Sony STR-DA5ES - Manual (Page 19)

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Hooking Up and Setting Up the Speaker System
Performing initial setup
operations
Once you have hooked up the speakers and
turned on the power, clear the receiver’s
memory. Then specify the speaker parameters
(size, position, etc.) and perform any other
initial setup operations necessary for your
system.
Tip
To check the audio output during settings (to set up
while outputting the sound), check the connection
(see page 25).
Clearing the receiver’s
memory
Before using your receiver for the first time, or
when you want to clear the receiver’s memory,
do the following.
1
Turn off the receiver.
2
Hold down ?/1 for 5 seconds.
“ENTER to Clear All” appears in the
display.
3
Press ENTER.
After “MEMORY CLEARING...” appears
in the display for a while, “MEMORY
CLEARED!” appears. All of the following
items are reset or cleared:
• All preset stations are reset or cleared.
• All sound field parameters are reset to
their factory settings.
• All index names (of preset stations and
program sources) are cleared.
• All SET UP parameters are reset to
their factory settings.
• The sound field memorized for each
program source and preset stations are
cleared.
Performing initial setup
operations
Before using your receiver for the first time,
adjust SET UP parameters so that the receiver
correspond to your system. For the adjustable
parameters, see the table on page 90. See pages
19–25 for speaker settings and pages 48–50 for
other settings.
Multi channel surround
setup
For the best possible surround sound, all
speakers should be the same distance from the
listening position (A).
However, the receiver lets you to place the
center speaker up to 5 feet closer (B), the
surround speakers up to 15 feet closer (C) and
the surround back speakers up to 15 feet closer
(D) to the listening position.
The front speakers can be placed from 3 to 40
feet from the listening position (A).
You can place the surround speakers either
behind you or to the side, depending on the
shape of your room (etc.).
You can use the center and surround back
speakers as surround back right and left
speakers.
When placing surround speakers to your side
45 °
90 °
20 °
A A
B
C C
D
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