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22 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

When you have completed your selection for

the center channel, press the

Button p

on the remote to move the cursor to

SURROUND.

Press the

‹

›

Buttons n on the remote

to select the option that best describes the sur-

round speakers in your system based on the

speaker definitions shown on this page.

When

SMALL is selected, low-frequency

surround channel sounds will be sent to the

subwoofer output only. If you choose this

option and there is no subwoofer connected,

you will not hear any low-frequency sounds

from the surround speakers.

When

LARGE is selected, a full-range output

will be sent to the surround channel outputs,

and NO surround channel signals will be sent

to the subwoofer output.

When

NONE is selected, surround sound

information will be split between the front left

and front right outputs. For optimal perform-

ance when no surround speakers are in use, the

Dolby 3 Stereo mode should be used.

If the

CH CONFIG has been set to 5.1,

pressing the

Button p will take you to the

subwoofer settings, as there are no Surround

Back speakers in your system to configure. If the

CH CONFIG has been set to 6.1/7.1,

press the

Button p to enter the correct

setting for the “size” of the Surround Back

speakers. With the cursor on the

SURR BACK

line, press the

‹

›

Buttons n so that

the correct choice is highlighted.

When you have completed your selection

for the back surround channels, press the

Button p on the remote to move the

cursor to

SUBWOOFER.

Press the

‹

›

Buttons n on the remote

to select the option that best describes your

system.

The choices available for the subwoofer posi-

tion will depend on the settings for the other

speakers, particularly the front left/right posi-

tions.

If the front left/right speakers are set to

SMALL, the subwoofer will automatically be

set to

SUB, which is the “on” position.

If the front left/right speakers are set to

LARGE, three options are available:

• If no subwoofer is connected to the

AVR 8000, press the

‹

›

Buttons n

on the remote so that NONE appears in

the on-screen menu. When this option is

selected, all bass information will be routed

to the front left/right “main” speakers.

• If a subwoofer is connected to the

AVR 8000, you have the option to have the

front left/right “main” speakers reproduce

bass frequencies at all times, and have the

subwoofer operate only when the AVR 8000

is being used with a digital source that con-

tains a dedicated Low Frequency Effects, or

LFE soundtrack. This allows you to use both

your main and subwoofer speakers to take

advantage of the special bass created for

certain movies. Press

‹

›

Buttons

n on the remote so that SUB

(LFE)

appears in the on-screen menu.

• If a subwoofer is connected and you wish to

use it for bass reproduction in conjunction

with the main front left/right speakers,

regardless of the type of program source or

Surround mode you are listening to, press

the

‹

›

Buttons n on the remote

so that

SUB LFE+L/R appears in

the on-screen menu. When this option is

selected, a full-range signal will be sent to

the front left/right “main” speakers, and the

subwoofer will receive the bass frequencies

under frequency selected, as described

below.

Once you have completed the speaker configura-

tion settings, press the

Button p on the

remote to change the cursor to

X-OVER

FREQ

. The subwoofer crossover setting may

only be adjusted using the on-screen display

system.

At this line, you will select the frequency at

which bass information is directed to the

Subwoofer Output §. To select the

crossover frequency, press the

‹

›

Buttons

n until the frequency closest to the low-

est frequency of your front left/right speakers

appears. This figure is normally printed in the

owner’s manual or data sheet for the speakers;

or consult the speaker’s manufacturer. Note

that if you are using THX-certified speakers,

the 80Hz crossover point should be selected.

When all speaker selections have been made,

press the

Button p and then the Set

Button

o to return to the MASTER

MENU.

Surround Setup

Once the speaker setup has been completed,

the next step is to set the surround mode you

wish to use with the input that was previously

selected in the

IN/OUT menu. Since sur-

round modes are a matter of personal taste,

feel free to select any mode you wish – you

may change it later. However, to make it easier

to establish the initial parameters for the

AVR 8000, it is best to select Dolby Pro Logic II

or Logic 7 for most analog inputs and Dolby

Digital for inputs connected to digital sources.

In the case of inputs such as a CD Player, Tape

Deck or Tuner, you may wish to set the mode to

Stereo (“Surround off”) as they are not typically

used with multichannel program material, and

it is unlikely that sur

round-encoded material

will be used. Alternatively, the

Logic 7 Music

mode is a good choice for stereo-only source

material. See page 28 for more information

on available surround modes.

When selecting surround modes for digital pro-

gram material, the AVR will always examine the

data stream and automatically select Dolby

Digital or DTS as applicable. You may then

change to THX or another choice as the

program type and your speaker configuration

permits.

It is easiest to complete the surround setup

using the full-OSD on-screen menus. From

the

MASTER MENU (Figure 1), press the

⁄

Buttons mp until the

›

cursor

is next to the

SURROUND SELECT

menu. Press the Set Button o until the

SURROUND SELECT menu (Figure 4)

is on the screen.

Figure 4

Each of the option lines on this menu (Figure 4)

selects the surround mode category, and within

each of those categories there will be a choice

of the specific mode options. Note that the

choice of modes will vary according to the

speaker configuration in your system. When

the

CH CONFIG line is set to 5.1 in the

SPEAKER SETUP menu (Figure 3) you

will see only the modes appropriate to a 5.1-

** SURROUND SELECT **

THX

DOLBY

DTS

LOGIC 7

DSP (SURR)

STEREO

BACK TO MASTER MENU

System Configuration