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N
OTE:
W
hile these tests detect whether a speaker is
c
onnected to a particular output, they cannot deter-
mine whether the speaker is in the correct position.
(For example, it can tell whether a speaker is connected
to the Surround Right output, but it cannot tell whether
t
he speaker is on the right or left side of your listening
room.) For that reason, we strongly recommend that
you try to listen carefully to make sure that the test
tone circulates in a clockwise rotation, starting with the
f
ront left speaker, to the center, to the front right, and
s
o on to the subwoofer. If the tone is heard from a
speaker that seems as though it is out of sequence,
such as the tone coming from the surround left speaker
when the next speaker in the sequence should be the
surround right speaker, exit the EzSet/EQ system when
the test sequence is completed and use the manual
output level tone adjustment process, as outlined on
page 37, to determine which, if any, speaker is incor-
rectly connected.
When the Far Field tests are complete, a message
screen will appear to indicate whether the procedure
was successful or not. In most cases, there will not be
any problems and you will see the message shown in
Figure 15 on your screen.
Figure 15
If the speaker positions shown match the actual
speaker layout in your system, confirm that the
cursor is pointing to
CONTINUE TO NEAR
FIELD
and press the OK/Enter Button E on
the TC 30 or the
Set Button
œ
to take the Near
Field measurements in Step 2.
If the measurements are not successful, due to a
missing or malfunctioning speaker,
an
ERROR
message will appear as shown in Figure 16. EzSet/EQ
is programmed to look for speaker pairs at the front
left/ front right, surround left/surround right and sur-
round back left/surround back right positions. If the
test results indicate that one
, but not both, of the
speakers in any of these pairs is present,
the menu
will show
NO next to the speaker position where the
tests did not report back that a speaker is present.
Should this message appear
,
make note of the sus
-
pect speaker location, exit the menus and turn the
receiver off. Check all speaker wire connections and
then rerun EzSet/EQ.
Figure 16
I
n some cases, the system may not function properly
due to overly high output levels. When this occurs, you
will see the message shown in Figure 17.
Figure 17
If the EQ DESIGN OVERLOAD message
appears, first press the
OK/Enter Button E on the
TC 30 or the
Set Button
œ
on the ZR 10 remote.
This will take you back to the
EQ DESIGN
SETP 1 ERROR
menu. Make certain that the
cursor is pointing to
REPEAT TEST and press
the
OK/Enter Button E on the TC 30 or the Set
Button
œ
on the ZR 10 remote again. At the
EZSET DESIGN STEP 1 menu, lower the
volume by at least 6dB and follow the steps described
above to run the EzSet/EQ system again. Depending
on the amount of the overload, you may need to
repeat the process more than once to achieve
satisfactory results.
Step 2. When the Far Field measurements are com-
pleted, the next step is to take the Near Field meas-
urements. These measurements enable EzSet/EQ to
produce the most accurate settings for high-frequency
equalization. The Near Field measurements are similar
to the Far Field tests, except that the system will “listen”
to only one speaker at a time
,
rather than sending the
test signals to all speakers in rotation.
Figure 18
When it first appears, the NEAR FIELD
MENU (Figure 18) will show a list of all the possible
s
peakers and
N
O
n
ext to each speaker position
where the Far Field measurements detected a speaker
.
T
he Near Field measurements should be made for
each of those speakers to create a successful
E
Q Design. To select a speaker position for measure-
ment, press the
⁄/¤ Navigation Buttons
D
©
to move the cursor next to the desired
speaker position and then press the
OK/Enter Button
E on the TC 30 or the Set Button
œ
on the
ZR 10 remote.
Before the test begins, an informational message will
appear (Figure 19).
Figure 19
Follow the instructions and place the microphone
about halfway between the speaker and the listening
position where the microphone was placed during the
Far Field measurements. With the cursor pointing to
CONTINUE, press the OK/Enter Button E
on the TC 30 or the Set Button
œ
on the ZR 10
remote control.
When the
WARNING message appears, press
the
› Navigation Button D
©
to start the test.
A short tone will be heard from the speaker being
tested, and after a short pause the on-screen menu
will show a message to inform you of whether the test
was successful or not.
• If the test was successful and there are more
speaker positions for which a Near Field measure-
ment is required, press the
OK/Enter Button E
on the TC 30 or the Set Button
œ
on the
ZR 10 remote to return to the
NEAR FIELD
MENU
. Speaker positions where the Near Field
measurement has been completed will show
DONE to the right of the position name
.
Press the
⁄/¤ Navigation Buttons D
©
to select a
position where
NO still appears and repeat the
steps shown above until a Near Field measurement
has been taken at all speaker positions
.
• If the test was successful and all Near Field meas-
urements have been completed,
the on-screen
message will direct you to the
Subwoofer
measure-
ments. Make certain that the cursor is pointing to
CONTINUE TO SUB DESIGN and
press the
OK/Enter Button E on the
TC 30
or
the
Set Button
œ
on the ZR 10 remote (unless
EZSET DESIGN STEP 2
P
ut mic 2ft/0.6m from
selected speaker,
pointing at it, in a
direct path between
the listening position
and the speaker.
CONTINUE
BACK TO EZSET/EQ MAIN
→→
* NEAR FIELD MENU *
Please select a speaker:
1-LEFT FRONT : NO
2-CENTER FRONT : NO
3-RIGHT FRONT : NO
4-LEFT SURR : NO
5-RIGHT SURR : NO
6-LEFT BACK SURR : ---
7-RIGHT BACK SURR: ---
SKIP NEAR FIELD DESIGN
BACK TO EZSET/EQ MAIN
→→
EQ DESIGN OVERLOAD
Overload found. Check
microphone placement.
Reduce volume by 6dB
and run EZSET/EQ again.
CONTINUE
→→
* EQ DESIGN STEP 1 ERROR*
Detected speaker config
FL : YES SBR: YES
CEN : YES SBL: YES
FR : YES SL : YES
SR : NO
Verify spkr cons, mic
Position. Raise vol 5dB.
REPEAT TEST
BACK TO EZSET/EQ MAIN
→→
* DESIGN STEP 1 RESULTS*
STEP 1 successful
Detected speaker config
FL : YES SBR: YES
CEN : YES SBL: YES
FR : YES SL : YES
SR : YES
C
ONTINUE TO NEAR FIELD
SKIP NEAR FIELD DESIGN
BACK TO EZSET/EQ MAIN
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