Denon AVR-3808CI User Manual

Make detail settings for various parameters.

Use this procedure to set the speakers 
manually or if you wish to change the 
settings made with the auto setup 
procedure.

F 

Menu tree F

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s

d

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Manual Setup 

Select front speaker size.

a

Select speaker confi guration and size.
(bass reproduction capability)

 

Select center speaker use and size.

 

 

Select subwoofer use.

 

Select surround speakers A use and size.

 

 

Select surround speakers B use and size.

 

 

Select surround back speaker use and size.

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• Select “Large” or “Small” not according to the physical size of the 

speaker but according to the low frequency reproduction capabilities 
based  on  the  frequency  set  at  “Crossover  Frequency”  (vpage 
29).

• When “Front” is set to “Small”, “Subwoofer” is automatically set to 

“Yes”.

• If  “Subwoofer”  is  set  to  “No”,  “Front”  is  automatically  set  to 

“Large”.

• If “Surround A” is set to “None”, “Surround B” and “Surround Back” 

are automatically set to “None”.

• When using just one surround back speaker, connect it to the left 

channel (SBL).

s

Select low range signal to be reproduced by subwoofer.

 

• This  can  be  set  when  GUI  menu  “Speaker  Confi guration”  –

“Subwoofer” is set to “Yes”.

• Play  music  or  a  movie  source  and  select  the  mode  offering  the 

strongest bass.

• Select  “LFE+Main”  if  you  want  the  bass  signals  to  always  be 

produced from the subwoofer.

d

Set distance from listening position to speakers.
Before  making  the  settings,  measure  the  distance  from 
the listening position to the different speakers.

Select unit for distance.

Select step. (smallest distance)

 

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z

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z

2

Resets the settings to the default values.

Select the speaker you want to set, then set the distance.
Set the value closest to the measured distance.

 

z

1

 

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z

2

Set  the  distance  between  the  listening  position  and  the  various 
speakers to no more than 20.0 ft (6.00 meters).

z

1:  Can be selected when “Feet” is set.

z

2:  Can be selected when “Meters” is set.

z

1:  Display when “Feet” is set.

z

2:  Display when “Meters” is set.



By default, the AVR-3808CI’s “Amp Assign” setting is set to “ZONE2”. 
To use as the surround back speaker for the main zone, change the 
“Amp Assign” setting (vpage 68, 69).

 : Select  this  for  a  large  speaker  with  strong  bass 

reproduction.

 : Select  this  for  a  smaller  speaker  with  weaker  bass 

reproduction.