Yamaha RX-497: Adjusting the tonal quality
Adjusting the tonal quality: Yamaha RX-497
Table of contents
- CAUTION: READ THIS BEFORE OPERATING YOUR UNIT.
- CONTENTS
- FEATURES SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES
- CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS
- CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS
- Front panel display
- Rear panel
- Remote control
- CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS
- Installing batteries in the remote control Using the remote control
- CONNECTIONS
- Connecting speakers
- Connecting the AM and FM antennas
- Connecting the AM loop antenna
- Connecting the power supply cord Turning on and off this unit
- PLAYING AND RECORDING Playing a source
- Adjusting the tonal quality
- Recording a source
- Using the sleep timer
- Muting the sound output
- FM/AM TUNING Automatic tuning
- Manual tuning
- Automatic preset tuning
- Customized automatic preset tuning
- Manual preset tuning
- Selecting preset stations Exchanging preset stations
- RADIO DATA SYSTEM (EUROPE MODEL ONLY) Receiving Radio Data System stations Changing the Radio Data System mode
- PTY SEEK function
- EON function
- ADVANCED SETUP Changing the ADVANCED SETUP menu parameters
- Switching the remote control ID
- ZONE 2 Connecting the Zone 2 components
- Controlling Zone 2
- REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES Control area
- Controlling other components
- Setting remote control codes
- General TROUBLESHOOTING
- Tuner
- Remote control
- SPECIFICATIONS
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PLAYING AND RECORDING
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Adjusting the BALANCE control
Adjusts the sound output balance of the left and right
speakers to compensate for sound imbalance caused by
speaker locations or listening room conditions.
■
Using the PURE DIRECT button
Routes input signals from your audio sources so that the
input signals bypass the BASS, TREBLE, BALANCE and
LOUDNESS controls, thus eliminating any alterations to
the audio signals and creating the purest possible sound.
■
Adjusting the BASS and TREBLE
controls
Adjust the high and low frequency response.
BASS
Increases or decreases the low frequency response.
TREBLE
Increases or decreases the high frequency response.
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Adjusting the LOUDNESS control
Retains a full tonal range at any volume level, thus
compensating for the human ears’ loss of sensitivity to
high and low-frequency ranges at a low volume level.
If the PURE DIRECT button is turned on with the LOUDNESS
control set at a certain level, the input signals bypass the
LOUDNESS control, resulting in a sudden increase in the sound
output level. To prevent your ears or the speakers from being
undesirably damaged, be sure to press the PURE DIRECT button
after lowering the sound output level or after checking that the
LOUDNESS control is properly set.
1
Rotate the LOUDNESS control on the front
panel to the FLAT position.
2
Rotate VOLUME on the front panel (or press
VOLUME +/– on the remote control) to set the
sound output level to the loudest listening
level that you would listen to.
3
Rotate the LOUDNESS control until the
desired volume is obtained.
Adjusting the tonal quality
BALANCE
5
5
1
0
1
4
4
2
2
3
3
R
L
PURE DIRECT
BASS
5
5
1
0
1
4
4
2
2
3
3
+
–
TREBLE
5
5
1
0
1
4
4
2
2
3
3
+
–
CAUTION
LOUDNESS
5
7
1
FLAT
6
4
8
2
10
–30dB
3
9
0
12
12
2
8
4
∞
20
20
60
60
26
26
40
40
16
16
-dB
-dB
VOLUME
VOLUME
Remote control
Front panel
or
LOUDNESS
5
7
1
FLAT
6
4
8
2
10
–30dB
3
9
