Anthem AVM 30 - Manual (Page 27)

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3. SETUP MENU
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3.2 SPEAKER CONFIGURATION
The Speaker Configuration Setup allows you to enter information about how many speakers you have in your
system, and their relative size and type. Here you will also set up the bass management. Entering information
about the size of your speakers will enable the AVM 30 to control bass information so it is not lost or distorted
by smaller speakers that are unable to reproduce large amounts of bass.
Cinema and Music Configurations:
The AVM 30 allows you to set two separate bass management configurations – Music can be tailored for
music (and movies that do not contain a Low Frequency Effects ‘.1’ track), and Cinema for source material
that contains LFE, including all 5.1/6.1 channel movie and music sources. These configurations can be
assigned to each Source.
Use of the Music configuration is optional. Once you enter menu 2b. MUSIC SPKR CONFIGURATION, it asks
whether or not you want to use the same settings as the Cinema configuration – ‘Yes’ is the factory default.
Setting up a configuration is described later in this section. Assigning a configuration to a Source or enabling
automatic activation according to presence/absence of LFE is explained in section 3.5.
Surround and Rear Speaker Quantity and Type:
Surround speakers fall under two radiation pattern categories: Direct and Dipole. No delay is necessary in
channels using dipole speakers – the sound is already delayed through room reflections. When dipoles are
selected as the SURROUND TYPE and/or REAR TYPE, their distance will automatically equal the greatest
distance in menu 3. LISTENER POSITION (see section 3.3).
If you are using one Rear speaker, set d. REAR QTY/TYPE to 1 speaker and use the Rear-L output.
If you are using no Rear speakers, skip the d. REAR QTY/TYPE setting. It makes no difference what it’s set to.
Center EQ:
When a center channel speaker sits on top of or below a vertical surface such as a TV screen, frequency
response can be altered by the reflections, making dialog less natural. With Anthem’s unique CENTER EQ set
to ‘Yes’, timbre can be restored using response curves specifically made to cancel effects of TV screens.
TV Size For EQ :
This is used to determine the frequency ranges of CENTER EQ. Since room/TV/furniture acoustics vary, as do
characteristics of center channel speakers from model to model, you may wish to spend a little time
experimenting to determine which setting works best – play 3 or 4 different DVDs and listen to center
channel dialog to find the setting that sounds the clearest.
• Select the TV size category that is one higher than what you are using, then listen and compare to
other settings. The settings are: 18”- 30” / 30”- 42” / 42”- 54” / 54”- 66” / 66”- 78”.
• Leave it in the setting that provides the clearest dialog, even if it doesn’t actually match the size of
your TV. Turning the Center EQ off completely may even sound best. Let your ears be the final judge!
2. SPEAKER CONFIGURATION
a. CINEMA SPKR CONFIGURATION
b. MUSIC SPKR CONFIGURATION
c. SURROUND TYPE : Dipole
d. REAR QTY / TYPE : 2 Dipole
e. CENTER EQ : No
f. TV SIZE FOR EQ : 30-42 in
g. ROOM RESONANCE FILTER
h. SET BASS PEAK LEVEL