Setting Up Speakers; Speaker Placement; Selecting The Speakers; Bass Peak Level - Kenwood Sovereign VR-5900 Connection And Setup Manual

Chapter Two : Setting Up PowerTouch III
Before you can begin using the receiver to control your home
entertainment system, you must set up PowerTouch III to
operate your speakers effectively. There are four areas of
speaker setup:
•

Selecting the Speakers

• Adjusting the Speaker Distances
• Balancing the Speaker Volumes
•

Bass Peak Level

You can set up your speakers in the order presented here
(via the Next button) or individually, selecting each option
from the Surround menu.
The receiver must be on, speakers must be connected, and
Speaker A on the front panel must be turned on before you
can set up speakers.

Speaker Placement

An example of installation is shown here.
Use this figure as a reference for installing the system ac-
cording to the types of your speakers and conditions of your
listening room.
C
FL FR
SW
SL SR
SBL SBR
FL/FR (Front speakers) : Place to the front left and right
of the listening position. Front speakers are required for all
surround modes.
C (Center speaker) : Place front and center. This speaker
stabilizes the sound image and helps recreate sound mo-
tion.
SW (Subwoofer) : Reproduces powerful deep bass sounds.
SL/SR (Surround speakers) : Place to the direct left and
right, or slightly behind, the listening position at even
heights, at least 3.3 ft (1 meter) above the ears of the listeners.

Setting Up Speakers

SBL/SBR (Surround back speakers) : The SBL/SBR speak-
ers are required to reproduce 6.1-channel signals (THX Sur-
round EX, DTS-ES). Place them on the left and right be-
hind the listening position and at the same height as the
SL/SR speakers.
To begin setting up speakers:
1. Touch (SETUP) on the Quick Access menu to access
the Setup menu:
2. Touch on the Setup settings.
Selecting the Speakers
1. Touch on the Setup Surround menu to open
the Speaker Selection menu.
2. Kenwood provides two ways to set up your speakers:
Quick Setup: Use this method for a simplified setup
where you identify whether a speaker is present and let
the receiver automatically determine the appropriate
speaker settings.
a. Aim PowerTouch III at the receiver. If the speaker is
present, touch the speaker button until "Yes" appears
in the button. (SW=subwoofer, C=center,
SL=surround left, SR=surround right, SBL=surround
back left and SBR=surround back right)
If you selected Yes for the subwoofer, all of the bass
below 80Hz is removed from all the other speakers
in your system and is sent to the subwoofer in all
listening modes. This improves your speakers' power
handling and reduces overall distortion.
Speaker combinations that can be selected with Quick
Setup
Center Surround Surround back
Subwoofer
speakers
speaker speakers
Yes
Yes
Yes Yes No
No No
No No
b. Touch to save your settings.
c. Touch to move to the next setting or touch
to return to the Setup Surround menu.
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