SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 29
System Configuration
To assist in making these settings, the icons in the
Speaker/Channel Input Indicators
Ú
will
change as the speaker type is selected at each
position.When only the inner icon box is lit, the
speaker is set for “small.” When the inner box and
the two outer boxes with circles inside them are
lit, the speaker is set for “large." When no indica-
tor appears at a speaker location, that position is
set for “none” or “no” speaker.
Note: These icons are available only when
making setup changes without the use of the full
OSD mode.
As an example, in the Figure below, all speakers
are set for “large,” and a subwoofer is set.
Delay Settings
Due the different distances between the listening
position for the front channel speakers and the
surround speakers, the amount of time it takes for
sound to reach your ears from the front or sur-
round speakers is different. You may compensate
for this difference through the use of the delay
settings to adjust the timing for the specific
speaker placement and acoustic conditions in your
listening room or home theater.
To re-synchronize the front, center and surround
channels at first measure and note the distance
from the listening/viewing position to the front,
center, surround and surround back (if any) speak-
ers in meters.
If you have already calibrated your system using
EzSet/EQ the delay settings shown will reflect the
results of the measurements made by EzSet/EQ.
No further changes are needed unless you wish to
change an item to reflect your taste or a nonstan-
dard system configuration.To change the settings,
follow the instructions below to enter the distance
between the speaker’s location and your main lis-
tening position.The measurements need not be
accurate to the inch, as the system is designed to
accommodate typical listening rather than a spe-
cific “sweet spot” position.
In addition to adjusting the delay time for each
individual speaker position, the AVR is among the
few A/V receivers that allows you to adjust the
delay for the combined output of all speakers as a
group. This feature is called A/V Sync Delay; it
allows you to compensate for delays to the video
image that may be caused by the processing in
products such as digital video displays, video
scalers, digital cable or satellite systems, or per-
sonal video recorders. With proper adjustment of
the setting for A/V Sync Delay, you can eliminate
the loss of lip sync that may be caused by digital
video applications.
The Delay setting for all speakers configured for
your system will be available only (with 5.1 or
with 6.1/7.1 configuration) when any Dolby sur-
round mode is selected (except Dolby-3-Stereo).
In addition they are selectable with these modes
only, with all other modes the delay times are
fixed. Note that the Delay settings are "Global"
for all inputs, using those Dolby modes, and need
not to be repeated with any input.
To start with the delay settings at first select any
input associated with such a Dolby mode. Next,
continue within the
MANUALSETUP menu
(Figure 8). If the system is not already at that
point, press the OSD button
L
to bring up the
master menu. Press the
¤
Button
E
three
times or until the on-screen
›
cursor is pointing at
the
DELAYADJUST line. Press the Set
Button
F
to call up the menu.
Figure 11
Next move the
›
cursor to the UNITline and
select the unit for distances you prefer to enter,
feet or meter.Then move the
›
cursor to the FL
line where the first adjustment is made. Now
press the
‹
/
›
Buttons
E
until the distance
from the front left speaker to the preferred listen-
ing position is entered. Next press the
¤
Button
E
once to move to the next line.
Now the
›
cursor will be at the CENline so that
the delay for the center speaker may be set. Press
the
‹
/
›
Buttons
E
until the distance from the
main listening position to the center speaker is
entered. Repeat the procedure for all active
speaker positions by pressing the
¤
Button
E
again and use the
‹
/
›
Buttons
E
to change
the setting.
When the delay time for all speaker positions has
been set you may return to the master menu by
pressing the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button
E
until
the ➞ cursor is pointing to
BACKTO
MANUALSETUP
and then pressing the Set
Button
F
. However, if you have a digital video
source or a digital video display that causes lack of
lip sync you may use the A/V Sync adjust feature to
delay the audio signal as it is sent to all channels
(as opposed to the individual settings) so that the
picture and sound are brought back together.We
recommend that this adjustment be made using
the direct access controls on the remote, as shown
below.That enables you to see the image while
making the adjustment; however, you may also
adjust it here using the menu system.
To adjust the A/V Sync delay, press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button
E
so that the ➞ cursor is
pointing to the
A/VSYNC DELAYline on
the menu and then press the
‹
/
›
Navigation
Button
E
to delay the sound sufficiently so
that it matches the on-screen video.
Note that the A/V Sync delay setting is unique to
each video input source, so you may enter a dif-
ferent set-ting to compensate for the differences
between any product attached to the Video 1, 2, 3
or 4 inputs.
