Balancing The Speaker Volumes; Bass Peak Level - Kenwood Sovereign VR-5900 Connection And Setup Manual

Chapter Two : Setting Up PowerTouch III
3. Touch or to set the distance for the front
left speaker.
4. Touch or to select the next speaker.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each speaker.
6. Touch to move to the next speaker setting or touch
to return to the Setup Surround menu.

Balancing the Speaker Volumes

In this step you will balance the volume levels of all the
system's speakers except the subwoofer for your room and
listening position. (To set the subwoofer level, see "Setting
the Subwoofer Level" on this page.) When all the speakers
are set at the same volume level, your system will create a
more realistic, spacious surround sound environment.
You can balance the speakers by ear, or you can use a sound
level meter. Using a meter lets you balance your system more
accurately, and lets you set the reference playback level. (See
"Balancing the Speaker Levels with a Sound Level Meter"
on page 46)
When setting the speaker levels, be careful against the
high-level test tone that is produced.
1. Eliminate as many external noise sources as possible.
2. Sit in the place where you and your guests are most likely
to sit while watching movies or listening to music.
3. If you are not already there, touch
Setup Surround menu to open the Speaker Level menu:
4. Touch until the Test Tone display reads "Manu".
5. Test noise will play from the front left speaker. Care-
fully listen to the volume level of the noise.
6. Touch or to select the next speaker.
7. Carefully listen to the volume level of the test noise. If
the noise is a different volume than the noise from the
front left speaker, use
ume so that the volume matches the volume from the
front left speaker.
(Do not be concerned with the volume number read-
out on the Level display—this is for reference purposes
only. Use your ears to determine if the two speakers are
playing at the same volume).
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 until all the system's speakers (except
the subwoofer) play at the same volume.
9. To confirm the volume levels, touch
Tone display reads "Auto". The test noise will automati-
cally cycle between all of the speakers. Fine-tune the chan-
nel levels as necessary.
10. When all the channels sound like they're the same vol-
ume, you've balanced your system.
11. To turn off the test noise, touch
display reads "Off".
Setting the Subwoofer Level: Because of the way hu-
mans hear, the test noise the Speaker Level menu sends
through the subwoofer will not sound as loud as it re-
ally is. (The Speaker Level menu subwoofer test noise is
on the
designed to be used with a sound pressure level meter
for balancing. See "Balancing the Speaker Levels with a
Sound Level Meter" on page 46)
Because of this, you cannot use that test noise to prop-
erly calibrate the level of your subwoofer by ear. To set
the subwoofer level, listen to familiar music or films
that have strong bass content and adjust the subwoofer
level until it sounds balanced with the rest of the speak-
ers.
12. Touch to move to the next speaker setting or touch
to return to the Setup Surround menu.

Bass Peak Level

The LFE (bass effects) channel of Dolby Digital and DTS pro-
grams can contain up to 10dB more energy than the other
channels, which is enough to damage some speakers. The
VR-5900 has a bass limiter circuit that keeps the output to
your subwoofer (or left & right speakers, if your system doesn't
have a subwoofer) within safe limits.
or to adjust the vol-
1. Touch
or touch
2. Touch
The test tone is output. (displayed "-30 dB")
You will hear the bass peak test tone, and the display
will read -30dB. (The test tone level is not affected by
the receiver's volume control.)
until the Test
until the Test Tone
3. Touch the
speaker volume until you just begin to hear audible
distress from the woofer (distortion, clicking, "bot-
toming").
4. Touch the
volume to the level just before the distress began.
5. Touch the
6. Touch the
Do not output the test tone for a long period while the
speaker's sound is distorted.
on the Setup Surround setting menu,
on the Speaker Level menu.
on the Bass Peak Level setting menu.
slowly and repeatedly to increase the
once or twice to decrease the speaker
to save the setting.
to return to the Setup Surround menu.
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