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SR-8100: User Manual
Notes (about setting subwoofers):
since the sherbourn Advanced Room Correction is controlling the bass management for
your subwoofer, it is usually optimum to set your sub itself to “flat”. If your subwoofer has a
phase setting, you should set it to “0 degrees” or “normal” (and not “inverted”). If your sub
has a built-in crossover that cannot be disabled, then set it to the highest allowed crossover
point. If your sub has a level control, setting it to a center position, or “0 dB”, is a good
place to start. If your subwoofer has special features for eliminating room nodes, or if you
are using bass traps or other advanced room correction devices, these adjustments should
usually be made BEfoRE running the sherbourn Advanced Room Correction system for
best results.
Once you have finished viewing the information presented by the Sherbourn Advanced Room
Correction System, press Enter to continue. The Sherbourn Advanced Room Correction System will
now play
another
series of test tones through each speaker. These tones are used to make more
precise measurements for each speaker (which will be used to generate the calibration settings).
After this series of test tones are done, the Sherbourn Advanced Room Correction System will
present you with another screen of information.
This time you will be prompted to
SAVE
the information by pressing Enter.
The fourth, and final, step to running the Sherbourn Advanced Room Correction System is to
activate the calibration settings that Sherbourn Advanced Room Correction has created. On the
current Menu screen, you can see the equalization settings that are currently applied by the
SR-8100. The options include Auto EQ, Manual EQ 1, Manual EQ 2, Manual EQ 3, and Flat. By
moving the highlight to each choice and pressing Enter, you change the current setting to that
choice (and may hear what it sounds like). The highlighted option is the one that is currently
selected. (The Auto EQ settings will be highlighted and selected by default.)
You will be able to go back later and change your choice, and to manually adjust the settings made
by the Sherbourn Advanced Room Correction System if you prefer. You may also create up to three
full sets of custom manual EQ setting and choose between them. To make the calibration curve
generated by your new Sherbourn Advanced Room Correction System active, and apply it to your
inputs, you must leave Auto EQ selected as the active EQ choice.
Note: moving the selector bar to an EQ choice that isn’t highlighted and pressing Enter
selects that choice. At this point (if you have an active input which is subject to EQ) you will
be able to preview what that choice sounds like. moving the selector bar to an EQ choice that
is already highlighted, and pressing Enter, takes you into a sub-menu where you can make
detailed adjustments to the selected EQ configuration. (If you get into this screen by mistake,
and want to get out without changing anything, you can do so by pressing Enter or Return.)
Note: If you have Direct Mode selected, or are using the 7.1 Channel Audio direct input, you
will NoT be able to preview the EQ settings (because EQ is not applied in Direct mode). It
is therefore a good idea to make sure that you are listening to an input and mode in which
EQ is applied if you want to preview your settings. (If you haven’t done any advanced
configuration, HDMI 1 or HDMI 2 will probably work well for this.)
Note: If you run the sherbourn Advanced Room Correction system multiple times, you will
get similar results (but probably not identical). you will not get more accurate results by
running it repeatedly (it does not save or average results from multiple runs). If you aren’t
entirely satisfied with the results, try moving the microphone to a slightly different position,
or simply adjust the results manually to fit your tastes.
