Preparing For Surround Sound; Speaker Settings - Kenwood VR-8060 Instruction Manual

Preparing for surround sound

Speaker settings

To enable you to obtain optimum enjoyment from the receiver's listening
modes, make sure to complete the speaker settings (Subwoofer, Front,
Center, Surround and Surround Back Speakers) as described below.
POWER
ON/STANDBY
SETUP
SOUND
TUNER
(Multi %/ fi,
@/#)
1
Turn on the power to this receiver by pressing the POWER
ON/STANDBY key or POWER RCVR key.
2
For the remote control, press and hold the TUNER key for
more than 3 seconds to switch to receiver mode.
3
Press the SETUP key to enter the SETUP mode.
The Surround Back Speaker and Subwoofer output selections are
displayed as follows:
1 SB/SW AMP SB
2 SB/SW AMP SW : Surround Back/Subwoofer Speaker ter-
3 SB/SW AMP OFF : It is not advisable to use Surround Back/
Use the MULTI CONTROL knob or Multi (%/fi) keys to select the
speakers.
Press the SETUP key to proceed to the next SETUP selection.
Use ∧ ∧ ∧ ∧ ∧ / ∨ ∨ ∨ ∨ ∨ keys or @ / # keys for the following displays.
1 SP SETUP
2 TEST TONE
3 SP DISTANCE
4 LFE LEVEL
5 DISP MODE
6 EXIT
MULTI CONTROL
POWER RCVR
Sound
Setup
: Surround Back/Subwoofer Speaker ter-
minal will output SB sound. Surround
Back pre out will have output from SBL
only.
minal will output Subwoofer sound. Sur-
round Back pre out will have output from
SBL and SBR.
Subwoofer speaker terminal for this se-
lection.
The flow of the SETUP is as follows:
SP SETUP TEST TONE SP DISTANCE
Subwoofer Front Left
T. TONE T. TONE
AUTO MANUAL
Front
L
L
Center
Front Right
C
C
Surround
R
Surround Right
SR
Surround
R
Surround Back Right
SBR
Back
SBL
SR
Surround Back Left
SL
Subwoofer
SW
Re-mix
SBR
Surround Left
SBL
Subwoofer
SL
SW
• If you have selected "SB/SW AMP SB", "SBR"/"Surround Back
Right" and "SBL"/"Surround Back Left" are not appeared but
"SB"/"Surround Back" is appeared on the Display.
4
Select a speaker system.
1 Select the SP SETUP and press the SETUP key again so that
the subwoofer setting indication "SUBW ON" appears.
SP MUTE OPTICAL 6CH INPUT
AUTO DETECT
A B CLIP
COAXIAL ANALOG
L C SW R
LFE
SL S SB SR
2 Use the MULTI CONTROL knob or Multi (%/fi) keys to select
the appropriate subwoofer setting.
1 SUBW ON : Subwoofer setting mode to the receiver is
ON.
2 SUBW OFF : Subwoofer setting mode to the receiver is
OFF.
• The initial setting is "SUBW ON".
• When the setting "SUBW OFF" is selected, the Front Speakers
are automatically set to "FRNT LARGE" and the procedure skips
to step 6.
Before step 6, press the SETUP key to accept the setting.
• When Subwoofer output sound is required, select "FRNT
NORMAL", or select both "FRNT LARGE" and "SW RE-MIX ON".
• After setting SW (Subwoofer) from OFF to ON, SB/SW AMP setup
display will appear to enable you to re-select either SW or SB from
the Surround Back Speaker or Subwoofer terminal.
3 Press the ∧ ∧ ∧ ∧ ∧ key or # key to accept the setting.
• The front speakers setting indication "FRNT" appears.
SP MUTE OPTICAL 6CH INPUT
AUTO DETECT
A B CLIP
COAXIAL ANALOG
L C SW R
LFE
SL S SB SR
4 Use the MULTI CONTROL knob or Multi (%/fi) keys to select
the appropriate front speakers setting.
1 FRNT NORMAL
2 FRNT LARGE
• For "FRNT LARGE" selection, no sound will be heard from
Subwoofer speaker even when it is set to on. However, if you
select "SW RE-MIX ON" when Subwoofer is selected, you will
be able to hear sound from the Subwoofer.
When in STEREO mode, the sound goes directly to Front
Speaker.
5 Press the ∧ ∧ ∧ ∧ ∧ key or # key to accept the setting.
• The Center Speaker setting indication "CNTR" appears.
LFE LEVEL DISP MODE
Display Selector
Center
Display Listen
CINEMA EQ. DTS. DOLBY DIGITAL STEREO NEO:6
ACTIVE EQ. MATRIX
Surround EX
96kHzfs DSP MODE DISCRETE PRO LOGIC LOUDNESS CSII
CINEMA EQ. DTS. DOLBY DIGITAL STEREO NEO:6
ACTIVE EQ. MATRIX
Surround EX
96kHzfs DSP MODE DISCRETE PRO LOGIC LOUDNESS CSII
: Average size Front Speakers are con-
nected to the receiver.
: Large Front Speakers are connected
to the receiver.
Continued to next page.
EXIT
RDS
THX
RTY
AUTO
MEMO
STEREO
TUNED
RDS
THX
RTY
AUTO
MEMO
STEREO
TUNED
17 EN