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Home Theater Setup Page 42 HTR-2400 Manual
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HOME THEATER SETUP • SPEAKER LEVEL
While delay settings make certain that the sound from each
speaker arrives to the primary listening position at the precise
moment in time, Speaker Level adjustment makes certain that
the balance of volume between speakers is accurate. Since a
speaker further away from the listening position will not sound
as loud as one that is closer, you will need to adjust that speak-
ers level a little higher than the closer speaker. Alternately, one
type of speaker (a front channel speaker) may have different
characteristics from a rear channel speaker. Basically, regard-
less of distance or speaker type, you will need to
balance the
room and to do this properly (not moving speakers around),
you will set the Speaker Levels.
Here, you will need to use an SPL Meter (Sound
Pressure Level). There are several on the mar-
ket including a few models sold at Radio Shack
(at the time of this printing). The more basic
model features an analog meter (sweeping
needle) while the slightly more expensive unit fea-
tures a digital numeric readout. For Speaker
Level setup, the more basic unit with a sweeping
needle will work best.
To setup the meter, make certain that you have
good batteries and set the meter’s two switches
to “C Weighted” and “Slow”. Set the Range to
80 dB (Decibels) which covers the level range
from 70 dB to 86 dB because the range point for
setting up a home theater is 75 dB. Position the
SPL meter at the primary seating area and aim
its microphone toward the first speaker (typically
Front Left).
The HTR-2400 features a Pink Noise gen-
erator which creates static sound used to
calibrate Speaker Levels. To engage the
Pink Noise generator, turn the Mode knob
until the arrow is on the word NOISE and
then press the Mode knob to enter this fea-
ture.
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