Gateway KAS-303, System Manual

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Setting up your speakers
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Setting up your speakers
Adjusting the speaker settings
After you have installed your receiver and connected all the components, you
should adjust the speaker settings for the optimum sound acoustics for your
environment and speaker layout.
Setting the type of speakers
The composition and frequency response of the signals from the surround
channels adjust automatically according to the combination of speaker types
in use.
Select
Large
or
Small
not according to the actual size of the speaker but according
to the speaker’s capacity for playing low frequency signals.
Crossover Frequency is the frequency (Hz) below which the bass sound of each
main speakers is instead sent to the subwoofer or, when not using a subwoofer,
speakers set to
Large
.
Large — Select this when connecting speakers that can fully reproduce sounds
below the Crossover Frequency of your speakers.
Small — Select this when connecting speakers that cannot fully reproduce
sound below the Crossover Frequency. When this setting is selected, sound
below the Crossover Frequency is assigned to the subwoofer or, when not using
a subwoofer, speakers set to
Large
.
None — Select this when no surround speakers are connected. When this
setting is selected, the surround sound signals are sent to the front speakers.