Placing Speakers - Yamaha CX-A5100 Owner's Manual

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Placing speakers

The unit has 11.2-channel pre-amplifiers. You can connect 2- to 11-channel speakers (via a power amplifier) and up to 2 subwoofers to create the favorite acoustic space in your
room.
You can also apply multi-zone configurations to enhance your system (p.96).
Functions of each speaker
Speaker type Abbr.
1
Front (L)
Produce front left/right channel sounds (stereo sounds).
2
Front (R)
Produces center channel sounds (such as movie dialogues and
3
Center
vocals).
4
Surround (L) Produce surround left/right channel sounds. Surround speakers
also produce surround back channel sounds when no surround
5
Surround (R)
back speakers are connected.
6
Surround back (L)
Produce surround back left/right channel sounds.
7
Surround back (R)
E
Front presence (L)
Produce CINEMA DSP effect sounds. In combination with CINEMA
R
Front presence (R)
3
DSP HD (p.70), the presence speakers create a natural
T
Rear presence (L)
3-dimensional sound field in your room.
Y
Rear presence (R)
Produces LFE (low-frequency effect) channel sounds and
reinforces bass parts of other channels.
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Subwoofer
This channel is counted as "0.1". You can connect 2 subwoofers to the
unit and place them on the left/right (or front/rear) sides of the room.
• Use "Ideal speaker layout" (diagram on the right) as reference. You do not need to exactly adjust the
speaker layout to this diagram since the YPAO function of the unit will automatically optimize the speaker
settings (such as distances) to suit the speaker layout.
• When using only one surround back speaker, place it straight behind the listening position (middle of "SBL"
and "SBR" in the diagram).
• The unit creates front Virtual Presence Speaker (VPS) using the front, center, and surround speakers to
produce 3-dimensional sound fields even when no front presence speakers are connected. However, we
recommend using front presence speakers in order to experience the full effect of the sound fields (and
rear presence speakers for further spatial sounds).
• The unit creates rear Virtual Presence Speaker (VPS) using the front, center, and surround speakers to
produce natural 3-dimensional sound fields when front presence speakers are connected but no rear
presence speakers.
Function
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En
Ideal speaker layout
E
0.5 to 1 m
(1.6 to 3.3 ft)
1
1.8 m
(5.9 ft)
9
4
10°~30°
T
6
0.3 m (1 ft) or more
1.8 m
(5.9 ft)
R
0.5 to 1 m
(1.6 to 3.3 ft)
2
1.8 m
(5.9 ft)
3 9
5
10°~30°
Y
7
1.8 m
(5.9 ft)