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RX-V990
Natural Sound Stereo Receiver
Récepteur stéréo “Son Naturel”
OWNER’S MANUAL
MODE D’EMPLOI
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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 7 Wall or Ceiling Mounting — The unit should be mounted to a wall or ceiling only as recommended by the CAUTION manufacturer. RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN 8 Ventilation — The unit should be situated so that its location or position does not interfere with its proper CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. ventilation. For example, the unit should not be situated REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERV
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19 Outdoor Antenna Grounding — If an outside antenna is Note to CATV system installer: connected to this unit, be sure the antenna system is This reminder is provided to call the CATV system grounded so as to provide some protection against installer’s attention to Article 820-40 of the NEC that voltage surges and built-up static charges. Article 810 of provides guidelines for proper grounding and, in the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70, provides particular, specifies that the cable groun
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CAUTION: READ THIS BEFORE OPERATING YOUR UNIT 1 To ensure the finest performance, please read this 7 Always set the volume control to “– ¥ ” before starting manual carefully. Keep it in a safe place for future the audio source play: increase the volume gradually to reference. an appropriate level after the play is started. 2 Install your unit in a cool, dry, clean place – away from 8 To prevent lightning damage, pull out the power cord windows, heat sources, and too much vibration, dust, and rem
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ENGLISH SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES After unpacking, check that the following parts are contained. • Remote Control Transmitter • Indoor FM Antenna Remote TRANSMIT USER YPC LEARN /LEARN POWER SLEEP TV VCR AUX SKIP PHONO DISC SKIP SEARCH PAUSE/STOP PLAY CD DECK A/B PRESET A B C D E TUNER — + SEARCH STOP PLAY TAPE 1 REC MUTE REC/PAUSE DIR A DIR B TAPE 2 MON SEARCH PAUSE/STOP PLAY LD/TV CHAPTER/CH DISPLAY STOP VCR 1 — + • AM Loop Antenna 70mm TV PRO LOGIC ENHANCED MOVIE THEATER THEATER VCR 2 1234 SURR
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Features • Five Speaker Configuration Front: 100 W + 100 W (8W ) RMS Output Power, 0.015% THD, 20-20,000 Hz 120 W + 120 W (6W ) RMS Output Power, 0.04% THD, 20-20,000 Hz (USA Model Only) Center: 100 W (8W ) RMS Output Power, 0.015% THD, 1 kHz Rear: 25 W + 25 W (8W ) RMS Output Power, 0.08% THD, 1 kHz • Digital Sound Field Processor 10 Programs including “Cinema DSP” 70mm Movie Theater • 5 Channel Discrete Input for Dolby Surround Digital AC-3 • Automatic Input Balance Control for Dolby Pro Logic
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ENGLISH PROFILE OF THIS UNIT You are the proud owner of a Yamaha stereo receiver –an extremely sophisticated audio component. The Digital Sound Field Processor (DSP) built into this unit takes full advantage of Yamaha’s undisputed leadership in the field of digital audio processing to bring you a whole new world of listening experiences. Follow the instructions in this manual carefully when setting up your system, and this unit will sonically transform your room into a totally new listening envi
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SPEAKER SETUP FOR THIS UNIT SPEAKERS TO BE USED This unit is designed to provide the best sound-field quality with a fivespeaker configuration. The speakers to be used with this unit will be front speakers, rear speakers, and a center speaker. The front speakers are used for the main source sound. These are usually a much larger, high-quality loudspeaker than you will use for the surround sound effects. The center speaker is used for the center sound (dialog, etc.) encoded with the Dolby Surroun
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ENGLISH SPEAKER PLACEMENT The recommended speaker configuration, the five-speaker configuration, will require two speaker pairs: front speakers and rear speakers, plus a center speaker. When you place these speakers, refer to the following: Front: In normal position. (The position of a standard stereo speaker setup) Center: Precisely between the front speakers. (To avoid Center interference with TV sets, use a magnetically shielded speaker.) When two center speakers are Front R used, place the
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CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS CINEMA DSP NATURAL SOUND STEREO RECEIVER RX–V990 POWER ENHANCED PHANTOM CINEMA DSP PRO LOGIC 1 SPEAKERS SPEAKERS A B PRESET STATIONS I 2 3 4 567 8 A/B/C/D/E SPEAKERS TUNING CENTER LEVEL AB MEMORY EDIT MODE FM/AM DOWN TUNING UP MODE DELAY TIME CENTER REAR 2 MAN’L/AUTO FM AUTO/MAN’L MONO PHONES TONE BASS BASS TREBLE BALANCE REC OUT BYPASS EXTENSION 0 0 0 SOURCE l l l l l l LD/TV TAPE 1 ON ON 2 2 2 2 2 2 VCR 1 TUNER 3 3 3 3 3 3 VCR 2 CD OFF OFF 4 4 4 4 4 4 VIDEO AU
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ENGLISH CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS TAPE 2 MONITOR TAPE 1 TUNER CD PHONO E VIDEO AUX VCR 2 VCR 1 LD/TV 2CH/5CH DISCRT DIGITAL SOUND FIELD PROCESSOR 70mm TV PRO LOGIC ENHANCED MOVIE THEATER THEATER SPORTS STADIUM D VOLUME l6 l8 l4 ROCK CONCERT 20 l2 EFFECT CONCERT JAZZ CLUB CHURCH HALL 24 l0 28 8 34 6 4 40 VIDEO AUX 50 3 8 VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R 60 2 l 70 0 –dB BC 9 DSP Adjustment Control Section B VIDEO AUX Input CENTER MODE - When you are using Dolby Pro- Connect a video source (camcorder, etc
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CONNECTIONS CAUTION Before attempting to make any connections to or from this unit, be sure to first switch OFF the power to this unit and to any other components to which connections are being made. CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER COMPONENTS When making connections between this unit and other components, be sure all connections are made correctly, that is to say L (left) to L, R (right) to R, “+” to “+” and “–” to “–”. Also, refer to the owner’s manual for each component to be connected to this unit. *
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ENGLISH CONNECTING SPEAKERS Connect the respective speakers to this unit as shown below: Front speakers A Rear speakers Right Left Right Left VIDEO SIGNAL SPEAKERS S VIDEO REAR IN VCR 1 OUTPUT OUT LOW CENTER REAR OUT PASS OUT IN VCR 2 8W MIN. /SPEAKER OUT fo:200Hz FRONT CENTER LD/TV A CC MONITOR OUT B DD C C+D A OR B: 5W MIN. /SPEAKER C: 8W MIN. /SPEAKER A+B:l2W MIN. /SPEAKER C+D: 4W MIN. /SPEAKER Right Left Center speaker(s) Front speakers B Note on front speaker connection: Note: One or two sp
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ABOUT THE ACCESSORY TERMINALS OUTPUT LOW CENTER REAR OUT PASS OUT 1 3 fo:200Hz 2 1 LOW PASS terminal 2 CENTER OUTPUT terminal This terminal is for output to a monaural amplifier This terminal is for center channel line output. driving a subwoofer. Frequencies above 200␣ Hz are There is no connection to this terminal when you filtered out so that only the bass range remains. use the built-in amplifier. The output signal is from the front and center However, if you drive a center speaker with an c
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ENGLISH TAPE 2 TAPE 2 4 LD/TV REC MAIN OUT 5CH 4 FRONT LD/TV DISCRT 7 IN CENTER INPUT 5 FRONT LD/TV OUT SURROUND 0dB FRONT 6 LEVEL -10dB 4 FRONT CH — MAIN␣ IN terminals 75CH DISCRT INPUT terminals These terminals are for line input to the built-in These terminals are used with a Dolby Surround front channel amplifier. Leave the jumper bars AC-3 decoder. Connect the main audio output of connected to the PRE␣ OUT terminals when you use the decoder to the LD/TV MAIN input terminals, the built-in am
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CONNECTING S␣ VIDEO TERMINALS If your video cassette recorder, video disc player, monitor, etc., are equipped with “S” (high-resolution) video terminals, connect them to this unit’s S␣ VIDEO terminals. Otherwise, use the composite video terminals of the unit. Note: • If video signals are sent to both the S␣ VIDEO input and composite input terminals, the input signals will be sent to the respective S␣ VIDEO output and composite output terminals independently. VIDEO SIGNAL VIDEO S VIDEO IN VCR 1 O
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ENGLISH ANTENNA CONNECTIONS • Each antenna should be connected to the designated terminals correctly, referring to the following diagram. • Both AM and FM indoor antennas are included with this unit. In general, these antennas will probably provide sufficient signal strength. Nevertheless, a properly installed outdoor antenna will give clearer reception than an indoor one. If you experience poor reception quality, an outdoor antenna may result in improvement. Outdoor AM antenna Outdoor FM antenn
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ADJUSTMENT BEFORE OPERATION SPEAKER BALANCE ADJUSTMENT This procedure lets you adjust the sound output level balance between the front, center, and rear speakers using the built-in test tone generator. With this adjustment, the sound output level heard at the listening position will be the same from each speaker. This is important for the best performance of the digital sound field processor. The adjustment of each speaker output level should be done at your listening position with the remote co
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ENGLISH CHAPTER/CH DISPLAY STOP VCR 1 — + 7 70mm TV PRO LOGIC ENHANCED MOVIE THEATER THEATER VCR 2 1234 SURROUND SPORTS STADIUM ROCK JAZZ CLUB V–AUX 5678 CHURCH HALL EFFECT MASTER 910 DSP ON/OFF VOLUME + + CENTER LEVEL TEST DELAY — + TIME 9 REAR LEVEL MUTING + — — — RESET CLEAR 8 MASTER Turn up the volume using the remote 7 Select the center channel output mode according to your 9 VOLUME control transmitter. speaker configuration. You will hear a test tone (like pink (Refer to “SPEAKER CONFIG
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CHAPTER/CH DISPLAY STOP VCR 1 — + 12 70mm TV VCR 2 PRO LOGIC ENHANCED MOVIE THEATER THEATER 1234 SURROUND SPORTS STADIUM ROCK JAZZ CLUB V–AUX 5678 CHURCH HALL EFFECT MASTER 910 DSP ON/OFF VOLUME + + 11 CENTER LEVEL TEST DELAY — + TIME REAR LEVEL MUTING — + — — 12 RESET CLEAR 13 10 11 10 Adjust the BALANCE control so that the test tone sound 13 Cancel the test tone. output level of the left front speaker and the right front speaker are the same. TEST BALANCE 0 l l 2 2 3 3 PRO LOGIC 4 4 LR 55 The
