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In DTS Neo:6 mode, there will only be one choice available on the sub-

menu: selecting CINEMA or MUSIC modes. Use the Left/Right 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 ENT button to return to the

INPUT SETUP menu.

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 parametric eq.

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.”

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 your amplifier 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.

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