Specifications

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As you can see in the screen shot above, the main speakers may be defined as
full range, meaning that they can reproduce any deep bass that might be sent to
them to your satisfaction. By selecting x-over rather than full rng, the selected
speakers will receive only frequencies above the crossover frequency, with fre-
quencies below the crossover frequency being divided among subwoofer(s) and
any speakers listed as “full range.”
In the case of the center and subwoofer channels, there is an additional option:
none (meaning there is no such speaker is connected to the system).
The aux chans setting refers to the 7
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and 8
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“auxiliary channels” included in
your AVP. These “extra” channels may be used in any of several ways:
• Dual Drive™: if you have Dual Drive surround speakers, you can
use the Aux channels to drive the front halves of your surrounds
while the rear outputs produce the signal for the rear halves. A
special infrared command may be taught to a learning remote to
toggle between bipole and dipole modes of operation,or you may
set up your preferences in the mode defaults menu.
• Sides: if you have a large room, you may find it beneficial to have
two pairs of surround speakers, one pair to the sides of the listen-
ing area and the other pair behind the listening area. This arrange-
ment can provide a more uniform and enveloping surround field. If
you select to use the Aux channels for side speakers, correspond-
ing adjustments will appear in other menus (e.g., the set distance
and set levels menus).
• Stereo Subs: you may also elect to use stereo subwoofers, in which
case the regular sub output will handle the left and Aux 1 handles
the right. Specifically, any bass information in a “left” speaker (front,
side or rear) that has been set to x-over will be reproduced in the
left subwoofer; likewise for the “right” speakers and the right
subwoofer. Bass from either the low frequency effects channel (also
called the “.1” channel) or from a center speaker set to x-over will
be split evenly between the left and right subwoofers.
• Off: if you are not using the auxiliary channels, set them to off. Do-
ing so returns the AVP to a more common, 5.1 channel configura-
tion.
You may also adjust the crossover frequency used by the system, anywhere from
50-120 Hz in 10 Hz increments. The standard frequency used by THX is 80 Hz,
which should be used with THX-certified (and many other) speakers. However,
you can select the frequency best suited to yours speaker system. Note that this
frequency then becomes the effective crossover frequency for any speaker de-
fined as needing a crossover (x-over in that speaker’s menu).
special tip: If you have THX-certified speakers all around, a shortcut for
setting the configuration to the THX standard is provided.
Simply move your cursor to the bottom line and press enter.
This will set the menus for all the appropriate crossover
settings at one touch. You may still select your own preference
for the Auxiliary channels, however.