below). 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).
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When you’re finished, press RETURN .
You return to the Manual SP Setup menu.
Note
• If you select SMALL for the front speakers, the subwoofer
will automatically be fixed to YES. Also, the center,
surround, surround back speakers (VSX-S510 only) 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.
• If the surround speakers are set to NO, the surround back
speakers will automatically be set to NO (VSX-S510 only).
• If you have a subwoofer and like lots of bass, it may seem
logical to select LARGE for your front speakers and PLUS
for the subwoofer. This may not, however, yield the best
bass results. Depending on the speaker placement of your
room you may actually experience a decrease in the
amount of bass due to low frequency cancellations. In this
case, try changing the position or direction of speakers. If
you can’t get good results, listen to the bass response with
it 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.
X.Over
• Default setting: 100Hz
This setting decides the cutoff between bass sounds playing
back from the speakers selected as LARGE, or the subwoofer,
and bass sounds playing back from those selected as SMALL.
It also decides where the cutoff will be for bass sounds in the
LFE channel.
• For more on selecting the speaker sizes, see Speaker Setting
on page 51 .
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Select ‘Manual SP Setup’ from the Home Menu.
2
Select ‘X.Over’ from the Manual SP Setup menu.
3
Choose the frequency cutoff point.
Frequencies below the cutoff point will be sent to the
subwoofer (or LARGE speakers).
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When you’re finished, press RETURN .
You return to the Manual SP Setup menu.
Channel Level
Using the channel level settings, you can adjust the overall
balance of your speaker system, an important factor when
setting up a home theater system.
CAUTION
• The test tones used in the Channel Level settings are output
at high volume.
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Select ‘Manual SP Setup’ from the Home Menu.
2
Select ‘Channel Level’ from the Manual SP Setup menu.
3
Select a setup option.
• Manual – Move the test tone manually from speaker to
speaker and adjust individual channel levels.
• Auto – Adjust channel levels as the test tone moves
from speaker to speaker automatically.
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Confirm your selected setup option.
The test tones will start after you press
ENTER . After the
volume increases to the reference level, test tones will be
output.
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2c . Channel Level
Please Wait . . .20
Caution
Loud test tones
will be output.
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