Yamaha RX-Z7 User Manual

Use this menu to adjust the sound parameters.

■ LFE Level (Low-frequency effect level)

Use this feature 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 bitstream signals.
Control range: –20.0 to 0.0 dB
Control step: 1.0 dB

Speaker (Speaker low-frequency effect level)
Select to adjust the speaker LFE level.

Headphone 
(Headphone low-frequency effect level)
Select to adjust the headphone LFE level.

Depending on the settings of “Bass Out” (page 94), some 
signals may not be output at the SUBWOOFER PRE OUT 
jacks.

■ Dynamic Range (Dynamic range)

Use this feature 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 bitstream signals.

Speaker (Speaker dynamic range)
Adjusts the dynamic range compression for the speakers.

Headphone (Headphone dynamic range)
Adjusts the dynamic range compression for the 
headphones.

■ Parametric EQ (Parametric equalizer)

Use this feature to adjust the parametric equalizer of each 
speaker.

PEQ Data Copy (Parametric equalizer data copy)
Use this feature to copy the result data of the automatic 
setup to the manual configuration area. You can select the 
parametric equalizer type applied to the copied result data 
of the automatic setup. See page 40 for the descriptions of 
each parametric equalizer type. 

PEQ Select (Parametric equalizer type select)
Use this feature to select the parametric equalizer type that 
applied to the results of the automatic setup. See page 40 
for the descriptions of each parametric equalizer type.

• When you carry out the automatic setup, this unit automatically 

set “PEQ Select” to “Natural”.

• “Level” settings (page 94) also change corresponding to the 

setting of “PEQ Select”.

• This unit does not change the configurations of “Manual” even 

if you perform the automatic setup.

Preserves the greatest amount of dynamic 
range.

STD

Adjusts the dynamic range to medium. 
When this unit is decoding Dolby TrueHD 
signals, the dynamic range control is always 
active regardless of the instruction of the 
input source signals.

MIN/AUTO

• MIN: Adjusts the dynamic range to 

narrow when this unit is decoding 
bitstream signals (except Dolby TrueHD).

• AUTO: Adjusts the dynamic range 

according to the instruction of the input 
source signals when this unit is decoding 
Dolby TrueHD signals.

Flat h Manual

Copies the result of the automatic setup that 
the “Flat” type parametric equalizer is 
applied to.

Front h Manual

Manual Copies the result of the automatic 
setup that the “Front” type parametric 
equalizer is applied to.

Natural h Manual

Copies the result of the automatic setup that 
the “Natural” type parametric equalizer is 
applied to.

Applies the manually configured parametric 
equalizer in “Setup”.

Flat

Applies the “Flat” type parametric equalizer.

Front

Applies the “Front” type parametric 
equalizer.

Natural

Applies the “Natural” type parametric 
equalizer.

Through

Does not use the parametric equalizer.