Owner's Manual

Optimizing the speaker setting for your listening room (YPAO)
This unit employs the YPAO (Yamaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer) technology which lets you avoid
troublesome listening-based speaker setup and achieves highly accurate sound adjustments automatically. The supplied
optimizer microphone collects and this unit analyzes the sound your speakers produce in your actual listening
environment.
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• Be advised that it is normal for loud test tones to be output
during the "AUTO SETUP" procedure.
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To achieve the best results, make sure the room is as quiet as
possible while the "AUTO SETUP" procedure is in progress. If
there is too much ambient noise, the results may not be
satisfactory.
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• Initial settings are indicated in bold.
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You can run "AUTO SETUP" using the system menu that
appears in the OSD
or in the front panel display. This manual
uses the OSD illustrations to explain the "AUTO SETUP"
procedure.
• Before performing operations, press
@AMP.
• This unit uses the speakers connected to the FRONT A speaker
terminals
as the front speakers for the adjustment.
1 Make sure of the following check points.
Before starting the automatic setup, check the following
check points.
o Speakers are connected appropriately.
o Headphones are disconnected from this unit.
o This unit and the video monitor are turned on.
o This unit is selected as the video input source of
the video monitor.
o The connected subwoofer is turned on and the
volume level
is set to about half way (or slightly
less).
o The crossover frequency controls of the
connected subwoofer is set to the maximum.
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o The room is sufficiently quiet.
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If you connect two subwoofers to this unit, the volume level
of each subwoofer is set to slightly less.
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2 Connect the supplied optimizer microphone
to the OPTIMIZER MIC jack on the front
panel.
"MIC
ON View OSD menu" appears in the front
panel display.
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The following menu screen appears on the video
monitor.
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3 Place the optimizer microphone at your
normal listening position on a flat level
surface with the omni-directional
microphone heading upward.
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It is recommended that you use a tripod (etc.) to affix the
optimizer microphone at the same height as your ears would
be when you are seated
in your listening position. You can
use the attached screw
of a tripod (etc.) to fix the optimizer
microphone to the tripod (etc.).