Patent ID: 7412067

Claim:
An acoustic apparatus to which three or more speakers can be connected and that can reproduce surround sounds, comprising: output control means for controlling audio signal outputs of a plurality of channels; a table for storing information representing a plurality of different speaker setups that can be constructed by said plurality of channels and storing a plurality of identification codes for identifying said plurality of different speaker setups in correspondence to each other, each respective speaker setup having a respective number of speakers in which each speaker is a respective type of speaker, wherein each respective speaker setup is different from each other; operating means having an easy setup mode for selecting an identification code corresponding to a desired speaker setup from said plurality of identification codes in accordance with an operation by a user, said operating means further having an individual setup mode in which control for every speaker in said desired speaker setup is individually set by said user; selection means for selecting between said easy setup mode and said individual setup mode in accordance with an operation by said user; and display means for displaying said identification code selected by said user in said easy setup mode, wherein said acoustic apparatus has a batch setup mode in which said control for every speaker in said desired speaker setup is set based on said identification code selected by said user in said easy setup mode, and wherein said easy setup mode is used for an initial speaker arrangement prior to normal operation of the acoustic apparatus.