Optimizing The Speaker Setting For Your Listening Room; Before Starting The Automatic Setup; Basic Automatic Setup - Yamaha SR-PGB54P Owner's Manual

Optimizing the speaker setting for your listening room

This unit employs the YPAO (Yamaha Parametric room Acoustic Optimizer) technology which lets you avoid
troublesome listening-based speaker setup and achieves highly accurate sound adjustments automatically. The supplied
optimizer microphone collects and this unit analyzes the sound your speakers produce in your actual listening
environment. In addition, the multi-point measurement feature enables you to optimize the setup of this unit for up to
eight listening positions.
Before starting the automatic
setup
1
Make sure of the following check points

before starting the automatic setup

operations.
❏
Speakers are connected appropriately.
❏
Headphones are disconnected from this unit.
❏
This unit is turned on.
❏
The connected subwoofer is turned on and the
volume level is set to about half way (or slightly
less).
❏
The crossover frequency controls of the
connected subwoofer is set to the maximum.
VOLUME
MIN MAX
Controls of a subwoofer (example)
❏
The room is sufficiently quiet.
❏
Set the operation mode selector on the remote
control to EAMP.
Notes
• Be advised that it is normal for loud test tones to be output
during the automatic setup procedure.
• To achieve the best results, make sure the room is as quiet as
possible while the automatic setup procedure is in progress. If
there is too much ambient noise, the results may not be
satisfactory.
2
Connect the supplied optimizer microphone
to the OPTIMIZER MIC jack on the front
panel.
AUDIO TONE
SELECT CONTROL ENTER PRESET/TUNING/CH
STRAIGHT
MULTI ZONE
EFFECT
YPAO SILENT CINEMA S VIDEO
PROGRAM OPTIMIZER
MIC PHONES
CROSSOVER
HIGH CUT
MIN MAX
SEARCH STEREO/
MEMORY MODE MONO CATEGORY INFO
BAND
ZONE ON/OFF ZONE CONTROLS
ZONE 2 ZONE 3
VIDEO L AUDIO R OPTICAL
VIDEO AUX
Omni-directional
microphone
"MIC ON View OSD MENU" appears in the front
panel display and the "AUTO SETUP" screen
appears on the video monitor.
AUTO SETUP
SETUP;;;;;;;;;AUTO
MULTI MEASURE;;;;1
.
START
[ ]/[ ]:
[ENTER]:
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You can also run "AUTO SETUP" using the system menu
that appears in the OSD or in the front panel display. This
manual uses the OSD illustrations to explain the automatic
setup procedure.
3
Start the automatic setup.
To optimize the setup of this unit for one listening
position, follow "Basic automatic setup" (page 29).
To optimize the setup of this unit for multiple
listening positions, follow "Advanced automatic
setup" (page 32).

Basic automatic setup

If you have done all the preparations necessary, follow the
procedure below to optimize the setup of this unit for one
listening position.
1
Place the optimizer microphone at your
normal listening position on a flat level
surface with the omni-directional
microphone heading upward.
Optimizer microphone
Up/Down
Start
29
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