Preparing For Surround Sound; Speaker Settings - Kenwood KAF-S500 Instruction Manual

Preparing for surround sound

Speaker settings

To enable you to obtain optimum enjoyment from the amplifier's listen-
ing modes, make sure to complete the speaker settings (subwoofer,
front, center, surround and surround back speakers) as described below.
(POWER)
If you purchase HTB-S500 system, you may skip step 2 to 4.
Original settings of this amplifier are adjusted to KSW-S500
speakers.
The original settings are
6ch AMP : 6ch SW
Front : FRONT NML
Sorround : SURR NML
Subwoofer Re-Mix : REMIX ON
1
Turn on the power to this amplifier by pressing the
(POWER) key.
2
Press the SET UP key to enter the SET UP mode.
Use the TRIM%/ fi keys to select the "SP SETUP"
1 SP SETUP
2 TEST TONE
3 DISTANCE
4 DIMMER
5 EXIT
3
Press the SETUP key to select the 6ch AMP setting.
The Back Surround and Subwoofer output selections are displayed
as follows:
1 6ch SW
: SUB/W BS speaker terminal will output
Subwoofer sound.
2 6ch BS
: SUB/W BS speaker terminal will output Back
Surround sound. Subwoofer pre out will have
output from SW only.
3 6ch OFF
: It is not advisable to use SUB/W BS speaker
terminal for this selection.
Use the TRIM%/fi keys to select the speakers.
Press the SETUP key to proceed to the next SETUP selection.
POWER
SET UP
TRIM%¥fi
Subwoofer : SW ON
Center : CNTR NML
Back surround : BS NML
The flow of the SETUP is as follows:
SP SETUP TEST TONE
6ch AMP setting
AUTO MANUAL
Subwoofer
L
L R
Front
C
C
Center
R
Surround
RS LS RS
Back BS
BS
Surround
LS
Subwoofer
SW
Re-mix
SW
4
Select a speaker system.
If you have THX certified speakers, please set them to NML.
1 Press the SETUP key again so that the subwoofer setting
indication "SW ON" appears.
DOLBY DEX NEO:6 DSP TS MUTE
DOLBY PLII
DTS -ES AAC
DISCRETE
MATRIX 6.1
ACTIVE EQ.
2 Use the TRIM%/fi keys to select the appropriate subwoofer
setting.
1 SW ON
: Subwoofer setting mode to the amplifier is
ON.
2 SW OFF
: Subwoofer setting mode to the amplifier is
OFF.
• When the setting "SW OFF" is selected using the SET UP key,
the front speakers are automatically set to "FRONT LRG" and the
procedure skips to step 6.
Before step 6, press the SET UP key to accept the setting.
3 Press the SET UP key to accept the setting.
• The front speakers setting indication "FRONT" appears.
DOLBY DEX NEO:6 DSP TS MUTE
DOLBY PLII
DTS -ES AAC
DISCRETE
MATRIX 6.1
ACTIVE EQ.
4 Use the TRIM%/fi keys to select the appropriate front speak-
ers setting.
1 FRONT LRG
2 FRONT NML
• For "FRONT LRG" and "SW ON" selection, no sound will be
heard from subwoofer speaker even when it is set to on.
However, if you select "REMIX ON" in step @ when subwoofer
is selected, you will be able to hear sound from the subwoofer.
5 Press the SET UP key to accept the setting.
• The center speaker setting indication "CNTR" appears.
DISTANCE DIMMER
Front Dimmer
Center
Surround
Back
Surround
Subwoofer
DIGITAL ST.
L
AUTO
LFE
LS S BS RS
DIGITAL ST.
L C
AUTO
LFE
LS S BS RS
: Large front speakers are connected
to the amplifier.
: Average size front speakers are
connected to the amplifier.
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EXIT
C R
SW
R
SW
15 EN