If the distance seems right, keep it. Mine was right on. As far as balancing the levels it did a good job also (give or take 1db) Auto setup gives you an all around good starting place.
To get rid of the eq (which I hated too)
With your remote hit system setup then scroll to "room eq setup" and hit enter. A screen that says "relation to the surround" mode will come up. Hit enter again. A screen that says select eq curve should be visible. Scroll down to where it says room eq hit your directional arrows left or right to turn it off. Hit enter.
That should be it.
Although I also hated most of the eq-ing done there was a flat curve it gave me that wasnt too bad.
For direct mode eq on or off hit system setup again and scroll down to "direct mode setup hit enter and the rest is pretty self-explanatory.
To clear everything including distance and speaker levels go through auto setup again and at the end it will give you the option to trash it or not.
Hope this helps.
