Kenwood VR-5080 - Manual (Page 51)

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Chapter Three: Using Receiver’s Front Panel to Set Up the Speakers
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A. If your surround back speakers are not capable of
producing clean, deep bass energy at output levels
that match those produced by a typical powered
subwoofer, leave the receiver set this way and pro-
ceed to step 4. (Just about all surround back speak-
ers should be considered NML/THX.)
B. If your surround back speakers are very large, and
capable of reproducing clean, deep bass energy at
output levels that match those produced by a typical
powered subwoofer, press either MULTI CONTROL
(
fi/%) button repeatedly until the receiver’s display
reads S.BACK LARGE.
C. If your speaker system doesn’t have surround back
speakers, press either MULTI CONTROL ( fi/%) but-
ton once. The receiver’s display will read S.BACK
OFF.
NOTE: If your front speakers are set to NML/THX, you
can only set the surround back speakers to
NML/THX or OFF.
6. Press the set up button once more. The display will read
SW RE-MIX OFF.
NOTE: If your subwoofer is set to off, SW RE-MIX is
automatically set to off and the receiver skips
to the next setup.
If you have a subwoofer as part of your home theater
speaker system and have set your left and right front
speakers to FRONT LARGE, SW RE-MIX mode gives you
the flexibility to choose how bass information is dis-
tributed to your speakers. (As mentioned previously,
most speakers will perform best when set to NML/THX.)
7. Use the MULTI CONTROL ( fi/%) buttons to select the
desired SW RE-MIX mode:
• If SW RE-MIX OFF is selected, bass from the front
left and front right channels will go ONLY to the
front left and front right speakers. The subwoofer will
only receive a bass signal from the LFE channel of
Dolby Digital and DTS programs, and from any chan-
nels with speakers that you have designated as NML/
THX. This selection is preferred by THX.
• If SW RE-MIX ON is selected, you will send the bass
from the front left and right channels to the front
left and right speakers AND the subwoofer simulta-
neously. While this setting keeps your subwoofer
active in all listening modes, it can also cause the
bass to sound indistinct (or “muddy”) because it is
now coming from up to 3 different speakers at once.
If your home theater speaker system includes a
subwoofer and you have set your front left and right
speakers to FRONT LARGE, we suggest that you initially
use the SW RE-MIX OFF setting. If this produces weak-
sounding bass in your room, change to the SW RE-MIX
ON setting.
8. Balancing the speaker volumes
You can use your ears to adjust the volume balance be-
tween the speakers in the system. See page 37 for de-
tails.
A. Minimize external noise in the listening room.
B. Position yourself in a place where you usually listen
to music or view video.
C. Press the SETUP button repeatedly until "TEST TONE
OFF" is displayed.
D. Press the MULTI CONTROL ( fi/%) button to select
ON, then press the SETUP button.
When setting the speaker levels, be careful
against the high-level test tone that is produced.
The speaker volume adjustment display appears and
test noise is generated from the front left speaker (“L
0 dB” displayed). Listen to the volume of the noise
carefully.
E. When the test noise moves to the center speaker and
“C 0 dB” is displayed, adjust the volume to the same
level as the front left speaker by pressing the MULTI
CONTROL (
fi/%) button.
F. Similarly, adjust the volumes of the “R” (front right),
“SR” (surround right), “SBR” (surround back right),
“SBL” (surround back left) and “SL” (surround left)
speakers.
Do not adjust the “SW” (Subwoofer) volume using
the test noise. It should be adjusted while listening
to ordinary music.
G. Press the SET UP button once more. The receiver’s
display will read BASS PEAK OFF.
Since the LFE (bass effects) channel of Dolby Digital
and DTS programs can contain up to 10dB more
energy than the other channels, which is enough to
damage some speakers. The VR-5700/VR-5090/VR-
5080 has a bass limiter circuit that keeps the output
to your subwoofer (or left and right speakers, if your
system doesn’t have a subwoofer) within safe limits.
H. Press either MULTI CONTROL ( fi/%) button. You
will hear the bass peak test tone, and the display will
read -30dB. (The test tone level is not affected by the
receiver’s volume control.)
I. Press the MULTI CONTROL ( %) button slowly and
repeatedly to increase the speaker volume until you
just begin to hear audible distress from the woofer
(distortion, clicking, “bottoming”).
J. Press the MULTI CONTROL ( fi) button once or twice
to decrease the speaker volume to the level just be-
fore the distress began.
K. Press the SET UP button to save the setting and pro-
ceed to “Setting the speaker distances” below.
9. Setting the speaker distances
Measure the distance between each speaker and the lis-
tening position you frequently use. See page 38 for de-
tails.
A. After step K in procedure 8 above, the speaker dis-
tance setting display appears.
B. When “L 3.0m/10ft” is displayed, correct the dis-
tance of the front left speaker from you using the
MULTI CONTROL (
fi/%) button.
C. Press the SET UP button to display “C 3.0m/10ft”
and correct the distance of the center speaker from
you using the MULTI CONTROL (
fi/%) button.
D. Similarly, set the distances of the “R” (front right),
“SR” (surround right), “SBR” (surround back right),
“SBL” (surround back left), “SL” (surround left) and
“SW” (Subwoofer) speakers.
E. Press the SET UP button repeatedly until “SETUP
FIXED” is displayed.