Manual
Speaker Setup
1. Speaker Setup menu
After you have installed the TX-DS898, connected all the
components, and determined the speaker layout, it is now time to
perform the settings in the Speaker Setup menu for the optimmn
sound acoustics for your environment and speaker layout.
Before you perform the following settings, it is important that you
first determine the following characteristics:
• The types and sizes of the speakers 1hat are connected.
• The distance from each speaker to your normal listening
position.
:Advanced Menu:
l.Speaker Setup
l.Speaker C0nfig
2.Speaker Distance
3.Level Calibration
4.Bass Peak Level
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Tip:
When setting the speaker size in the Speaker Config sub-menu, use
the guidelines given below.
Large: The complete frequency range for the channel you are
setting will be oulput from the speaker.
Small: Frequencies of the channel you are setting lower than 80
Hz will be output from the subwoofer. If there is no subwoofer,
then the oulput will be from 1he left and right front speakers. (Set
all speakers for THX speaker systems to "small?')
I1-1. Speaker Config sub-menu Q
Here you will enter which speakers are connected anti the size of
each speaker.
=Advanced Menu
l.Speaker Setup
l-l.Speaker Config
a.Subwo0fer :Yes
b.Fr0nt :Small
c.Center :Small
d.Surr0und L/R:Small
e.Surr0und Bk :Small
f.Powered Zone2
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a. Subwoofer
Yes: Select when a subwoofer is connected.
No: Select when a subwoofer is not connected.
b. Front
Large: Select if the front speakers are large sized.
Small: Select if the front speakers are small sized.
• If"No" is selected for the Subwoofer setting, then this setting
is fixed 1o "Large."
e. Center
None: Select if no center speaker is connected.
Large: Select if the center speaker is large sized.
Small: Select if the center speaker is small sized.
• If "Small" is selected for the Front setting, then "Large"
cannot be selected for this setting.
d. Surround L/R
None: Select if no surround left and right speakers are
connected.
Large: Select if lhe sun_und left and right speakers are large sized.
Snmlh Select if lhe sun_und left and right speakers are small sized.
• If "Small" is selected for the Front setting, then "Large"
cannot be selected for this setting.
e. Surround Bk
None: Select if no surround back left and right speakers are connected.
Large: Select if the surround back left and righl speakers are large sized.
Small: Select if the surround back lefl and right speakers are
small sized.
• If"None" is selected for the Surround L/R setting, the display
disappears from the screen.
• If "Small" is selected for the Surround L/R setting, then
"Large" cannot be selected for this setting.
• If "Activated" is selected for the Powered Zone 2 setting
(below), then lhe display disappears from the screen.
fi Powered Zone 2
Activated: Select when connecting the speakers for the remote
zone (Zone 2) to the SURR BACK/ZONE 2 PRE OUT or SURR
BACK/ZONE 2 SPEAKERS terminals (using the internal
amplifier of the TX-DS898).
Not Activated: Select when nol connecting the speakers for the
remote zone (Zone 2) to the S URR BACK/ZONE 2 PRE OUT or
SURR BACK/ZONE 2 SPEAKERS terminals (not using the
internal amplifier of the TX-DS898).
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