Yamaha RX-Z11 Manuale Utente

Use this menu to manually adjust any speaker setting.

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• Most of the parameters described in the basic menu are set automatically 

when you run “Auto Setup”. You can use the basic menu to make further 
adjustments, but we recommend running “Auto Setup” first.

• You can reset these parameters by performing the “Auto Setup” procedure 

• 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.

■ Test Tone (Test tone)

Turns the test tone output on or off for “Speaker Set”, “Speaker 
Distance”, and “Speaker Level” settings.

• Loud test tones will be output when “On” is selected. In this case, make 

sure no children are present in the listening room.

• This function is automatically turned off if you exit “Basic”.

■ THX Set (THX settings)

Use this feature to set the parameters to optimize the THX Surround 
modes (see page 87).

THX Ultra2 SWFR (THX Ultra2 subwoofer setting)
Use this feature to select whether the connected subwoofers are the 
THX Ultra2 certified subwoofers.

When “THX Ultra2 SWFR” is set to “No”, you cannot select “Bndry Gain 
Comp” is automatically set to “Off”.

Bndry Gain Comp (Boundary gain compensation)
Use this feature to improve boomy bass when the listening position 
is closer to the rear wall.

SB Speaker Dist. (Surround back speaker distance)
Use this feature to set the distance between the left surround back 
speaker and right surround back speaker.

The unit used in this parameter differs depending on the setting of “Unit” in 
“Speaker Distance” (see page 101).

THX Loudness Plus (Loudness plus setting)
THX Loudness Plus function compensates for the total and spatial 
shifts that occur when the volume is reduced by intelligently 
adjusting ambient surround channel levels and frequency response.
Use this feature to select whether this unit automatically activates 
the THX Loudness Plus function in the THX Surround modes.

■ Speaker Set (Speaker settings)

Use to manually adjust any speaker setting.

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If you are not satisfied with the bass sounds from your speakers, you can 
change these settings according to your preference.

Front (Front speakers)

When “Bass Out” is set to “Front” (see page 101), you can select only 
“Large” in “Front”. If the value of “Front” is set to other than “Large” in 
advance, this unit change the value to “Large” automatically.

This unit does not output the test tone for the “Speaker 
Set”, “Speaker Level”, and “Speaker Distance” settings.

This unit outputs the test tone for the “Speaker Set”, 
“Speaker Level”, and “Speaker Distance” settings.
While “Test Tone” is set to “On”, the volume level is 
automatically set to 0 dB.

Select this setting when the connected subwoofers are 
the THX Ultra2 certified subwoofers.

Select this setting when the connected subwoofers are 
not the THX Ultra2 certified subwoofers.

Select this setting when you do not want to use the 
boundary gain compensation feature.

Select this setting to activate the boundary gain 
compensation feature.

Under 1ft 
(Under 0.3m)

Select this setting when the distance between the two 
surround back speakers is less than 0.3 m (1 foot).

1 – 4ft (0.3-1.2m)

Select this setting when the distance between the two 
surround back speakers is 0.3 m to 1.2 m (1 foot to 4 
feet).

Over 4ft 
(over 1.2m)

Select this setting when the distance between the two 
surround back speakers is over 1.2 m (4 feet).

Deactivates the Loudness Plus function.

Activates the Loudness Plus function in the THX 
Surround modes.

Measure for the speaker size
The woofer section of a speaker is

– 16 cm (6.5 in) or larger: large
– smaller than 16 cm (6.5 in): small

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THX Ltd. recommends you that you set “Front”, “Center”, “Surround”, 
and “Surround Back” to “Small” and “Cross Over” to “80Hz (THX)”.
To select the crossover frequency of the speaker(s) manually, select 
“Small” and then set “Cross Over” (see page 100).

Select this setting when the front speakers are large.

Select this setting when the front speakers are small.