Sony STR-DA3000ES Operating Instructions (STRDA3000ES) Operating Instructions Manual page 20

Check your speaker pattern using the supplied
"Easy Setup Guide".
x SUB WOOFER (Sub woofer)
• YES
If you connect a sub woofer, select "YES".
• NO
If you did not connect a sub woofer, select
"NO". This activates the bass redirection
circuitry and outputs the LFE signals from
other speakers.
x FRONT SP (Front speakers)
• LARGE
If you connect large speakers that will
effectively reproduce bass frequencies, select
"LARGE". Normally, select "LARGE".
When the sub woofer is set to "NO", front
speakers are automatically set to "LARGE".
• SMALL
If the sound is distorted, or you feel a lack of
surround effects when using multi channel
surround sound, select "SMALL" to activate
the bass redirection circuitry and output the
front channel bass frequencies from the sub
woofer. When the front speakers are set to
"SMALL", the center, surround and surround
back speakers are also automatically set to
"SMALL" (unless previously set to "NO").
x CENTER SP (Center speaker)
• LARGE
If you connect a large speaker that will
effectively reproduce bass frequencies, select
"LARGE". Normally, select "LARGE".
However, if the front speakers are set to
"SMALL", you cannot set the center speaker
to "LARGE".
• SMALL
If the sound is distorted, or you feel a lack of
surround effects when using multi channel
surround sound, select "SMALL" to activate
the bass redirection circuitry and output the
center channel bass frequencies from the front
speakers (if set to "LARGE") or sub woofer.
• NO
If you did not connect a center speaker, select
"NO". The sound of the center channel will be
output from the front speakers.
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When the multi channel input is selected,
analog downmixing is performed.
x SURROUND SP
(Surround speakers)
The surround back speakers are set to the same
setting.
• LARGE
If you connect large speakers that will
effectively reproduce bass frequencies, select
"LARGE". Normally, select "LARGE".
However, if the front speakers are set to
"SMALL", you cannot set the surround
speakers to "LARGE".
• SMALL
If the sound is distorted, or you feel a lack of
surround effects when using multi channel
surround sound, select "SMALL" to activate
the bass redirection circuitry and output the
surround channel bass frequencies from the
sub woofer or other "LARGE" speakers.
• NO
If you did not connect surround speakers,
select "NO".
x SURR BACK SP
(Surround back speakers)
When the surround speakers are set to "NO", the
surround back speakers are also automatically
set to "NO" and the setting cannot be changed.
Except for STR-DA3000ES models of area
code CEL, TW
• DUAL
If you connect two surround back speakers,
select "DUAL". The sound will be output to a
maximum of 7.1 channels.
• SINGLE
If you connect only one surround back
speaker, select "SINGLE". The sound will be
output to a maximum of 6.1 channels.
• NO
If you did not connect surround back
speakers, select "NO".
STR-DA3000ES models of area code CEL,
TW only
• YES
If you connect a surround back speaker, select
"YES".