Denon AVR-2802/982 - Manual (Page 71)

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SPEAKER CONFIGURATION
l These settings are extremely crucial to the overall sound quality and performance of the
AVR-2802. Use the “Left/Right” arrow keys to select size and the “Up/Down” arrow keys
to select the speaker channel to adjust.
l Your options for speaker sizes are ‘Large’, ‘Small’, or ‘None’. These settings are not
based on the physical size of your speakers, but they do tell the AVR-2802 about the
overall frequency response of the speakers you are connecting to it. The overall
frequency response of a loudspeaker not only includes it’s frequency range, but also its
ability to accurately handle low frequency information (80 Hz and down) at any volume
level.
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Should there be a subwoofer in the system, Denon recommends that no matter
what the physical size of the loudspeakers are, select ‘Small’ for the Fronts,
Center, and Surrounds.
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When ‘Small’ is selected the subwoofer is automatically set to ‘Yes’ (if no
subwoofer is in the system do not set the fronts to ‘Small’ as you will get no bass
response from your speakers).
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The ‘Small’ speaker setting, for front, center, or surrounds, allows the one speaker
in the system, the subwoofer, to accurately handle the low frequency information.
It also allows the AVR-2802’s amplifiers to deliver more power, dynamics and
clarity from 80 Hz and up.
l After adjusting the settings for the Front, Center and Subwoofer, pressing the “Down”
arrow key will take you to the ‘Surrounds’ screen..
v Should you feel that your Front Left and Right Loudspeakers can handle all low bass
frequency information accurately at any volume level or are using loudspeakers
with built-in amplified subs, you can select ‘Large’ for the front speakers. When ‘Large’
is selected, the ‘Large’ setting option for the center and surrounds appears on screen; we
still recommend that you select ‘Small’ for those speakers.
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Once ‘Large’ has been selected and you are satisfied with the other speaker
settings, press the ‘’Enter” key on the remote, this takes you to the “Subwoofer
Mode” screen.
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For speakers with built-in subs, we suggest you select ‘LFE+Main’. This setting
will prevent the subwoofer from going ‘to sleep’ when there is no LFE information
for an extended period of time (which happens, as there is often very little
information in the LFE channel).
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We recommend for those users of speakers with built-in powered subs to connect
RCA cables from the AVR-2802 subwoofer output (using a Y-adapter) into each
speakers’ LINE INPUT, not LFE. Using this input will yield excellent bass
response and never allow the subwoofer to go into a ‘sleep’ mode. Set the front
speaker size to ‘Small’ and subwoofer to ‘Yes’.