Yamaha RX-V557 Owner's Manual page 63

Speaker level
B)SP LEVEL
Use these settings to manually balance the level of each
speaker selected in SPEAKER SET (page 58).
Choices: –10.0 dB to +10.0 dB
• FL adjusts the balance of the front left speaker.
• FR adjusts the balance of the front right speaker.
• C adjusts the balance of the center speaker.
• SL adjusts the balance of the surround left speaker.
• SR adjusts the balance of the surround right speaker.
• SB adjusts the balance of the surround back speaker.
• SWFR adjusts the balance of the subwoofer.
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To calibrate, use the test tone feature (see page 24).
Speaker distance
Use this feature to manually input the distance of each
speaker and adjust the delay applied to respective channel.
Ideally, each speaker should be the same distance from the
main listening position. However, this is not possible in
most home situations. Thus, a certain amount of delay
must be applied to the sound from each speaker so that all
sound will arrive at the listening position at the same time.
Unit UNIT
Choices: meters (m), feet (ft)
Initial setting:
U.S.A. and Canada models: feet (ft)
Other models: meters (m)
• Select meters to input speaker distances in meters.
• Select feet to input speaker distances in feet.
Speaker distances
Choices: 0.3 to 24.0 m (1 to 80 ft)
• FRONT L adjusts the distance of the front left speaker.
Initial setting: 3.0 m (10.0 ft)
• FRONT R adjusts the distance of the front right
speaker. Initial setting: 3.0 m (10.0 ft)
• CENTER adjusts the distance of the center speaker.
Initial setting: 3.0 m (10.0 ft)
• SUR. L adjusts the distance of the surround left
speaker. Initial setting: 3.0 m (10.0 ft)
• SUR. R adjusts the distance of the surround right
speaker. Initial setting: 3.0 m (10.0 ft)
• SUR. B adjusts the distance of the surround back
speaker. Initial setting: 2.10 m (7.0 ft)
• SWFR adjusts the distance of the subwoofer. Initial
setting: 3.0 m (10.0 ft)
C)SP DISTANCE
Center graphic equalizer
Use this feature to adjust the built-in 5-band graphic
equalizer for the center channel so that the tonal quality of
the center speaker matches that of the front speakers. You
can make adjustments listening to the currently selected
source component or a test tone.
You can adjust 5 frequency bands:
100Hz, 300Hz, 1kHz, 3kHz, 10kHz
Choices: –6 to +6 dB
Initial setting: 0 dB
• Select ON to output test tones from the front left and
center speakers, and adjust the tonal quality of the
center speaker.
• Select OFF to stop the test tone and output the
currently selected source component.
Low-frequency effect level
Use to adjust the output level of the LFE (low-frequency
effect) channel according to the capacity of your
subwoofer or headphones. The LFE channel carries low-
frequency special effects which are only added to certain
scenes. This setting is effective only when this unit
decodes Dolby Digital or DTS signals.
Choices: –20 to 0 dB
Speaker SP LFE
Select to adjust the speaker LFE level.
Headphone HP LFE
Select to adjust the headphone LFE level.
Note
Depending on the "LFE LEVEL" setting, some signals may not
be output from the SUBWOOFER OUTPUT jack.
Dynamic range F)D. RANGE
Use to select the amount of dynamic range compression to
be applied to your speakers or headphones. This setting is
effective only when the unit is decoding Dolby Digital and
DTS signals.
Choices: MAX (maximum), STD (standard), MIN
(minimum)
Speaker SP D.R
Select to adjust the speaker compression.
Headphone HP D.R
Select to adjust the headphone compression.
• Select MAX for feature films.
• Select STD for general use.
• Select MIN for listening to sources at low volume
levels.
SET MENU
D)CENTER GEQ
E)LFE LEVEL
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