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Getting Started Connections Playback Remote Control Multi-Zone Information Troubleshooting
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Setup
Example of Display of Default 
Values
[Selectable items] 
Large
 
Small
In  lists  of  selectable  items  or  adjustable  ranges,  the  item 
surrounded by a border is the default value.
Speaker Setup
Perform  this  setting  if  you  wish  to  make  the  settings  for  your 
speaker systems manually.
a ~ h  Speaker Confi guration
j  Subwoofer Mode Setup
k ~ A5  Distance
A6  Crossover Frequency
A7  Test Tone
Center Speaker
Select center speaker use and size.
[Selectable items] 
Large
 
Small
 
None
• Select “Large” or “Small” not according to the physical size of the 
speaker but according to the low frequency reproduction capabilities 
based  on  the  frequency  set  at  “Crossover  Frequency”  (vpage 
21).
• When “Front Speaker” is set to “Small”, “Subwoofer” is automatically 
set to “Yes”.
• If “Subwoofer” is set to “No”, “Front Speaker” is automatically set to 
“Large”.
• If “Surround Speaker” is set to “None”, “Surround Back Speaker” are 
automatically set to “None”.
• When using just one surround back speaker, connect it to the left 
channel (SBL).
j 
Subwoofer Mode Setup
Select low range signal to be reproduced by subwoofer.
[Display]
• This  can  be  set  when  “System  Setup”  –  “Speaker  Setup”  – 
“Subwoofer” is set to “Yes”.
• Play  music  or  a  movie  source  and  select  the  mode  offering  the 
strongest bass.
• Select  “LFE+Main”  if  you  want  the  bass  signals  to  always  be 
produced from the subwoofer.
[Selectable items]
LFE (Normal)
 
:  Play  low  range  and  LFE  signal  of  channels  set  to 
“Small”.
LFE+Main
 
:  Play low range and LFE signal of all channels.
Large
 
:  Select  this  when  using  large  speakers  with  ample  low 
frequency reproduction capabilities.
Small
 
:  Select this when using small speakers without ample low 
frequency reproduction capabilities.
None
 
:  Select this when no speaker is connected.
Yes
 
:  Select this when a subwoofer is connected.
No
 
:  Select this when no subwoofer is connected.
2spkrs
 
1spkr
 
:
 Select the number of surround back speakers.
NOTE
By default, the AVR-1508’s “Amp Assign” setting is set to “ZONE2”. To 
use as the surround back speaker for the main zone, change the “Amp 
Assign” setting (vpage 24).
Subwoofer
Select subwoofer use.
[Selectable items] 
Yes
 
No
Surround Speaker
Select surround speakers use and size.
[Selectable items] 
Large
 
Small
 
None
Surround Back Speaker
Select surround back speaker use and size.
[Selectable items] 
(
Large
 
Small
 
None
)
 
(
2spkrs
 
1spkr
)
a ~ h Speaker Confi guration
Select speaker confi guration and size.
(bass reproduction capability)
[Display]
Q
6   S u b w o o f e r   Y e s
Front Speaker
Select front speaker size.
[Selectable items] 
Large
 
Small
Operations (vpage 19)