Kenwood VR-9080 Instruction Manual

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21 ENPreparing for surround soundSetting up the speakers automatically(AUTO SETUP)“Kenwood Room Acoustic Calibration”A very loud test sound is produced during the measure-ment. Please take into consideration that it may disturbyour neighborhood, especially, when you measure it at thenight time.“Kenwood Room Acoustic Calibration” function automatically per-forms the following adjustments with the provided microphone bymeasuring sound characteristics for the best listening environmentaccording to your room conditions and speakers layout.1 Speaker presence and its size2 Volume level differences from each speaker3 Sound delay from speakers4 Room sound characteristics• Image of the measurementPlace the microphone at a height of your ears.Do not place any obstacles between the microphone and speakersduring the measurement.The measurement may not be carried out properly because ofspeaking voice or other noise. Keep it down while measuring.1Perform automatic calibration.1 Use the 5/∞ keys or MULTI @/# keys to select the “AUTOSETUP” and press the MEMORY/ENTER key or the ENTER key.2 Use the 5/∞ keys or MULTI @/# keys to select the "CALI-BRATE" and press the MEMORY/ENTER key or the ENTER key.• The display which indicates start of the measurement, "START"is displayed.• If you wish not to start measuring, use the 5/∞ keys or MULTI@/# keys to select "RETURN", and then press the MEMORY/ENTER key or the ENTER key to return to "CALIBRATE"display.3 Press the MEMORY/ENTER key or the ENTER key to startmeasuring.• The display which indicates during the measurement, "Measur-ing..." is displayed.• It takes about 2 minutes to complete the measurement.• If the provided microphone is not connected, "E01:No MIC" isdisplayed and no measurement is performed.• After the measurement is completed, analyzing starts and"Analyzing x/4" (x changes from 1 to 4) is displayed. When theanalyzing is completed, "COMPLETE" will be shown for a fewseconds, and changed to "CONFIRM".• Do not turn off the receiver while measuring. Otherwise, themeasurement contents are changed back to the factory setting.2Exit the AUTO SETUP mode.When "CONFIRM" is displayed, press the MEMORY/ENTER keyor the ENTER key.• The display which indicates the confirmation of the measurementcontents, "SP SETUP" is displayed. £• Use the 5/∞ keys or MULTI @/# keys to select "RETURN" while"CONFIRM" is displayed, and then press the MEMORY/ENTERkey or the ENTER key to return to the "AUTO SETUP" display.Notes• Sometimes due to the electrical complexities of subwoofers and theinteraction with the room, THX recommends setting the level and thedistance of the subwoofer manually.• Sometimes due to interaction with the room, you may notice irregularresults when setting the level and/or distance of the main speakers.If this happens, THX recommends setting them manually.• Please note that any THX main speakers should be set to NML/THX(80Hz).If you set up your speakers using AUTO SETUP, please make suremanually that any THX speakers are set to NML/THX with 80HzCROSSOVER.Test signal level adjustmentIf a message such as "Exx : No Spk XX" or "Wxx : No Spk XX" is displayedeven though each speaker is connected correctly, adjust the level of thetest signal.1 While "CONFIRM" or "CALIBRATE" is displayed, use the 5/∞keys or MULTI @/# kyes to select "TEST SIG LVL", and thenpress the MEMORY/ENTER key or the ENTER key.2 Use the MULTI CONTROL knob or MULTI %/fi keys to select atest signal level.1 LEVEL LOW2 LEVEL MID3 LEVEL HIGH3 Press the MEMORY/ENTER key or the ENTER key to accept thesetting.4 Proceed to step 2 of "1 Perform automatic calibration."Cancelling the measurementIf you operate any of the keys shown below, the measurement iscancelled and the display is return to the ordinary input display.1 (POWER ON/STANDBY) key or RECEIVER STANDBY key2 VOLUME CONTROL knob or VOLUME %/fi keys3 SETUP key4 INPUT SELECTOR key• If the measurement is cancelled, the measurement contents arechanged back to the factory setting.About error messagesIf the receiver detects some kind of problems while in calibration, an errormessage is shown in the display, and the processing is stopped.Eliminate the problem according to the message and try the calibrationagain. If there are more than one error messages, press the 5/∞ keys orMULTI @/# keys to find the next one while the message is shown on thedisplay.Press the MEMORY/ENTER key or the ENTER key to return to the“CALIBRATE“ display.Continued to next page.