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Yamaha RX-V557 User Manual

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SET MENU

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Speaker level

B)SP LEVEL

Use these settings to manually balance the level of each
speaker selected in SPEAKER SET (page 58).
Choices: –10.0 dB to +10.0 dB

FL

adjusts the balance of the front left speaker.

FR

adjusts the balance of the front right speaker.

C

adjusts the balance of the center speaker.

SL

adjusts the balance of the surround left speaker.

SR

adjusts the balance of the surround right speaker.

SB

adjusts the balance of the surround back speaker.

SWFR

adjusts the balance of the subwoofer.

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To calibrate, use the test tone feature (see page 24).

Speaker distance

C)SP DISTANCE

Use this feature to manually input the distance of each
speaker and adjust the delay applied to respective channel.
Ideally, each speaker should be the same distance from the
main listening position. However, this is not possible in
most home situations. Thus, a certain amount of delay
must be applied to the sound from each speaker so that all
sound will arrive at the listening position at the same time.

Unit

UNIT

Choices: meters (m), feet (ft)
Initial setting:
U.S.A. and Canada models: feet (ft)
Other models: meters (m)

Select meters to input speaker distances in meters.

Select feet to input speaker distances in feet.

Speaker distances

Choices: 0.3 to 24.0 m (1 to 80 ft)

FRONT L

adjusts the distance of the front left speaker.

Initial setting: 3.0 m (10.0 ft)

FRONT R

adjusts the distance of the front right

speaker. Initial setting: 3.0 m (10.0 ft)

CENTER

adjusts the distance of the center speaker.

Initial setting: 3.0 m (10.0 ft)

SUR. L

adjusts the distance of the surround left

speaker. Initial setting: 3.0 m (10.0 ft)

SUR. R

adjusts the distance of the surround right

speaker. Initial setting: 3.0 m (10.0 ft)

SUR. B

adjusts the distance of the surround back

speaker. Initial setting: 2.10 m (7.0 ft)

SWFR

adjusts the distance of the subwoofer. Initial

setting: 3.0 m (10.0 ft)

Center graphic equalizer

D)CENTER GEQ

Use this feature to adjust the built-in 5-band graphic
equalizer for the center channel so that the tonal quality of
the center speaker matches that of the front speakers. You
can make adjustments listening to the currently selected
source component or a test tone.
You can adjust 5 frequency bands:
100Hz, 300Hz, 1kHz, 3kHz, 10kHz
Choices: –6 to +6 dB
Initial setting: 0 dB

Select ON to output test tones from the front left and
center speakers, and adjust the tonal quality of the
center speaker.

Select OFF to stop the test tone and output the
currently selected source component.

Low-frequency effect level

E)LFE LEVEL

Use to adjust the output level of the LFE (low-frequency
effect) channel according to the capacity of your
subwoofer or headphones. The LFE channel carries low-
frequency special effects which are only added to certain
scenes. This setting is effective only when this unit
decodes Dolby Digital or DTS signals.
Choices: –20 to

0

dB

Speaker

SP LFE

Select to adjust the speaker LFE level.

Headphone

HP LFE

Select to adjust the headphone LFE level.

Depending on the “LFE LEVEL” setting, some signals may not
be output from the SUBWOOFER OUTPUT jack.

Dynamic range

F)D. RANGE

Use to select the amount of dynamic range compression to
be applied to your speakers or headphones. This setting is
effective only when the unit is decoding Dolby Digital and
DTS signals.
Choices:

MAX

(maximum), STD (standard), MIN

(minimum)

Speaker

SP D.R

Select to adjust the speaker compression.

Headphone

HP D.R

Select to adjust the headphone compression.

Select MAX for feature films.

Select STD for general use.

Select MIN for listening to sources at low volume
levels.

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