Preparing For Surround Sound; Speaker Settings - Kenwood VR-7070 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, and surround speakers) as described below.
POWER
ON/STANDBY
SETUP
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 and Subwoofer speaker output selections are
displayed as follows:
1 6ch AMP SB
: Surround Back/Subwoofer speaker terminal
will output SB sound. Surround Back pre out
will have output from SBL only.
2 6ch AMP SW : Surround Back/Subwoofer speaker terminal
will output Subwoofer sound. Surround Back
pre out will have output from SBL and SBR.
3 6ch AMP OFF : It is not advisable to use Surround Back/
Subwoofer speaker terminal for this selection.
Use the MULTI CONTROL knob or Multi (%/fi) keys to select the
speakers.
Press the SETUP key to proceed to the next SET UP selection.
∧
∨
keys or @ / # keys for the following displays.
Use /
1 SP SETUP
2 TEST TONE
3 SP DISTANCE
4 DISP MODE
5 EXIT
The flow of the SET UP is as follows:
SP SETUP TEST TONE BASS PEAK
Subwoofer
T. TONE T. TONE
AUTO MANUAL
Front
L L
Center
C
Surround C
R
SR
Surround
R
SB
Back
(SBR/SBL)
SR
SL
Surround
SW
Mix
SB
(SBR/SBL)
Subwoofer
Re-mix
SL
SW
MULTI CONTROL
POWER RCVR
Setup
SP DISTANCE DISP MODE EXIT
Front Left Display Selector
Center
Display Listen
Front Right
Surround Right
Surround Back
(Surround Back
Right/Left)
Surround Left
Subwoofer
4
Select a speaker system.
If you have THX certified speakers, please set them to NML/THX.
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
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 NML/
THX", or select both "FRNT LARGE" and "SW RE-MIX ON".
• After setting SW (subwoofer) from OFF to ON, 6ch AMP setup
display will appear to enable you to re-select either SW, SB or OFF
from the surround back or subwoofer speaker terminal.
∧
3 Press the key or # key to accept the setting.
• The front speakers setting indication "FRNT" appears.
SP MUTE OPTICAL 6CH INPUT
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 LARGE
2 FRNT NML/THX : Average size front speakers are
• 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.
6 Use the MULTI CONTROL knob or Multi (%/fi) keys to select
the appropriate center speaker setting.
If you selected "LARGE" as the front speakers setting,
1 CNTR LARGE
2 CNTR NML/THX : An average size center speaker is
3 CNTR OFF
If you selected "NORMAL" as the front speakers setting,
1 CNTR NML/THX
2 CNTR OFF
CINEMA EQ. DTS. DOLBY DIGITAL STEREO NEO:6
AUTO DETECT
ACTIVE EQ. MATRIX
96kHzfs DSP MODE DISCRETE PRO LOGIC LOUDNESS CSII
CINEMA EQ. DTS. DOLBY DIGITAL STEREO NEO:6
AUTO DETECT
ACTIVE EQ. MATRIX
96kHzfs DSP MODE DISCRETE PRO LOGIC LOUDNESS CSII
: Large front speakers are connected
to the receiver.
connected to the receiver.
: A large center speaker is connected
to the receiver.
connected to the receiver.
: Center speaker setting mode to the
receiver is OFF.
: Center speaker setting mode to the
receiver is ON.
: Center speaker setting mode to the
receiver is OFF.
Continued to next page.
RDS
THX
RTY
Surround EX
AUTO
MEMO
STEREO
TUNED
RDS
THX
RTY
Surround EX
AUTO
MEMO
STEREO
TUNED
21
EN