Optimizing the speaker setting for your listening room (YPAO)
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• You can reload the displayed result of the automatic setup by pressing
9
ENTER
.
• The results of the measurement that are the causes of the warning
message(s) appear in red.
• “–––” appears when no speaker is connected to the corresponding speaker
channel or this unit does not measure the corresponding speaker channel
yet.
• If you change speakers, speaker positions, or the layout of your listening
environment, run “Auto Setup” again to recalibrate your system.
• The distances displayed in the “Distance” results may be longer than the
actual distance depending on the characteristics of your subwoofer or
external amplifiers if you connect them.
• In the “Equalizing” results, different values may be set for the same band
to provide finer adjustments.
• Even if you change the setting of “PEQ Select”, the equalizer type that is
displayed in “Equalizing” is not changed.
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Once you finish the review of the result of the
automatic setup, press
9
l
repeatedly to exit from
the automatic setup menu.
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• You can also set the parametric equalizer type by using “Parametric EQ” in
“Manual Setup” (see page 104).
• You can set the connected subwoofer phases by using “Phase” in “Manual
You can use the multiple-point measurement feature to optimize up
to eight listening positions in a listening room and speaker angle
measurement feature to optimize the speakers for the effects of the
sound field programs.
• Before starting the operations, prepare the supplied microphone base.
• You can make fine adjustments of this unit by using the multiple-point
measurement and speaker angle measurement features, however it takes
from 30 seconds to 3 minutes to make the measurements at each listening
point.
The following listening room is set as the example in the following
instructions.
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: Listening positions
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Turn on the connected video monitor.
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Connect the supplied optimizer microphone to this
unit and then place the microphone appropriately.
Refer to the steps 1 and 2 of “Using the quick automatic setup”
on page 47. First, place the optimizer microphone to the
listening position
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Measurement
Descriptions
(Multiple point
measurement)
Displays the number of the points the measurements are
carried out at. For details, refer to “Using advanced
automatic setup” on this page.
(Speaker wiring)
Displays the polarity of each connected speaker.
– “NRM” appears when the polarity of the connected
speaker is normal.
– “REV” appears when the polarity of the connected
speaker is reversed.
– “DET” appears when this unit detects the
subwoofer(s) is connected.
– “–––” appears when no speaker is connected to the
corresponding speaker channel.
(Speaker
distance)
Displays the speaker distance from the listening
position. Press
9
h
repeatedly to switch the unit to
display the value of the each speaker distance.
(Speaker size)
Displays the size of the connected speakers and the bass
cross over frequency (“Cross”).
– “LRG” appears when the connected speaker has the
ability to reproduce the low-frequency signals
effectively.
– “SML” appears when the connected speaker does
not have the ability to reproduce the low-frequency
signals effectively.
(Speaker
equalizing)
Displays the result of the adjustment of the frequency
responses of each connected speaker. You can switch the
parametric equalizer type that appears in the result
display by pressing
9
h
repeatedly in the “Equalizing”
result display. To apply the result that is displayed in the
display, press
9
ENTER
.
Choices:
– Select “Natural” to average out the frequency
response of all speakers with higher frequencies
being less emphasized. Recommended if the “Flat”
setting sounds a little harsh.
– Select “Flat” to average the frequency response of all
speakers. Recommended if all of your speakers are
of similar quality.
– Select “Front” to adjust the frequency response of
each speaker in accordance with the sound of your
front speakers. Recommended if your front speakers
are of much higher quality than your other speakers.
(Speaker level)
Displays the result of the adjustment of each connected
speaker output level. You can display the result of the
adjustment of the speaker level for each parametric
equalizer type (see above) by pressing
9
h
repeatedly.
Select “Through” to display the result when this unit
does not use the parametric equalizer.
(Standing wave
cancelling)
Displays the active band frequencies of the special
parametric equalizer for each speaker. Press
9
h
repeatedly to switch the result of the front and rear
speaker.
(Speaker
angle)
Displays the angles of the front speakers, surround
speakers, front presence speakers and rear presence
speakers at the measured point.
Notes
Using advanced automatic setup
Notes
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