Pioneer SC-LX81 - Manual (Page 9)

Simple Home Theater Guide 02
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Automatically setting up for surround
sound (MCACC & Full Band Phase
Control)
The Auto MCACC Setup measures the acoustic
characteristics of your listening area, taking into account
ambient noise, speaker size and distance, and tests for
both channel delay and channel level. After you have set
up the microphone provided with your system, the
receiver uses the information from a series of test tones
to optimize the speaker settings and equalization for your
particular room, and also to calibrate the frequency-
phase characteristics of the speakers connected.
Make sure you do this before moving on to Playing a
source on page 10.
Important
• Make sure the microphone and speakers are not
moved during the Auto MCACC Setup.
• Using the Auto MCACC Setup will overwrite any
existing settings for the MCACC preset you select.
• Before using the Auto MCACC Setup, the
headphones should be disconnected and the HOME
MEDIA GALLERY function should not be selected as
an input source.
Caution
• The test tones used in the Auto MCACC Setup are
output at high volume.
1 Switch on the receiver and your TV.
2 Connect the microphone to the MCACC SETUP MIC
jack on the front panel.
Place the microphone so that it’s about ear level at your
normal listening position (use a tripod if possible). Make
sure there are no obstacles between the speakers and
the microphone.
• Push down on the lower portion of the front panel
door to access the MCACC SETUP MIC jack:
The Full Auto MCACC display appears once the
microphone is connected.
1
3 Make sure ‘Normal’ is selected, 2 select an MCACC
preset 3 , then select START. 4
Check that the remote control’s operation selector switch
is set to
RCV.
4 Follow the instructions on-screen.
Make sure the microphone is connected, and if you’re
using a subwoofer, make sure it is switched on and set to
a comfortable volume level.
5 Wait for the test tones to finish, then confirm the
speaker configuration in the OSD.
A progress report is displayed on-screen while the
receiver outputs test tones to determine the speakers
present in your setup. Try to be as quiet as possible while
it’s doing this.
5
DVD
RECEIVER SOURCE MAIN
MULTI
OPERATION
ZONE2 3
VIDEO1
GALLERY
HOME MEDIA
INPUT SELECT
CD
HDMI TUNER
PHONO
VIDEO2 VIDEO3 TV
BD DVR1 DVR2
CD-R
RECEIVER
AUDIO
PARAMETER
TOP MENU
BAND
iPod CTRL
PTY
SEARCH
EXIT TOOLS
HOME
MENU
MENU
T.EDIT
VIDEO
PARAMETER
SOURCE
TV RCV
INPUT MUTE
TUNE +
TUNE
ST ST +
MUTE
VOL
VOL
TV CONTROL
CH
RETURN RETURN
ENTER
SOURCE
TV RCV
Note
1 • You can’t use the HOME MENU in either the main or sub zone when the HOME MEDIA GALLERY input source is selected. When you set
ZONE 2, ZONE 3 or ZONE 2&3 to ON (page 66), you can’t use the HOME MENU.
• If you leave the OSD (on screen display) for over five minutes, the screen saver will appear.
2 • If you are planning on bi-amping your front speakers, or setting up a separate speaker system in another room, read through Surround back
speaker setting on page 57 and make sure to connect your speakers as necessary before continuing to step 4.
• If you have THX-certified speakers, select
Return, then select Auto MCACC for the THX Speaker setting. See Automatic MCACC (Expert) on
page 45 for more on this.
3 The six MCACC presets are used for storing surround sound settings for different listening positions. Simply choose an unused preset for now
(you can rename it later in Data Management on page 54).
4 Note that correction curves are saved only when set to SYMMETRY. Select Return, then select Auto MCACC to save other correction curves
(such as ALL CH ADJUST and FRONT ALIGN). See Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 45 for more on this.
5 Do not adjust the volume during the test tones. This may result in incorrect speaker settings.
VIDEO3 INPUT
DIGITAL IN S-VIDEO VIDEO L R AUDIO PHONES
SPEAKERS CONTROL
MULTI-ZONE
& SOURCE
ON/OFF
MCACC
SETUP MIC
PARAMETER
ENTER
(TUNE)
(TUNE)
(ST) (ST)
AUDIO VIDEO
TUNER EDIT
iPod DIRECT
USB
AUTO SURR/
STREAM DIRECT
HOME
THX
STANDARD
SURROUND ADVANCED
SURROUND STEREO/
A.L.C. BAND
HOME MENU RETURN MCACC
SETUP MIC
Surr Back System : Normal
1a.Full Auto MCACC
A/V RECEIVER
Exit Return
START
Save SYMMETRY to : M1.MEMORY 1
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