In DTS Neo:6 mode, there will only be one choice available on the sub-
menu: selecting CINEMA or MUSIC modes. Use the +/– buttons on the
remote to change the settings.
• Select CINEMA to optimize the DTS Neo:6 decoding for movie
soundtracks.
• Select MUSIC to optimize the DTS Neo:6 decoding for musical
recordings.
When you have completed the setting, highlight the INPUT SETUP MENU
line at the bottom of the screen and press the ENTER button to return to
the INPUT SETUP menu (or just press the ENTER button).
Configuring
Speakers and Audio
This section of the setup process covers items concerning audio
reproduction such as the number of speakers, bass management
including subwoofer crossovers, establishing equal output levels for all
channels, delay settings, and tone contour settings.
Understanding Speaker Configuration
Home theater systems vary in the number of speakers and the bass
capabilities of those speakers. This receiver offers surround modes
tailored to systems with various numbers of speakers and bass
management features which send bass information to the speaker(s)
best able to handle it – subwoofers and/or large speakers. For optimum
performance, you must tell the receiver the number of speakers in your
system and how bass should be distributed among them.
Note: There are two types of bass in a surround system. The first
is bass recorded in each of the main channels (front, center, and
surround). This bass is present in all recordings and soundtracks.
In addition, Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 recordings may have
a Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel – the .1 channel. This LFE
channel, typically played by a subwoofer, is used for effects such
as explosions or rumble. The use of the LFE channel will vary from
soundtrack to soundtrack. Recordings that are not encoded in
Dolby Digital or DTS do not have the LFE channel.
The following configuration instructions refer to LARGE and SMALL
speakers, referring more to their desired bass configuration than their
physical size. Specifically, use the LARGE setting for speakers that you
want to play deep bass signals. Use the SMALL designation for speakers
that would benefit from having their bass sent to more capable speakers.
The bass management system redirects bass information away from
all SMALL speakers and sends it to the LARGE speakers and/or the
SUBWOOFER. It may be useful to think of LARGE as “full-range” and
SMALL as “high-pass filtered.”
Four typical examples of the many possible system configurations
illustrate the principles behind bass management:
• Five LARGE speakers and subwoofer: This system requires no
bass redirection. All five speakers play the normal bass recorded in
their respective channels. The subwoofer plays only the LFE channel
bass. Depending on the soundtrack, there may be minimal use of the
LFE channel, so the subwoofer would be under utilized. Meanwhile
the normal bass places higher demands on the capabilities of the
other speakers and the amplifiers driving them.
• LARGE front, center, surround speakers, no subwoofer.
The normal bass from the front, center, and surround channels is
played in its respective speakers. With no subwoofer, the LFE bass is
redirected to all five LARGE speakers. This places significant demands
on these speakers and their amplifiers, as they must play their own
normal bass plus the very demanding LFE bass.
• All SMALL speakers and subwoofer. The normal bass from all
channels is redirected to the subwoofer, which also plays the LFE
channel. The subwoofer handles ALL of the bass in the system. This
configuration provides several benefits: deep bass is played by the
speaker most suited to do so, the main speakers may play louder
with less distortion, and the need for amplifier power is reduced.
This configuration should be used with bookshelf-size or smaller
main speakers. It should also be considered in some cases with
floorstanding front speakers. This configuration is advantageous
when driving the system with moderate power amplifiers.
• LARGE front speakers, SMALL center and surround speakers,
and a subwoofer. The normal bass from the SMALL center and
surround speakers is redirected to the LARGE front speakers and the
subwoofer. The LARGE front speakers play their own normal bass
plus the redirected bass from the SMALL speakers and LFE bass.
The subwoofer plays the LFE bass plus the redirected bass from all
of the other channels. This might be an appropriate configuration
with a pair of very capable front speakers driven by a large power
amplifier. A potential disadvantage with mixed LARGE and SMALL
configurations is that the bass response may not be as consistent from
channel to channel as it might be with the all SMALL configuration.
Note: As an alternative configuration with a satellite/subwoofer
package as the front speakers, follow the speaker manufacturer’s
instructions, connecting the high-level inputs of the powered
subwoofer directly to the front speaker outputs of the receiver
and connecting the satellites to the subwoofer’s own crossover.
In this arrangement, the speakers would be classified as LARGE
and the subwoofer setting would be OFF for all surround modes.
No information is lost during playback because the system
redirects bass information to the front LARGE speakers. While this
configuration ensures proper satellite speaker operation by using
the speaker’s own crossovers, it has some disadvantages in terms
of system calibration and would generally not be the preferred
configuration.
