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RQT8739
Table of contents
IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS ............... ........... ...... 2
Enjoyi ng the Hom e Theate r has be come easy ! . ........... ...... 3
Supplied ac cessorie s ..................... ........... ........... ........... ...... 3
Contr ol guide ....................... ........... ........... ................. ........... 5
Connections
Connecti ng cable s to video and audi o termina ls
(to us e the TV , DVD reco rder , DVD player , VCR) ...... .... ...... ..... ...... . 14
Connecting cables to S video and audio terminals
(to us e the T V , D VD record er , D VD pl ay er) ...... .... .... .... .... ....... .... .... 15
Connecting cab les to compo nent and au dio terminals (to use the TV an d D VD recorder)
... 1 6
Other connecti ons
T o enjoy TV with surround soun d ................ ........... ........... .... 17
T o connect a D VD recorder with b uilt-in VCR ............... ......... 17
T o enjo y anal og sou nds .............. ........... ............ ........... ......... 18
T o enjo y high-qua lity anal og sound s using D VD-A udio dis cs
(D VD analog 6-chan nel conn ection s) ................ ........... ......... 18
T o connect the uni t to a c ab le bo x or satelli te receiv er etc. ... 19
T o connect the uni t to a CD pla yer......... ............ ........... ......... 19
T o connect the unit t o a vi deo came ra or ga me player etc.
........ 19
Connecting speaker s
T o connect bi-wire spea kers ............. ........... ........... ........... .... 20
Making bi-wire sett ing ............ ........... ................. ........... ......... 20
T o connect a second pair of front s peak ers .................. ......... 21
Mak ing s urrou nd sp eak ers wireles s wi th SH -FX5 0/SH -FX6 0
.... 21
Sending a udio to an other ro om with SH-FX80 ............. ......... 22
Making MUL TI ROOM s etting ...................... ........... ........... .... 22
Connecting an tennas ............... ........... ............ ........... ......... 23
Connec tin g XM Connec t & Pl ay or XMPasspor t sy stem
...... 23
A uto speaker setup using the setup micr ophone ...24
Enjoying the Home Theater ........ ................... ............ 26
Using SPEAKERS B ............. ........... ........... ................. ......... 27
MUL TI ROOM ............ ............ ........... ........... ........... ........... .... 2 7
AD V ANCED DUAL AMP ........ ........... ........... ........... ........... .... 27
BI-AMP ................. ........... ................. ........... ........... ........... .... 27
Playing D VD-Audio (En joying D VD-Audio sources t hrough di gital connections/
Playing D V D ANALOG 6CH/Enjoying high qualit y 2-channel analog soun ds)
.... 27
Listening t o surr ound sound
Dolby Pr o Logic /NEO:6/SFC (Sou nd Field Contr ol) .... 28
Remote controlling soun d effects/con ven ient functions
Adju stin g Dolby Pr o Logic ’ s “MUSIC
” mode .......... ......... 30
Adjustin g NEO :6’ s “MUSIC
” mode ........ ........... ........... ..........30
Adjustin g SFC (Sou nd Field Co ntrol) ................ ........... ..........30
Adjustin g speak er v olumes .............. ........... ................. ..........31
Adjustin g the sub woof er lev el ........... ........... ........... ............ .... 31
Silenci ng speak ers tempor arily ........ ........... ........... ............ .... 31
Dimming the disp la y light (Dimmer) ....... ........... ................. .... 31
Sound effect s/Con venient functions
How to set up....................... ........... ........... ........... ............ .... 32
Adjustin g the b ass ...................... ................. ........... ............ .... 33
Adjustin g the t reb le .................... ............ ........... ........... ..........33
Balanci ng front speak er volume s ........... ................ ............ ....33
Changing the au dio output (Dual pr ogr am) ....... ........... .......... 33
Adjustin g the b rightness of the dis pla y................... ............ ....33
Sleep tim er ................. ........... ........... ................. ........... ..........33
Sett ings
How to set up....................... ........... ........... ........... ............ .... 34
Setting s peak ers and th eir siz es ............ ........... ........... ..........35
Setting d istances ................... ........... ........... ........... ............ .... 35
Setting th e lowpa ss f ilte r .................. ........... ........... ............ .... 35
Changi ng auto s peaker se tti ngs (T o ret ur n spe ak ers to factor y sett ings /
Set ting th e unit ag ain st auto m atic po larity adjustm ent)
............ ..........36
Making BI- AMP sett ings (Can celi ng BI- AMP (u sing t he t ri ple amp mode)/
Adju sting the bala nc e/Cor rectin g the H F an d LF diff erence)
...............36
Setting AD V ANCED DU AL AMP off .................. ........... .......... 36
Changing the di gital inp ut setting s .............. ................. ..........37
Setting i nput sign als .............. ........... ................. ........... ..........37
Reduci ng sta ndby power cons umpti on (p ower saving st andby mode)
... 37
Setting th e unit aga inst E z Sync HD A VI Control ................ .... 37
Listeni ng clearly a t lo w vo lume ................... ........... ............ .... 38
Switching the at tenuator............. ............ ........... ........... ..........38
Adjustin g audi o timing to vid eo timin g ......... ........... ............ .... 38
RESET (f acto r y setting s)............ ............ ................ ............ .... 38
Using headphones ........... .................... ................... ...38
A udio signals and amp mechanism ... ................... ...39
The radio
Manua l tuning ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ............ .... 40
Preset tuning ................. ........... ............ ................ ............ .... 41
Presettin g station s...................... ............ ........... ........... ..........41
Listeni ng to pr eset stat ions .................... ........... ........... ..........41
Reducin g e xcessi ve noise ................ ........... ........... ............ .... 41
XM
®
Satellit e Radio
Displa ying the XM Satell ite Rad io ID ..... ................ ............ .... 42
P ositioning the antenn a f or optimal rece ption .................... .... 42
Selecting XM ch annels b y direc t entry ... ........... ............ .... 43
Selecting XM ch annels b y cat egory .............. ........... ..........43
Displa ying the XM chan nel in fo rmation ............. ........... ..........43
Preset tuning ................. ........... ............ ................ ............ .... 44
Presettin g yo ur f avorite XM c hannel s ................ ........... ..........44
Selectin g the c hannel p resets .......... ........... ................. ..........44
XM advi sory messages .............. ............ ........... ........... ..........44
Remote contr olling a TV or D VD recor der etc.
Remote con troll ing a TV .......... ............ ........... ........... ..........45
Remote con troll ing a D VD recorde r ........ ........... ............ .... 45
Remote con troll ing a VCR ............. ........... ........... ............ .... 46
Remote con troll ing a D VD play er........ ........... ................. .... 46
Remote con troll ing a CD pla yer ............... ........... ............ .... 47
Changing the remote contr ol code .............. ........... ............ .... 47
Entering a co de to o pera te other eq uipme nt .......... ............ ....47
T rouble shooting guide............. ............ ................ ............ .... 48
Help mess age ................ ................. ........... ........... ............ .... 49
Specificati ons ...................... ........... ........... ........... ................49
Limited W arranty (Onl y f or the U .S.A.) ............... ............ .... 50
Limited W arranty (Onl y f or Canada ) ......................... ..........51
Maintena nce .................. ........... ................. ........... ............ .... 51
Pr oduct Service .................. ........... ........... ........... ............ .... 52
Listening c aution ..................... ............ ........... ........... ..........52
Before use
Quick guide
Conn ec t a TV and a D VD re cor der/D VD pla yer
using HDMI cables ...... ................... .................... .... 7
Connect speake rs..................... ................... ........... 8
Set spea kers and test s peaker ou tput
Detecting sp eaker s autom aticall y............... ........... ....... 10
T esting spea ker output .................... ............ ........... ....... 11
W a tch D VDs or TV ....... ................... .................... .. 12
Control with HDMI (Ez Sync
™
HD A VI Control
)
Enjoyin g the Home Theater through one-touch operations
...... 13
Connections
Basic operations
Operations
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Reference