Optimizing The Speaker Settings Automatically (Ypao) - Yamaha RX-A820 Easy Setup Manual

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Optimizing the speaker settings automatically (YPAO)

The Yamaha Parametric room Acoustic Optimizer (YPAO) function detects speaker connections, measures the
distances from them to your listening position(s), and then automatically optimizes the speaker settings, such as
volume balance and acoustic parameters, to suit your room.
• During the measuring process, test tones are output at high volume. Ensure that the test
tones do not frighten small children. Also, refrain from using this function at night when it
may be a nuisance to others.
• During the measuring process, you cannot adjust the volume.
• During the measuring process, keep the room as quiet as possible.
• Do not connect headphones.
• Do not stand between the speakers and the YPAO microphone during the measurement
process (about 3 minutes).
• Move to the corner of the room or leave the room.
Preparing for YPAO
Turn on the subwoofer and set
the volume to half. If the
cross-over frequency is
adjustable, set it to maximum.
CROSSOVER/
VOLUME HIGH CUT
MIN MAX MIN MAX
6
En
The unit (front)
YPAO MIC
YPAO
microphone
Ear height
Place the YPAO microphone at your
listening position (same height as your
ears). We recommend the use of a
tripod as a microphone stand. You can
use the tripod screws to fix the
microphone in place.
SOURCE SOURCE RECEIVER RECEIVER
HDMI HDMI
1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4
5 5 6 6 7 7 V-AUX V-AUX
AV AV
1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4
AUDIO AUDIO
5 5 6 6 1 1 2 2
USB USB
TUNER TUNER NET NET
MAIN MAIN ZONE 2 ZONE 2 PARTY PARTY HDMI OUT HDMI OUT
SCENE SCENE
BD BD
TV TV NET NET RADIO RADIO
DVD DVD
PROGRAM PROGRAM MUTE MUTE VOLUME VOLUME
TOP MENU TOP MENU POP-UP/MENU POP-UP/MENU
ON ON
SCREEN SCREEN OPTION OPTION
Cursor keys
ENTER
ENTER
RETURN
RETURN DISPLAY DISPLAY
BAND BAND
MODE MODE
TUNING TUNING PRESET PRESET
SUR. DECODE SUR. DECODE STRAIGHT STRAIGHT
MOVIE MOVIE MUSIC MUSIC
ENHANCER ENHANCER PURE DIRECT PURE DIRECT
INFO INFO SLEEP SLEEP
1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4
5 5 6 6 7 8 8
MEMORY MEMORY
9 9 0 0 10 10 ENT ENT
TV TV
INPUT INPUT
TV VOL TV VOL TV CH TV CH
MUTE MUTE CODE SET CODE SET
1
Connect the YPAO microphone to the
YPAO MIC jack on the front panel.
The following screen appears on the TV.
• To cancel the operation, disconnect the YPAO microphone
before starting the measurement.
2
To start the measurement, use the cursor
keys to select "Measure" and press
ENTER.
The measurement will start in 10 seconds.
The following screen appears on the TV when
the measurement finishes.
• If any error message (such as E-1) or warning message (such
as W-2) appears, see "Error messages" or "Warning
messages" in "Owner's Manual".
• If the warning message "W-1:Out of Phase" appears, see
"If "W-1:Out of Phase" appears" (next page).