Placing Speakers - Yamaha AVENTAGE RX-A550 Owner's Manual

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Placing speakers

Select the speaker layout for the number of speakers that you are using and place the speakers and subwoofer in your room. This section describes the representative speaker layout
examples.
Caution
• (U.S.A. and Canada models only)
Under its default settings, the unit is configured for 8-ohm speakers. When connecting 6-ohm speakers, set the unit's speaker impedance to "6 Ω MIN". For details, see "Setting the speaker impedance" (p.14).
• (Except for U.S.A. and Canada models)
Use speakers with an impedance of at least 6 Ω.
• Use a subwoofer with built-in amplifier.
• Be sure to connect the front left and right speakers.
Speaker type Abbr.
1
Front (L)
Produce front left/right channel sounds (stereo sounds).
2
Front (R)
3
Center Produces center channel sounds (such as movie dialogue and vocals).
4
Surround (L)
Produce surround left/right channel sounds.
5
Surround (R)
Produces LFE (low-frequency effect) channel sounds and reinforces the bass parts of other channels.
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Subwoofer
This channel is counted as "0.1".
* Place the surround speakers in front and set "Virtual CINEMA FRONT" (p.76) in the "Setup" menu to "On".
Function
12
En
Speaker system (the number of channels)
5.1
(Virtual
5.1 4.1 3.1
CINEMA
FRONT)
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2.1