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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

System Configuration

individually for each input in use.

Delay Settings

Due the different distances between the listening
position for the front channel speakers and the
surround speakers, the amount of time it takes for
sound to reach your ears from the front or sur-
round speakers is different. You may compensate
for this difference through the use of the delay
settings to adjust the timing for the specific
speaker placement and acoustic conditions in
your listening room or home theater.

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, surround and surround back (if any)
speakers in meters.

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 Delay setting for all speakers configured for
your system will be available only (with 5.1 or
with 6.1/7.1 configuration) when any Dolby sur-
round mode is selected (except Dolby-3-Stereo).
In addition they are selectable with these modes
only, with all other modes the delay times are
fixed.
Note that the Delay settings are "Global" for all
inputs, using those Dolby modes, and need not to
be repeated with any input.

To start with the delay settings at first select any
input associated with such a Dolby mode. Next,
continue within the

MASTER MENU

(Figure

1). 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

DELAY ADJUST

line. Press the

Set Button

to call up the menu.

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 distance

from the front left speaker to the preferred listen-
ing 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 fea-
ture 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 sys-
tem.

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.

Note that the A/V Sync delay setting is unique to
each video input source, so you may enter a dif-
ferent set-ting to compensate for the differences
between any product attached to the Video 1, 2,
3 or 4 inputs.

When the delay settings are complete, press the

Button

once so that the cursor is next to

the

BACK T O MASTER MENU

line and

press the

Set Button

to return to the

MASTER

menu.

Note that the delay settings may also be adjusted
at any time when the Dolby Digital or Dolby Pro
Logic II modes are in use by pressing the

Delay

button on the remote

. Then press the

⁄

buttons on the remote to select the Center

or Rear channels for adjustment, followed by a
press of the

Set

button

. Next, press the

⁄

buttons

on the remote until the

desired figure appears in the

Main Information

Display

and press the

Set button

twice to confirm the setting and return to the nor-
mal display.

Night Mode Settings

The Night mode is a feature of Dolby Digital that
uses special processing to preserve the dynamic
range and full intelligibility of a movie sound track
while reducing the peak level. This prevents
abruptly loud transitions from disturbing others,
without reducing the sonic impact of a digital
source. Note that the Night mode is only available
when the Dolby Digital surround mode is select-
ed.

To adjust the Night mode setting from the menu
press the

OSD

Button

so that the

MASTER

menu appears. Then press the

but-

ton

once and press

Set

to select the

SURROUND SETUP

menu. Press

Set

select the

DOLBY

menu (see fig. 7).

Figure 7

To adjust the Night mode setting, make certain
that the

›

cursor is on the

NIGHT

line of the

DOLBY

menu. Next, press

‹

›

Buttons

to choose between the following settings.

OFF

: When

OFF

is highlighted, the Night mode

will not function.

MID

: When

MID

is in the highlighted video,

a mild compression will be applied.

MAX

: When

MAX

is in the highlighted video,

a more severe compression algorithm will be
applied.

When you want to use the Night mode feature,
we recommend that you select the MID setting as
a starting point and change to the MAX setting
later, if desired.

When the setting has been made, press the

⁄

buttons

so that the

›

cursor is next to

BACK T O SURR SELECT

, and press the

Set

button

to return to the

SURROUND