Denon SC-A500SD User Manual

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• The quick system settings and factory default settings are changed at the system setting change menu.
• The settings are stored in the memory until they are next changed, even when the power is turned off.
(4) System setting changes
[1] Setting the type of speakers
NOTE:
The following setting is NOT needed to be changed as far as using this products with specified 5.1ch
speakers (SYS-500SD).
Change it only when you would add an extra “SURR. BACK” speaker, or when would change any of 5.1ch
speakers.
• The composition of the signals output from the different channels and the frequency response are adjusted
automatically according to the combination of speakers actually being used.
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At the SETUP MENU, select “SYSTEM SETUP”
and press the ENTER button
At the SYSTEM SETUP MENU screen, use the
and cursor buttons to select the
speaker system you are using.
“SPEAKER CONFIGURATION” and press the
ENTER button.
DEC I S ION: ENTER BUTTON
SYSTEM SETUP MENU
SELECT :
B
2 SPEAKER CONFIGURATION
2 DELAY TIME
2 CHANNEL LEVEL
> SETUP MENU
3
Set whether or not speakers are connected and, if
so, their size parameters.
CENTER SPEAKER
FRONT SPEAKERS
SUB WOOFER
SURROUND
SPEAKERS
• The item to be set is displayed in yellow, and the
values of the other items are displayed in green.
B
FRONT SP : LARGE SMALL
SURROUND SP : LARGE SMALL NONE
SURR.BACK: 1SP 2SP
NONE
LARGE
SMALL
SUBWOOFER :
YES NO
SW FREQ : 80Hz 100Hz 120Hz
150Hz
SW MODE : LFE LFE
+
MAIN
SPEAKER OUT :
SW SURR.BACK
FINISH: ENTER BUTTON
SPEAKER CONFIGURATION
SELECT :
CENTER SP: LARGE SMALL NONE
4
Enter the setting.
• The SYSTEM SETUP MENU
reappears.
NOTE:
• Select “Large” or “Small” not according to the
actual size of the speaker but according to the
speaker’s capacity for playing low frequency
(approximately 100 Hz and below) signals. If you
do not know, try comparing the sound at both
settings (setting the volume to a level low
enough so as not to damage the speakers) to
determine the proper setting.
Parameters
LARGE…Select this when using speakers that can
fully reproduce low sounds of below 100
Hz.
SMALL…Select this when using speakers that do
not provide sufficient volume for playing
low frequencies of 100 Hz and less.
When this setting is made, frequencies
below the frequency set at the
subwoofer frequency setting are
assigned to the subwoofer.
NONE… Select this when no speakers are
installed.
YES/NO. Select “Yes” when a subwoofer is
installed, “No” when a subwoofer is not
installed.
If the subwoofer has sufficient low frequency
playback capacity, good sound can be achieved
even when “Small” is set for the front, center
and surround speakers.
For the majority of speaker system
configurations, using the SMALL setting for all
five main speakers and Subwoofer On with a
connected subwoofer will yield the best results.
Subwoofer frequency (SW FREQ.)
• For the subwoofer frequency at the speaker
setting screen, set the bass crossover frequency
for playback from the subwoofer.
• Select “80 Hz”, “100 Hz” “120 Hz” or “150 Hz”
(–6 dB for each). Bass sound below these
frequencies is played from the subwoofer.
(This is set to “150 Hz” by factory default.)
Assignment of low frequencies
• In the Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II, DTS, and
virtual surround modes, the low frequency
signals for channels whose speaker settings are
set to “Small” are assigned to the subwoofer.
The low frequencies of channels set to “Large”
are played from those channels.
(If set to “120 Hz”, channels set to “Small” play
sounds of 120 Hz and greater, while bass
frequencies of under 120 Hz are played from the
subwoofer.)
• In surround modes other than the ones listed
above, low frequencies below the frequency set
at the subwoofer frequency setting are played
from the subwoofer regardless of whether the
speakers are set to “Large” or “Small”.
• Set the subwoofer frequency according to the
low frequency playback abilities of your speakers
and subwoofer.
Subwoofer mode (SW MODE)
• The subwoofer mode setting is only valid when
“LARGE” is set for the front speakers and
“YES” is set for the subwoofer in the “SPEAKER
CONFIGURATION” settings.
• When the “LFE+MAIN” playback mode is
selected, the low frequency signal range of
channels set to “LARGE” are produced
simultaneously from those channels and the
subwoofer channel.
In this playback mode, the low frequency range
expand more uniformly through the room, but
depending on the size and shape of the room,
interference may result in a decrease of the
actual volume of the low frequency range.
• Selection of the “LFE ” play mode will play the
low frequency signal range of the channel
selected with “LARGE” from that channel only.
Therefore, the low frequency signal range that
are played from the subwoofer channel are only
the low frequency signal range of LFE (only
during Dolby Digital or DTS signal playback) and
the channel specified as “SMALL” in the setup
menu.
• Select the play mode that provides bass
reproduction with body.
• When the subwoofer is set to “YES”, bass
sound is output from the subwoofer regardless
of the subwoofer mode setting in surround
modes other than Dolby/DTS.
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ENTER
Remote control unit Remote control unit
Remote control
unit
SURR. BACK
SPEAKERS
ENTER
Remote
control unit
SURR. BACK
1 SP/ 2 SP/ NONE
….Select the number of speakers to be
used for the SURR. BACK speakers.
SPEAKER OUT
….Select the output SURR.
BACK/SUBWOOFER speaker terminals.

Denon SC-A500SD Specifications

General

Brand	Denon
Model	SC-A500SD
Category	Home Theater System
Language	English