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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 21

Once the speakers have been placed in the room
and connected, the remaining steps are to pro-
gram the system configuration memories. With
the AVR 7000 two kind of memories are used,
those associated individually with the input
selected, e.g. surround modes, and others work-
ing independently from any input selected like
speaker output levels, crossover frequencies or
delay times used by the surround sound 
processor.

You are now ready to power up the AVR 7000 to
begin these final adjustments.

1. Plug the Power Cable › into an unswitched
AC outlet.

2. Press the Main Power Switch 1 in until it
latches and the word “OFF” on the top of the
switch disappears inside the front panel. Note
that the Power Indicator 3 will turn amber,
indicating that the unit is in the Standby mode.

3. Install the four supplied AAA batteries in the
remote as shown. Be certain to follow the (+) and
(–) polarity indicators that are on the bottom of
the battery compartment.

4. Turn the AVR 7000 on either by pressing the
System Power Control 2 or the Input
Source Selector ! on the front panel, or via
the remote by pressing the AVR Selector

1 or

any of the CD/Tape/ DVD Selectors

2 on the

remote. The Power Indicator 3 will turn green
to confirm that the unit is on, and the
Information Display Ò will also light up.

Using the On-Screen Display
When making the following adjustments, you may
find them easier to make via the unit’s on-screen
display system. These easy-to-read displays give
you a clear picture of the current status of the
unit and facilitate speaker, delay, input or digital
selection you are making.

To view the on-screen displays, make certain you
have made a connection from the Monitor Out
jack e on the rear panel to the composite or S-
Video input of your TV or projector. In order to
view the AVR’s displays, the correct video input
must be selected on your video display.

IMPORTANT NOTE: When viewing the displays on
a projection TV it is important that they not be left
on the screen for an extended period of time. As
with any video display, but particularly with projec-
tors, constant display of a static image such as
these menus or video game images may cause the
image to be permanently “burned into” the CRT.
This type of damage is not covered by the AVR
7000 warranty and may not be covered by the pro-
jector TV set’s warranty.

The AVR 7000 has two on-screen display modes,
“Semi-OSD” and “Full-OSD.” When making con-
figuration adjustments, it is recommended that
the Full-OSD mode be used. This will place a com-
plete status report or option listing on the screen,
making it easier to view the available options and
make the settings on the screen. The Semi-OSD
mode uses one-line displays only.

Using the full OSD system and the on-screen
menus is usually the easiest way to make adjust-
ments, as this method presents the full range of
choices for each option on the screen. However,
note that when the full OSD system is in use, the
menu selections are not shown in the
Information Display Ò W. When the full
OSD menu system is used, OSD ON will appear in
the Main Information Display W and the
OSD Indicator M will illuminate to remind you
that a video display must be used.

When the semi-OSD system is used in conjunction
with the discrete configuration buttons, the on
screen display will show a single line of text with
the current menu selection. That selection will
also be shown in the Main Information 
Display W Note that the horizontal arrow but-
tons 

‹

/

›

9  cannot be used with the semi-

OSD. Settings must be made by pressing the
appropriate discrete configuration button, e.g.
Speaker Û

 and options be selected, e.g.

Center Speaker, with the 

‹

/

›

Buttons 5 on the front or 

⁄

/

¤

6 on the

remote, then Set (

8 to confirm. Afterwards

the setting can be made, e.g. Small/Large, with
the 

‹

/

›

Selector Buttons 5 on the front or

⁄

/

¤

6 on the remote and confirmed again

with the Set (

8 button.

Selecting the On-Screen display
The full OSD system is always available by press-
ing the OSD button 

I. When this button is

pressed the main AUDIO SETUP menu
(Figure 1) will appear, and adjustments are made
from the individual menus. Note that the menus
will remain on the screen for 20 seconds after the
latest action was made on the screen menu, then
they will “time-out” and disappear from the
screen. The time-out may be increased to as much
as 50 seconds by going to the ADVANCED
S E L E C T

menu, and changing the item titled

F U L L O S D T I M E O U T

.

The semi-OSD system is also available as a system
default, although it may be turned off by using
the ADVANCED SELECT menu. (See
page 35.) With the semi-OSD system, you may
make adjustments directly, by pressing the but-
tons on the front panel or remote control for the
specific parameter to be adjusted as outlined
above.

The AVR 7000 features an advanced memory sys-
tem that enables you to establish different config-
urations for the speaker configuration, digital
input and surround mode for each input source.
This flexibility enables you to custom tailor the
way in which you listen to each source and have
the AVR 7000 memorize them. This means, for
example, that you may associate different sur-
round modes and analog or digital inputs with
different sources, or set different speaker configu-
rations with the resultant changes to the bass
management system. Once these settings are
made, they will automatically be recalled when-
ever you select an input.

The default settings for the AVR 7000, as it is
shipped from the factory, have all inputs set for
an analog source, with stereo as the surround
mode, the front left and right speakers set to
“large” (with surround modes other speakers to
”small”), and a subwoofer connected. Before
using the unit, you will probably want to change
these settings for most inputs so that they are
properly configured to reflect the use of digital or
analog inputs, the type of speakers installed and
the surround mode specifics. Remember, since the
AVR 7000’s memory system keeps the settings for
each input separate from the other inputs, you
will need to make these adjustments for each
input used. However, once they are made, further
adjustment is only required when system compo-
nents are changed.

To make this process as quick and as easy as 
possible, we suggest that you use the full-OSD
system with the on-screen menus, and step
through each input. Once you have completed the
settings for the first input, many settings may be
duplicated for the remaining inputs. It is also a
good idea to set the configuration data in the
order these items are listed in the Main Audio

    *   A U D I O   S E T U P   *

I N P U T   S E T U P
S U R R O U N D   S E T U P
S P E A K E R   S E T U P
O U T P U T   A D J U S T
C H A N N E L   A D J U S T
M U L T I - R O O M
A D V A N C E D
E X I T

22 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

Setup Menu, as some settings require a specific
entry in a prior menu item.

The items that follow will describe the individual
settings required for each input. Remember that
once the settings are made for one input, they
must be made for all other input sources in your
system.

Input Setup
The first step in configuring the AVR 7000 is to
select an input. This may be done by pressing the
front panel Input Source Selector ! until the
desired input’s name appears momentarily in the
Main Information Display W, and the green
LED lights next to the input’s name in the front
panel Input Indicators Ó. The input may also
be selected by pressing the appropriate Input
Selector on the remote control 

2BCD.

When using the full-OSD system to make the
setup adjustments, press the OSD button 

I

once so that the main AUDIO SETUP
menu (Figure 1) appears. Note that the 

›

cursor

will be next to the input setup line. Press the Set
button 

8 to enter the menu and the

I N P U T S E T U P

menu (Figure 2) will

appear on the screen. Press the 

‹

/

›

buttons

9 until the desired input name appears in
the highlighted video, as well as being indicated
in the front panel Input Indicators Ó by the
green LED next to the desired input name. If the
input will use the standard left/right analog
inputs, no further adjustment is needed.

If you wish to associate one of the digital inputs
with the selected input source, press the 

¤

but-

ton 

6 on the remote while the INPUT

S E T U P

menu (Figure 2) is on the screen, and

note that the on-screen cursor will drop down to
the DIGITAL I N line. Press the 

‹

/

›

but-

tons 

9 until the name of the desired digi-

tal input name appears. To return to the A N A-
L O G

input, press the buttons until the word

analog appears. When the correct input appears,
press the 

¤

button 

6 once so that the 

›

cur-

sor appears next RETURN T O M E N U,
and press the Set button 

8 or press the 

⁄

button 

6 until cursor is next to INPUT and

select another input to be configured with the

‹

/

›

buttons 

9.

To change the digital input at any time using the
discrete function buttons and the semi-OSD sys-
tem, press the Digital Input Select button


A on the front panel or the remote. Within

five seconds, make your input selection using the
Selector buttons on the front panel 5 or the

⁄

/

¤

buttons 

6 on the remote until the

desired digital or analog input is shown in the
Main Information Display W and in the
lower third of the video display connected to the
AVR 7000, then press Set (

I. This selection

will also keep memorized, associated with the
input source selected, until another selection is
made.

Surround Setup
Once the input setup has been completed, the
next step for that input is to set the surround
mode you wish to use with that input. Since sur-
round modes are a matter of personal taste, feel
free to select any mode you wish – you may
change it later. However, to make it easier to
establish the initial parameters for the AVR 7000,
it is best to select Dolby Pro Logic for most ana-
log inputs and Dolby Digital for inputs connected
to digital sources. In the case of inputs such as a
CD Player, Tape Deck or Tuner, you may wish to
set the mode to Stereo, if that is your preferred
listening mode for standard stereo sources,
where it is unlikely that surround encoded materi-
al will be used. Alternatively, the Logic 7 Music
mode may also be a good choice for stereo-only
source material.

It is easiest to complete the surround setup using
the full-OSD on-screen menus. From the main
A U D I O S E T U P

menu (Figure 1), press the

⁄

/

¤

button 

6 until the 

›

cursor is next to the

S U R R O U N D S E T U P

menu. Press the

Set button 

8( so that the SURROUND

S E T U P

menu (Figure 3 or 4) is on the screen.

Since the factory default for all inputs is Stereo,
the words S U R R O F F will initially appear in
highlighted video (Figure 3) unless another sur-
round mode choice was made with the input just
selected. To change the surround mode while the

›

cursor is next to the surround line, press the

‹

/

›

buttons 

9 until the desired surround

mode’s name appears in the highlighted video.
As the modes are changed, a green LED will also
light next to the mode names in the Surround
Mode Indicators ı on the front panel.

Note that the data lines next to the items in the
screen display will show either numbers or a
series of dashes, depending on whether or not
the specific parameter is adjustable. For example,
the Center Delay and Night Mode items are only
adjustable for Dolby Digital, and the Delay Time
is only adjusted for Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro
Logic. The Crossover Frequency is adjustable in
all modes. Note, also, that Dolby Digital and DTS
will only appear as choices (Figure 4) when a
digital input was previously selected. These set-
tings for Delay, Crossover Frequency and Night
mode, that are independent from any input
selected, will be described in the next chapter on
page 24.

Speaker Setup
These adjustments tell the AVR 7000 which type
of speakers are in use. This is important as it
adjusts the settings that determine which speak-
ers receive low frequency (bass) information. For
each of these settings use the L A R G E setting
if the speakers for a particular position are tradi-
tional full-range loudspeakers that are capable
of reproducing sounds below 100Hz. Use the
S M A L L

setting for smaller, frequency-limited

satellite speakers that do not reproduce sounds
below 100Hz. Note that when “small” front (left
and right) speakers are used, a subwoofer is
required to reproduce low frequency sounds. If
you are in doubt as to which category describes
your speakers, consult the specifications in the
speakers’ owner’s manual, or ask your dealer.
Remember that the speaker setup must be made
individually for each input of the AVR 7000.

*   S U R R O U N D   S E T U P   *

S U R R O U N D :  

D O L B Y  

                   

D I G I T A L

C E N T E R   D E L A Y :     0 M S
S U R R       D E L A Y :   0 0 M S
C R O S S O V E R   F R E Q :   9 0 H Z
N I G H T :  

O F F

  M I D   M A X

R E T U R N   T O   M E N U

*   S U R R O U N D   S E T U P   *

S U R R O U N D :  

S U R R   O F F

C E N T E R   D E L A Y :       M S
S U R R       D E L A Y :       M S
C R O S S O V E R   F R E Q :   9 0 H Z
N I G H T :        

     

     

R E T U R N   T O   M E N U

   

I N P U T           :

V I D E O   1

D I G I T A L   I N :

A N A L O G

R E T U R N   T O   M E N U

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION  23

It is best to select the Dolby Pro Logic mode for
making the speaker setup. Note that with the
actually  selected input all settings will be copied
to other surround modes too (as far as possible).

To enter the proper settings for the speaker
setup, the easiest path is through the
S P E A K E R S E T U P

menu (Figure 5

below).

1. Press the OSD button 

I to bring up the

A U D I O S E T U P

menu (Figure 1), and

then press the 

¤

button 

6 twice so that the

cursor is on the SPEAKER SETUP line.
At this point, press the Set button 

8 to bring

up the SPEAKER SETUP menu 
(Figure 5).

Figure 5

2. When the SPEAKER SETUP menu
first appears, the on-screen cursor 

›

will be at the

top of the list of speaker positions, pointing
toward the LEFT/RIGHT line, which sets
the configuration for the two front speakers. If you
wish to make a change to the front speakers, press
the 

‹

/

›

buttons 

9 so that either LARGE

or SMALL appears, matching the appropriate
description from the definitions shown above.

When SMALL is selected, low frequency front
channel sounds will be sent only to the subwoofer
output. Note that if you choose this option and
there is no subwoofer connected, you will not hear
any low frequency sounds from the front channels.

When LARGE is selected, a full-range output
will be sent to the front left and front right out-
puts, and with all analog surround modes the
front channel low frequency signals will be sent to
the subwoofer output.

Important Note: When a speaker set with two
front satellites and a passive subwoofer is used,
connected to the front speaker outputs ª, the
fronts must be set for LARGE.

3. When you have completed your selection for the
front channel, press the 

¤

button 

6 on the

remote to move the cursor to CENTER.

4. Press the 

‹

/

›

buttons 

9 on the remote

to select the option that best describes your
Center speaker based on the speaker definitions
shown on this page.

When SMALL is selected, low frequency center
channel sounds will be sent to the Fronts, if they
are set for LARGE and Sub is turned off. When
Sub is on, low frequency center channel sounds
will be sent to the subwoofer only.

When LARGE is selected, a full-range output
will be sent to the center speaker output, and
with analog and digital surround modes NO cen-
ter channel signal will be sent to the subwoofer
output.

When NONE is selected, no signal will be sent
to the center channel output. The receiver will
operate in a “phantom” center channel mode
and center channel information will be sent to
the left and right front channel outputs. This
mode is needed if no Center speaker is used.

5. When you have completed your selection for
the center channel, press the 

¤

button 

6 on

the remote to change the cursor to S U R-
R O U N D

.

6. Press the 

‹

/

›

buttons 

9 on the remote

to select the option that best describes the sur-
round speakers in your system based on the
speaker definitions shown on this page.

When SMALL is selected, low frequency sur-
round channel sounds will be sent to the Fronts,
when Sub is turned off, or to the subwoofer out-
put when Sub is on. In Pro Logic mode, there is
no bass in the surround channels.

When LARGE is selected, a full-range output
will be sent to the surround channel outputs
(with all analog and digital surround modes),
and, except with Hall and Theater modes, NO
surround channel signals will be sent to the sub-
woofer output.

When NONE is selected, surround sound infor-
mation will be split between the front-left and
front-right outputs. Note that for optimal per-
formance when no surround speakers are in use,
the Dolby 3 Stereo mode should be used instead
of Dolby Pro Logic.

7. When you have completed your selection for
the surround channel, press the 

¤

button 

6 on

the remote to move the cursor to SUBWOOFER.

8. Press the 

‹

/

›

buttons 

9 on the remote

to select the option that best describes your sys-
tem.

Select YESif a subwoofer is connected to your
system.

Select NOif a subwoofer is NOT connected to
your system. Note that when no subwoofer is
selected, low frequency sounds below 100Hz will
be sent to the front left and front right speakers
only. This option is not available when the front,
speakers are set to SMALL.

When a speaker set with two or more satellites
and a subwoofer is used, the front satellites and
the subwoofer must be connected to the front
speaker outputs ª and the subwoofer must be
set for N O.

9. When all speaker selections have been made,
press the 

¤

button 

6 and then the Set button

8 to return to main menu.

10. The Speaker Configuration may be changed
at any time without using the full-OSD on-screen
menu system by pressing the Speaker Select
button on the front panel Û or remote 

.

Once the button is pressed, F N T SPEAK-
E R

will appear in both the lower third of the

video display and the Main Information
Display W.

Within five seconds, either press the front panel

‹

/

›

Selector buttons 5 or the 

⁄

/

¤

buttons

6 on the remote to select a different speaker
position, or press the Set Button (

8 to

begin the adjustment process for the front left
and right speakers

When the Set button (

8 has been pressed

and the system is ready for a change to the
speaker setting, the on-screen display and Main
Information Display W will read F N T
L A R G E

or F N T SMALL depending on

the current setting. Press the front panel 

‹

/

›

Selector Buttons 5 or the 

⁄

/

¤

buttons 

6

on the remote until the desired setting is shown,
using the instructions for “large” or “small”
shown earlier, then press the Set button (

8.

If another speaker position needs to be changed,
press the front panel 

‹

/

›

Selector buttons 5

or the 

⁄

/

¤

buttons 

6 on the remote to

select a different speaker position, press the Set
button (

8 and then press the front panel

‹

/

›

Selector buttons 5 or the 

⁄

/

¤

buttons

6 on the remote until the correct speaker set-
ting is shown and press the Set button (

8

again to confirm the selection.

To assist in making these settings, the icons in
the Speaker/Channel Input Indicators P
will change as the speaker type is selected at
each position. When only the inner icon box con-
taining the abbreviation for the speaker position
is lit, the speaker is set for “small.”When the
inner box and the two outer boxes with circles
inside them are lit, the speaker is set for “large."

*   S P E A K E R   S E T U P   *

L E F T / R I G H T :  

S M A L L

           

C E N T E R         :  

S M A L L

S U R R O U N D     :  

S M A L L

S U B W O O F E R   :  

Y E S

R E T U R N   T O   M E N U

24 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

When no indicator appears at a speaker loca-

tion, that position is set for “none” or “no”
speaker.

Note: These icons are available only when mak-
ing setup changes in the semi-OSD mode.

As an example, in Figure 6 below, the left front
and right front speakers are set for “large,” the
center, left surround (LS) and right surround (RS)
speakers are set for small, and a subwoofer is
set, as shown by the box with the abbreviation
“LFE”, which stands for “low frequency effects”.

Adjustments for Other Inputs
After one input has been adjusted for surround
mode, digital input (if any) and speaker type go
back to the INPUT SETUP line on the
main AUDIO SETUP menu and enter the
settings for each input that you will use. In most
cases, only the digital input and surround mode
will be different from one input to the next, while
the speaker type will usually be the same and
may be quickly entered by entering the same
data used for the original input.

After the settings described above are made for
all input sources in your system, the following
settings, made with any input, will be effective
for all inputs selected.

Again to make these settings the best the full
OSD menu system should be used. From the
AUDIO SETUP

menu (Figure 1) move the

cursor to the SURROUND SETUP line
and press the Set

8 button to bring up the

Sourround Setup menu.

Depending on the surround mode selected, you
will now proceed to change either the delay time
or the crossover frequency. For Dolby Digital and
Dolby Pro Logic, pressing the 

⁄

/

¤

buttons 

6

will take you to the delay settings, for all other
modes, it will take you to the Crossover
Frequency adjustment.

Delay Settings 
If Dolby Digital or Dolby Pro Logic is selected, you
will need to adjust the delay time setting. Note
that the delay time is not adjustable for any
other modes.

Important Note: Once the delay time is set
with any input it will be effective with all other
inputs too. Moreover the surround delay time
setting must be made only for either the Dolby
Pro Logic or the Dolby Digital mode. The other
setting will be set automatically.

Due the different distances between the front
channel speakers and the listening position com-
pared to the surround speakers and the listening
position, the amount of time it takes for sound to
reach your ears from the front or surround speak-
ers is different. You may compensate for this dif-
ference through the use of the delay settings to
adjust the timing for the specific speaker place-
ment and acoustic conditions in your listening
room or home theater.

The factory setting is appropriate for most rooms,
but some installations create an uncommon dis-
tance between the front and surround speakers
that may cause the arrival of front channel
sounds to become disconnected from surround
channel sounds.

To resynchronize the front and surround chan-
nels, follow these steps:

1. Measure the distance from the listening/ view-
ing position to the front speakers in meters.

2. Measure the distance from the listening/ view-
ing position to the surround speakers.

3. Subtract the distance to the surround speakers
from the distance to the front speakers and multi-
ply the result by 3.

a. When setting the delay time for the Dolby

Digital surround modes, the optimal delay time
is the result of that subtraction. For example, if
the front speakers are 3 m away and the sur-
round speakers are 1 m away, the optimal
delay time is figured as (3–1)x3=6. Thus, in
this example, the delay time for Dolby Digital
should be set at six milliseconds.

b. When setting the delay time for the Pro Logic

mode, take the result of the subtraction and
add 15 to obtain the optimal delay time. For
example, if the front speakers are 3 m away
and the surround speakers are 1 m away, the
optimal delay time is figured as
(3–1)x3+15=21. Thus, in this example, the Pro
Logic delay should be set at twenty millisec-
onds.

NOTE: The DTS, Logic 7, Hall and Theater modes
use a fixed, nonadjustable delay time.

The Dolby Digital Mode also includes a separate
setting for the center channel delay mode, since
the discrete nature of these signals makes the
location of the center channel speaker more criti-
cal. To calculate the delay for the center channel,
measure the distance from the preferred listening
position in the center of the room to both the
center channel speaker and either the left or
right speaker.

If the distances are equal, no further adjustment
is required and the center delay should be set to
zero. If the distance to the front speakers is
greater than the distance to the center speaker,
you may wish to reposition the speakers by mov-
ing the front left and front right speakers closer to
the listening position or the center speaker further
away from the listening position.

If repositioning of the speakers is not possible,
adjust the center delay time, adding one milli-
second of center channel delay for every 30 cm
closer to the listening position the center speaker
is than the front speakers. For example, if the
front left and front right speakers are each 3 m
from the listening position and the center chan-
nel speaker is 2.4 m away, the delay is figured as
300 cm –240 cm=60 cm, suggesting an optimal
center delay of 2 milliseconds.

To set the delay time, continue within the main
A U D I O S E T U P

(Figure 1) menu. If the

system is not already at that point, press the
OSD button 

I to bring up the main audio

setup menu.To make the delay settings for the
Dolby Digital mode (this will include the Center
delay setting, and the surround delay for the Pro
Logic mode will be set automatically), press the
Set

8 button and select any input now that is

associated with a digital input and the Dolby
Digital surround mode, then return to the main
menu. Press the 

¤

button 

6 and then the Set

button 

8 to bring up the surround setup

menu, now select the Dolby Digital mode, if not
so already and then press the 

¤

button 

6

once.

As the Dolby Digital mode is selected, the 

›

cur-

sor will stop at the CENTER DELAY line.
Press the 

‹

/

›

buttons 

9 until the desired

figure appears in the display, using the number
calculated using the formula shown above. When
the CENTER DELAY is entered, press the

¤

button 

6 once to move to the SURR

DELAY

line so that the delay for the surround

speakers may be set. Press the 

‹

/

›

buttons

9 until the desired figure appears in the
display, using the number calculated using the
formula shown above for the Dolby Digital sur-
round mode (item 3a). When the delay settings
are complete, press the 

¤

button 

6 once to

move to the next line.

L

R