Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Easy Setup Guide
- Owners Manual (Supplied on CD-ROM)
- Video Signal Flow / Conversion
- HDMI Information
- Features
- Optimizing the Speaker Settings Automatically (YPAO)
- Table of Contents
- Supplied Accessories
- Parts & Controls
- Preparations
- Speaker Layout
- Setting Speaker Impedance
- Connecting Speakers
- Jacks & Cable Types
- Connecting a TV
- Connecting Playback Devices
- Front Panel Connections
- Connecting the FM / AM Antennas
- Connecting to a Network
- Connecting an External Power Amplifier
- Connecting Recording Devices
- Connecting a Device Compatible with the Trigger Function
- Multi-Zone Connections
- Power Cable
- Selecting an On-Screen Menu Language
- Optimizing the Speaker Settings Automatically (YPAO)
- Playback
- Basic Playback Procedure
- Selecting the Input Source and Favorite Settings with One Touch (SCENE)
- Selecting the Sound Mode
- Listening to FM / AM Radio
- iPod
- USB Devices
- Playing Back Music Stored on Media Servers (PC / NAS)
- Listening to Internet Radio
- Playing Back iTunes / iPod Music via a Network (AirPlay)
- Playing Back Music in Multiple Rooms
- Viewing the Current Status
- Configuring Playback Settings for Different Playback Sources (Option Menu)
- Programming the Remote Control
- Configurations
- Updating the Unit’s Firmware
- Updating the Unit’s Firmware via the Network
- Video Signal Flow / Conversion
- HDMI Information
- Troubleshooting
- Error Messages
- FAQs
- Glossary
- Specs
- Index
- List of Remote Control Codes (Supplied on CD-ROM)
- Using the Pandora Service (Supplied on CD-ROM)
- Multi-Zone and Remote Control Functions
- Supplement for Web Control
- Using the Rhapsody Service
- Supplement for SiriusXM Internet Radio (Firmware Required for this Feature)
- Software Information
- Scan of CD-ROM
- Warranty
CONFIGURATIONS ➤ Configuring sound programs/surround decoders (Sound Program menu) En 87
The following items are available when you select “2ch Stereo” or “7ch Stereo”.
• Available items in “7ch Stereo” vary depending on the speaker system being used.
■ Settings for decoders
The following items are available when you set “Decode Type” of “Surround Decoder”
to “bPLIIx Music” or “Neo:6 Music”.
Reverb Time
Adjust the decay time of the rear
reverberant sound.
1.0 s to 5.0 s
Higher to enrich the
reverberant sound and lower
to have clear sound.
Reverb Delay
Adjusts the delay between the direct
sound and reverberant sound
generation.
0 ms to 250 ms
Higher to enhance the delay
effect, and lower to reduce it.
Reverb Level
Adjusts the volume of the reverberant
sound.
0% to 100%
Higher to strengthen the
reverberant sound, and lower
to weaken it.
Sound program
Item Function Settings
2ch Stereo Direct
Selects whether to
automatically bypass the
DSP circuit when an
analog audio source is
played back.
Auto (default), Off
7ch Stereo
Level Adjusts the entire volume. -5 to +5 (default: 0)
Front / Rear Balance
Adjusts the front and rear
volume balance.
-5 to +5 (default: 0)
Higher to enhance the front
side, and lower to enhance
the rear side.
Left / Right Balance
Adjusts the right and left
volume balance.
-5 to +5 (default: 0)
Higher to enhance the right
side, and lower to enhance
the left side.
Height Balance
Adjust the height volume
balance using the
presence speakers.
0 to 10 (default: 5)
Higher to enhance the
upside, and lower to
enhance the downside. (The
presence speakers do not
produce sounds when
“Height Balance” is set to
“0”.)
Monaural Mix
Enables/disables
monaural sound output.
Off (default), On
Item Function Settings
Decode Type Item Function Settings
bPLIIx Music
Panorama
Adjusts the broadening
effect of the front sound
field.
Off (default), On
Select “On” to wrap front right/left
channel sounds around the field
and generate a spacious sound
field in combination with the
surround sound field.
Center Width
Adjusts the broadening
effect of the center
sound field.
0 to 7 (default: 3)
Higher to enhance the broadening
effect, and lower to reduce it
(closer to center).
Dimension
Adjusts the difference in
level between the front
and surround sound
fields.
-3 to +3 (default: 0)
Higher to strengthen the front
sound field and lower to strengthen
the surround sound field.
Neo:6 Music Center Image
Adjusts the center
orientation level
(broadening effect) of
the front sound field.
0.0 to 1.0 (default: 0.3)
Higher to strengthen the center
orientation level (less broadening
effect) and lower to weaken (more
broadening effect).