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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

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System Configuration

To change the settings, follow the instructions
below to enter the distance between the speak-
er’s location and your main listening position. The
measurements need not be accurate to the inch,
as the system is designed to accommodate typi-
cal listening rather than a specific “sweet spot”
position.

In addition to adjusting the delay time for each
individual speaker position, the AVR is among the
few A/V receivers that allows you to adjust the
delay for the combined output of all speakers as
a group. This feature is called A/V Sync Delay; it
allows you to compensate for delays to the video
image that may be caused by the processing in
products such as digital video displays, video
scalers, digital cable or satellite systems, or per-
sonal video recorders. With proper adjustment of
the setting for A/V Sync Delay, you can eliminate
the loss of lip sync that may be caused by digital
video applications.

The setting for A/V Sync Delay may only be done
manually, since it requires that you observe the
program material on your video display while
adjusting the delay, if any, required for the
specific source. The A/V Sync Delay should still be
configured as outlined below.

To re-synchronize the front, center and surround
channels at first measure and note the distance
from the listening/viewing position to the front,
center and surround (if any) speakers in meters.

Due to the differences in the way each surround
mode operates, the delay settings must be
established individually for each surround mode.
However, once the delay settings are configured
for the version of the surround mode with the
most channels, they need not be entered again
for a version of that mode with fewer channels.
However, you will need to enter the delay settings
separately for each variant mode, such as Dolby
Pro Logic II – Music, Dolby Pro Logic II – Game,
Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby 3 Stereo.

Delay times are adjustable for all surround
modes. Although all channels will appear on
screen with the default or previously entered dis-
tances, the menu system will only allow you to
adjust the settings for those channels which are
actually used by the current surround mode. For
example, when you are listening to music CDs
using the CD input in DSP Surround Off mode,
you may adjust the delay settings for the front
left, front right and subwoofer channels only. The
cursor will simply skip the other channels as you
navigate through the menu. Therefore, the first
time you adjust the delay settings, it is recom-
mended that you select a 5.1-channel surround
mode. For the purposes of setting the delay
distances, the Logic 7 modes allow access to the
settings for all channels without requiring that
you play a source.

To start with the delay settings at first select the

DELAY ADJUST MENU

(Figure 11). If the

system is not already at that point, press the

OSD

button

to bring up the master menu.

Press the

Button

three times or until the

on-screen

➞

cursor is pointing at the

MANUAL

SETUP

line. Press the

Set Button

and call

up the

DELAY ADJUST

submenu.

Figure 11

Next move the

➞

cursor to the

UNIT

line and

select the unit for distances you prefer to enter,
feet or meter. Then move the

➞

cursor to the

F L

line where the first adjustment is made. Now
press the

‹

›

Buttons

until the dis-

tance from the front left speaker to the preferred
listening position is entered. Next press the

Button

once to move to the next line.

Now the

➞

cursor will be at the

CEN

line so

that the delay for the center speaker may be set.
Press the

‹

›

Buttons

until the

distance from the main listening position to the
center speaker is entered. Repeat the procedure
for all active speaker positions by pressing the

Button

again and use the

‹

›

Buttons

to change the setting. Remember that

this last adjustment will only be needed when
you have surround back speakers installed and
Dolby Digital chosen as the surround mode.

When the delay time for all speaker positions has
been set you may return to the master menu by
pressing the

⁄

Navigation Button

until the

➞

cursor is pointing to

BACK T O

MASTER MENU

and then pressing the

Set

Button

However, if you have a digital video source or a
digital video display that causes lack of lip sync
you may use the A/V Sync adjust feature to delay
the audio signal as it is sent to all channels (as
opposed to the individual settings) so that the
picture and sound are brought back together. We
recommend that this adjustment be made using
the direct access controls on the remote, as
shown below. That enables you to see the image
while making the adjustment; however, you may
also adjust it here using the menu system.

To adjust the A/V Sync delay, press the

⁄

Navigation Button

so that the

➞

cursor is

pointing to the A/V Sync Delay line on the menu
and then press the

‹

›

Navigation Button

to delay the sound sufficiently so that it

matches the on-screen video.