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The System Setup and Other Setup menus
12
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5.2 +ZONE 2+HDZONE
– Select to use the surround back (ZONE 2) and front wide (HDZONE) speaker termi-
nals for an independent systems in another zone (see
).
!
5.2ch + SP-B Bi-Amp
– Select this setting if you’re bi-amping your B speakers (see
!
5.2ch F+Surr Bi-Amp
– Select this setting if you’re bi-amping your front and surround speakers (see
!
5.2ch F+C Bi-Amp
– Select this setting if you’re bi-amping your front and center speakers (see
!
5.2ch C+Surr Bi-Amp
– Select this setting if you’re bi-amping your center and surround speakers (see
!
Multi-ZONE Music
– See
.
3 If you selected 7.2.2ch TMd/FW, 7.2.2ch TMd/FH, 7.2ch + Speaker B, 7.2ch + Front Bi-Amp,
or 7.2ch + HDZONE in Step 2, select the placement of the surround speakers.
In a 7.2-channel surround system with surround speakers placed directly at the sides of the listening position,
the surround sound of 5.1-channel sources is heard from the side. This function mixes the sound of the surround
speakers with the surround back speakers so that the surround sound is heard from diagonally to the rear as it
should be.
Depending on the positions of the speakers and the sound source, in some cases it may not be possible to
achieve good results. In this case, set the setting to
ON SIDE
or
IN REAR
.
!
ON SIDE
– Select when the surround speakers is positioned right beside you.
!
IN REAR
– Select when the surround speaker is positioned obliquely behind you.
4 When ‘Setting Change?’ is displayed, select Yes.
If
No
is selected, the setting is not changed.
You will return to the
Manual SP Setup
menu.
Using Multi-ZONE Music
Multi-ZONE Music
can be used to play the same sound in the MAIN ZONE, ZONE 2 and ZONE 3, for example for
home parties. Normally set
Speaker System
to
5.2 +ZONE 2+ZONE 3
for multi-zone/multi-source playback, then
switch it to
Multi-ZONE Music
when having a home party. When this is done, the sound of the input function
selected for the MAIN ZONE is played in all zones (the MAIN ZONE, ZONE 2 and ZONE 3).
!
There is virtually no delay in the sound.
!
Switching of the input for only ZONE 2 or ZONE 3 is disabled, but the volume can be adjusted or muted for the
individual zones.
!
This is only valid for ZONE 2 and ZONE 3 connections using the speaker terminals. No sound is output from the
ZONE 2 and ZONE 3 pre-out terminals. Nothing is output from the
ZONE 2
and
ZONE 3
COMPONENT VIDEO
output and
VIDEO
output terminals.
!
The
HDZONE
setting does not apply to
Multi-ZONE Music
.
Speaker Setting
Use this setting to specify your speaker configuration (size, number of speakers and crossover frequency). It
is a good idea to make sure that the settings made in
Automatically conducting optimum sound tuning (Full
are correct. Note that this setting applies to all MCACC presets, and cannot be set
independently.
1 Select ‘Speaker Setting’ from the Manual SP Setup menu.
2 Choose the set of speakers that you want to set, then select a speaker size.
Use
k
/
l
to select the size (and number) of each of the following speakers:
!
Front
– Select
LARGE
if your front speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively, or if you didn’t connect a
subwoofer. Select
SMALL
to send the bass frequencies to the subwoofer.
!
Center
– Select
LARGE
if your center speaker reproduces bass frequencies effectively, or select
SMALL
to
send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn’t connect a center speaker, choose
NO
(the center channel is sent to the front speakers).
!
TMd
– Select
LARGE
if your top middle speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively, or select
SMALL
to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. When Dolby Enabled Speaker is used, select
Dolby Sp
). If you didn’t connect the top middle speakers, choose
NO
(the top middle channel is
sent to the front speakers).
—
You can adjust this setting only when
Speaker System
setting is
7.2.2ch TMd/FW
,
7.2.2ch TMd/FH
,
5.2.4ch
or
7.2ch + Speaker B
.
—
If you change the setting from
Dolby Sp
to
SMALL
or
LARGE
, the set value for
Speaker Distance
may be changed. This is because the maximum value of
Speaker Distance
when set to
Dolby Sp
is
bigger than the maximum value of
Speaker Distance
when set to
SMALL
and
LARGE
. If the value of
Speaker Distance
set to
Dolby Sp
exceeds the maximum value of
Speaker Distance
for
SMALL
and
LARGE
,
Speaker Distance
for
SMALL
and
LARGE
is set to its maximum value.
!
TFw
– Select
LARGE
if your top forward speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively, or select
SMALL
to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. When Dolby Enabled Speaker is used, select
Dolby Sp
). If you didn’t connect the top forward speakers, choose
NO
(the top forward channel is
sent to the front speakers).
—
You can adjust this setting only when
Speaker System
setting is
5.2.4ch
.
—
When you set
TBw
to
NO
, this setting is automatically set to
NO
.
—
If you change the setting from
Dolby Sp
to
SMALL
or
LARGE
, the set value for
Speaker Distance
may be changed. This is because the maximum value of
Speaker Distance
when set to
Dolby Sp
is
bigger than the maximum value of
Speaker Distance
when set to
SMALL
and
LARGE
. If the value of
Speaker Distance
set to
Dolby Sp
exceeds the maximum value of
Speaker Distance
for
SMALL
and
LARGE
,
Speaker Distance
for
SMALL
and
LARGE
is set to its maximum value.
!
TBw
– Select
LARGE
if your top backward speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively, or select
SMALL
to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. When Dolby Enabled Speaker is used, select
Dolby Sp
). If you didn’t connect the top backward speakers, choose
NO
(the top backward chan-
nel is sent to the front speakers).
—
You can adjust this setting only when
Speaker System
setting is
5.2.4ch
.
—
When you set
TFw
to
NO
, this setting is automatically set to
NO
.
—
If you change the setting from
Dolby Sp
to
SMALL
or
LARGE
, the set value for
Speaker Distance
may be changed. This is because the maximum value of
Speaker Distance
when set to
Dolby Sp
is
bigger than the maximum value of
Speaker Distance
when set to
SMALL
and
LARGE
. If the value of
Speaker Distance
set to
Dolby Sp
exceeds the maximum value of
Speaker Distance
for
SMALL
and
LARGE
,
Speaker Distance
for
SMALL
and
LARGE
is set to its maximum value.
