To set the delay time, the SPEAKER DISTANCES screen
(
Figure 50) should be open. To select that menu, press the Menu
Button
on the remote. Press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button F
until the on-screen cursor is pointing at the MAIN ROOM SETUP
line and press the
Set Button H. In MAIN ROOM SETUP, press
the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button F until the on-screen cursor is point-
ing at the SPEAKERS line and press the
Set Button H. In the
ARE YOU SURE ? screen, press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button F
until the on-screen cursor is pointing at YES and press the Set
Button H
. Press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button F until the
on-screen cursor is pointing at the DISTANCES line and press
the
Set Button H to call up the menu.
Figure 50.
Speaker Distances (Delay) Setup Screen
Once the SPEAKER DISTANCES menu is on your screen, note
that the default for distance settings is in feet. If your measure-
ments are in feet, proceed to the next step; if your measurements
are made in meters, press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button F until
the on-screen cursor is at the UNIT OF MEASURE line. Press
the
‹
/
›
Navigation Button F so that METER is highlighted.
When the change in measurement units is made, press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button F to return the cursor to FRONT.
With the on-screen cursor pointing to FRONT, press the
‹
/
›
Navigation Button F until the distance from the front speakers
to the preferred listening position is entered. Next, press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button F to move the cursor to CENTER and use
the
‹
/
›
Navigation Button F again to enter the distance from
the main listening position to the center speaker. Repeat the
procedure for all active speaker positions, first using the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button F to change to the next position, and then
using the
‹
/
›
Navigation Button F to change the setting.
Speaker Levels
The Speaker Levels may be adjusted using the full-OSD
on-screen menu system. First, set the volume to a comfortable
listening level using the
Volume Control NJ. Press the AVR
Button 4
on the remote, then, press the MENU Button to
bring up the MAIN MENU. Press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button F
until the on-screen cursor is next to the MAIN ROOM SETUP
line. Press the
Set Button H. Press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button
F
so the cursor is next to SPEAKERS. Press the Set Button H.
In the speakers ARE YOU SURE ? screen, press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button F to move the on-screen cursor so
that it is next to YES. Press the
Set Button H. Press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button F so the cursor is next to LEVELS.
Press the
Set Button H.
settings. However, when full-range front speakers are used for
both movies and music, different bass management settings may
be used when listening to music through a CD player, as opposed
to a movie from a DVD player, VCR or cable/satellite set-top.
To customize the speaker-size configurations to each input, at the
SPEAKER CONFIGURATION AND BASS MANAGER screen
press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button F to move the cursor next to
the BASS MGR line. Press the
‹
/
›
Navigation Button F so that
INDEPENDENT appears. When this choice is entered by exiting
the menu, the settings just entered will apply to the current input
ONLY, and you will need to press the
Exit Button G on the
remote, select another input and then return to this menu page
to change the settings for the next input. Repeat the procedure
for any input where you wish to have a different set of speaker
configuration and crossover settings.
NOTE: The INDEPENDENT feature allows you to select a different
speaker size configuration (Large, Small or None, as appropriate)
for each input source. However, the individual crossover point
setting may only be set once, and the selection made during the
initial setup will be used for all inputs, regardless of any changes
made to the “Large” or “Small” settings for the speaker groups
attached to any input. The reason is that while you may prefer
different settings for the bass redirection (that is, which signals
go to the subwoofer or the speaker group), the actual crossover
point remains the same since the actual loudspeakers themselves
remain the same, regardless of any other setting.
When all speaker selections have been made, press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button F to move the cursor next to DISTANCES
to “balance” listening and speaker position or BACK TO MAIN
ROOM to make other selections, and then press the
Set Button
H
. To exit setup, press the Exit Button G on the remote.
Speaker Distances (Delay)
Due to the different distances between the listening position and
each speaker position, the amount of time it takes for sound to
reach your ears from each channel is different. You may compen-
sate for this difference through the use of the delay settings to
adjust the timing for the speaker placement and acoustic condi-
tions in your listening room or home theater.
The AVR21EN’s advanced software enables you to quickly and
easily set delay times without the need to calculate them using a
complicated formula. Instead, all you need to do is measure the
approximate distance between your listening position and each
of the speakers in your system. When you enter those distances
into the AVR’s memory as shown below, the AVR’s microprocessor
does the rest of the work, calculating the proper delay time. The
measurements need not be accurate to the inch, as the system is
designed to accommodate a typical listening area rather than
require the precise measurement to one “sweet spot” position.
In addition to adjusting the delay time for each individual speaker
position, the AVR21EN is among the few receivers that allows you
to adjust the delay for the combined output of all speakers as a
group. This feature is called Lip Sync; it allows you to compensate
for delays to the video image that may be caused by the processing
in products such as digital video displays, video scalers, digital cable
or satellite systems, or personal video recorders. With proper
adjustment of the setting for Lip Sync, you can eliminate potential
differences between the video image and the corresponding audio
signal that may be caused by digital video applications.
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