Operation Manual

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Select the speaker layout for the number of speakers that you are using and place the speakers and subwoofer (with built-in amplifier) in your room. This section describes the
representative speaker layout examples.
If you use five speakers in the front side, use two of them as front surround speakers (*1) or presence speakers (*2). We recommend using them as front surround speakers for
enjoying unprocessed playback (p.59) or presence speakers for enjoying stereoscopic sound fields (p.56).
• For information on the ideal speaker layout, see “Ideal speaker layout” (p.133).
• If you have seven speakers, use two of them as surround back speakers or presence speakers.
To reinforce the rear left/right sounds, use them as surround back speakers.
To create a natural 3-dimensional sound field, use them as presence speakers.
• Two subwoofers connected to the unit output the same sounds.
1 Placing speakers
Caution
• Under its default settings, the unit is configured for 8-ohm speakers. When connecting 6-ohm speakers, set the unit’s speaker impedance to “6  MIN”. In this case, you can also use 4-ohm speakers as the front speakers.
For details, see “Setting the speaker impedance” (p.20).
Speaker type Abbr. Function
Speaker system (the number of channels)
7.1+2 7.1 7.1 6.1 5.1
Front
5.1
4.1 3.1 2.1
Front (L) 1
Produce front left/right channel sounds (stereo sounds).
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Front (R) 2 ● ●●●● ● ●●●
Center 3 Produces center channel sounds (such as movie dialogue and vocals). ●●●●●● ●
Surround (L) 4
Produce surround left/right channel sounds. Surround speakers also produce surround back channel
sounds when no surround back speakers are connected.
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*
1
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Surround (R) 5 ●●●●●
*
1
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Surround back (L) 6
Produce surround back left/right channel sounds.
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Surround back (R) 7 ●●
Surround back 8 Produces sounds mixed from surround back left/right channel sounds. ●
Presence (L) E
Produce CINEMA DSP effect sounds. In combination with CINEMA DSP 3D (p.56), the presence speakers
create a natural 3-dimensional sound field in your room.
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*
2
Presence (R) R ●●
*
2
Subwoofer 9
Produces LFE (low-frequency effect) channel sounds and reinforces the bass parts of other channels.
This channel is counted as “0.1”. You can connect 2 subwoofers (with built-in amplifier) to the unit.
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