Yamaha RX-Z11 User Guide

Graphical user interface (GUI) menu

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■ Speaker Level (Speaker level)

Use this feature to manually balance the speaker levels between the
front left or surround left speakers and each speaker selected in
“Speaker Set” (see page 99).
Control range: –10.0 dB to +10.0 dB
Initial setting: 0.0 dB
Control step: 0.5 dB

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• If your subwoofer can adjust the output volume and the crossover

frequency, set the volume to about half way (or slightly less) and set the
crossover frequency to the maximum.

• If you use a handheld sound pressure level meter, hold at arm’s length and

point upwards so that the meter is in the listening position. With the meter
set to the 70 dB scale and to C SLOW, calibrate each speaker to 75 dB.

• The available speaker channels differ depending on the setting of the

speakers.

• If you are only using one surround back speaker, connect it to the

SUR.BACK SINGLE jack, and adjust the balance in “Surround Back L”.

• The setting of “Speaker Level” changes depending on the setting of “PEQ

Select” in “Manual Setup” (see page 104).

Use this menu to manually adjust the various volume settings.

Adaptive DRC (Adaptive dynamic range control)
Use this feature to adjust the dynamic range in conjunction with the
volume level. This feature is useful when you are listening at lower
volumes or at night. When “Adaptive DRC” is set to “Auto”, this
unit controls the dynamic range as follows:

– If the VOLUME setting is low: the dynamic range is narrow
– If the VOLUME setting is high: the dynamic range is wide

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• You can also adjust the dynamic range of the bitstream signal sources by

using “Dynamic Range” in “Sound” (see page 103).

• This function is also useful for listening with your headphones.

• The adaptive dynamic range control feature does not function when this

unit is in the THX Surround modes (see page 87) or Pure Direct mode (see
page 65).

• If you set “Direct” in “2ch Stereo” to “Auto” (see page 94) and this unit is

in the 2ch Stereo mode, the adaptive dynamic range control feature does
not function in some cases.

Adaptive DSP Lvl (Adaptive DSP effect level)
Use this feature to make fine adjustments of the DSP effect level
(see page 91) automatically in conjunction with the volume level.

Even if you set “Adaptive DSP Lvl” to “Auto”, this unit does not change but
fine-tunes the specified value of “DSP Level” (see page 91).

Max Volume (Maximum volume)
Use this feature to set the maximum volume level in the main zone.
This feature is useful to avoid the unexpected loud sound by mistake.
For example, the original volume range is –80.0 dB to +16.5 dB.
However, when “Max Volume” is set to –5.0 dB, the volume range
becomes –80.0 dB to –5.0 dB.
Control range: –30.0 dB to +15.0 dB, +16.5 dB
Control step: 5.0 dB

Speaker Level

Adjusted speaker

Front left speaker

Front right speaker

Center speaker

Surround left speaker

Surround R

Surround right speaker