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Set up
Setting Up for Surround Sound
The VSX-D209 offers several options for surround sound listening, depending on the speakers in your set up.
Having installed the speakers in your room it's important to set up the relative volume levels and delay time in
order to make the most of the receiver's surround sound capabilities. You only need to make these settings
once, unless you change the placement of your current speaker system or add new speakers, etc.
Setting the center mode, the subwoofer and speaker distances
It is important to set the type of center mode which corresponds to your speaker system, set the subwoofer on/
off and set speaker distances as well as set volume levels of each speaker. From your normal listening position,
the volumes of the various speakers in your system should appear to be equal. Follow the steps below to do all
of these things, especially adjust the volumes of the center and surround speakers relative to the main front
speakers for Dolby Pro Logic mode, 5.1 CH.
mode and the DSP mode.
Setting Up for Surround Sound
1
CLASS
MENU
MPX
SET UP
D. ACCESS
TOP MENU
SOURCE
SOURCE SELECT
DVD
TAPE
CD
TUNER
TV CONT.
CH. SELECT
FUNCTION
FL
DIMMER
RECEIVER
MD
CD-R
*
&
#
@
TV VOL.
EFFECT
TV FUNC.
TEST
TONE
MUTING
MASTER
VOLUME
DSP MODE
SORROUND
2
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AV MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER
REMOTE CONTROL UNIT
LEVEL
CHANNEL
STATION
$
$
ENTER
FQ
FQ
1
2
3
4
5
6
9
0
7
8
2
3
4
4
1
3
NORMAL
3
PHANTOM
2
WIDE
2
2
2
3
3
3
STEREO
1
Switch on the receiver.
2
Press the SURROUND button.
3
Press the
3
button to select the surround
sound setup mode.
Repeatedly pressing the button cycles through the three setup
modes (center mode setup; subwoofer setup; distance setup). The
mode appears in the display on the front panel.
4
Use the
5∞
buttons to select one of the
four
types of center mode.
See the center mode cycle shown here and the diagrams below
explaining each center mode to decide which center mode to
choose
Normal
Middle and high frequency sounds are heard
from the center speaker.
Bass frequencies from the center channel are
played through the front speakers.
Wide
If a full range speaker is used for the center
channel, all center channel sound, including
bass frequencies, are heard through the center
speaker.
Phantom
Center channel sounds are played through both
front speakers equally.
3 Stereo
Surround channel sounds and center channel
bass frequencies are heard through the front
stereo speakers.