Kenwood VR-8050 Instruction Manual - Page 17
Preparing for surround sound - receiver manual
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Preparing for surround sound Speaker settings To enable you to obtain optimum enjoyment from the receiver's listening modes, make sure to complete the speaker settings (Subwoofer, Front, Center, Surround and Surround Back Speakers) as described below. POWER ON/STANDBY SETUP MULTI CONTROL TUNER (Multi POWER RCVR Setup 1 Turn on the power to this receiver by pressing the POWER ON/STANDBY key or POWER RCVR key. 2 For the remote control, press and hold the TUNER key for more than 3 seconds to switch to receiver mode. 3 Press the SETUP key to enter the SETUP mode. The Surround Back Speaker and Subwoofer output selections are displayed as follows: 1 SB/SW AMP SB : Surround Back/Subwoofer Speaker terminal will output SB sound. Surround Back pre out will have output from SBL only. 2 SB/SW AMP SW : Surround Back/Subwoofer Speaker terminal will output Subwoofer sound. Surround Back pre out will have output from SBL and SBR. 3 SB/SW AMP OFF : It is not advisable to use Surround Back/ Subwoofer speaker terminal for this selection. Use the MULTI CONTROL knob or Multi (%/fi) keys to select the speakers. Press the SETUP key to proceed to the next SETUP selection. Use ∧/∨ keys or @/ #keys for the following displays. 1 SP SETUP 2 TEST TONE 3 SP DISTANCE 4 LFE LEVEL 5 DISP MODE 6 EXIT The flow of the SETUP is as follows: SP SETUP Subwoofer Front Center Surround Surround Back Subwoofer Re-mix TEST TONE SP DISTANCE LFE LEVEL T. TONE T. TONE AUTO MANUAL L L C R C SR SBR R SBL SR SL SW SBR Front Left Center Front Right Surround Right Surround Back Right Surround Back Left Surround Left SBL Subwoofer SL SW DISP MODE Display Selector Display Listen EXIT • If you have selected "SB/SW AMP SB", "SBR"/"Surround Back Right" and "SBL"/"Surround Back Left" are not appeared but "SB"/"Surround Back" is appeared on the Display. 4 Select a speaker system. 1 Select the SP SETUP and press the SETUP key again so that the subwoofer setting indication "SUBW ON" appears. SP MUTE OPTICAL 6CH INPUT AUTO DETECT CINEMA EQ. DTS. DOLBY DIGITAL STEREO NEO:6 THX L ACTIVE EQ. MATRIX C SW R A B CLIP COAXIAL ANALOG 96kHzfs DSP MODE DISCRETE PRO LOGIC LOUDNESS CSII Surround EX LFE SL S SB SR RDS RTY AUTO MEMO STEREO TUNED 2 Use the MULTI CONTROL knob or Multi (%/fi) keys to select the appropriate subwoofer setting. 1 SUBW ON : Subwoofer setting mode to the receiver is ON. 2 SUBW OFF : Subwoofer setting mode to the receiver is OFF. • The initial setting is "SUBW ON". • When the setting "SUBW OFF" is selected, the Front Sspeakers are automatically set to "FRNT LARGE" and the procedure skips to step 6. Before step 6, press the SETUP key to accept the setting. • When Subwoofer output sound is required, select "FRNT NORMAL", or select both "FRNT LARGE" and "SW RE-MIX ON". • After setting SW (Subwoofer) from OFF to ON, SB/SW AMP setup display will appear to enable you to re-select either SW or SB from the Surround Back Speaker or Subwoofer terminal. 3 Press the ∧ key or # key to accept the setting. • The front speakers setting indication "FRNT" appears. SP MUTE OPTICAL 6CH INPUT AUTO DETECT CINEMA EQ. DTS. DOLBY DIGITAL STEREO NEO:6 THX L ACTIVE EQ. MATRIX C SW R A B CLIP COAXIAL ANALOG 96kHzfs DSP MODE DISCRETE PRO LOGIC LOUDNESS CSII Surround EX LFE SL S SB SR RDS RTY AUTO MEMO STEREO TUNED 4 Use the MULTI CONTROL knob or Multi (%/fi) keys to select the appropriate front speakers setting. 1 FRNT NORMAL 2 FRNT LARGE : Average size Front Speakers are connected to the receiver. : Large Front Speakers are connected to the receiver. • For "FRNT LARGE" selection, no sound will be heard from Subwoofer speaker even when it is set to on. However, if you select "SW RE-MIX ON" when Subwoofer is selected, you will be able to hear sound from the Subwoofer. When in STEREO mode, the sound goes directly to Front Speaker. 5 Press the ∧ key or # key to accept the setting. • The Center Speaker setting indication "CNTR" appears. Continued to next page. 17 EN
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