Pioneer VSX-423-S - Manual (Page 34)

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• Surr – Select LARGE if your surround speakers reproduce
bass frequencies effectively. Select SMALL to send bass
frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you
didn’t connect surround speakers choose NO (the sound of
the surround channels is sent to the other speakers).
• Subwoofer – LFE signals and bass frequencies of
channels set to SMALL are output from the subwoofer
when YES is selected (see notes below). Choose the PLUS
setting if you want the subwoofer to output bass sound
continuously or you want deeper bass (the bass
frequencies that would normally come out the front and
center speakers are also routed to the subwoofer). If you did
not connect a subwoofer choose NO (the bass frequencies
are output from other speakers).
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When you’re finished, press RETURN .
You return to the Manual SP Setup menu.
Note
• If you select SMALL for the front speakers, the subwoofer
will automatically be fixed to YES. Also, the center,
surround can’t be set to LARGE if the front speakers are set
to SMALL. In this case, all bass frequencies are sent to the
subwoofer.
• If you have a subwoofer and like lots of bass, it may seem
logical to select LARGE for your front speakers and PLUS
for the subwoofer. This may not, however, yield the best
bass results. Depending on the speaker placement of your
room you may actually experience a decrease in the
amount of bass due to low frequency cancellations. In this
case, try changing the position or direction of speakers. If
you can’t get good results, listen to the bass response with
it set to PLUS and YES or the front speakers set to LARGE
and SMALL alternatively and let your ears judge which
sounds best. If you’re having problems, the easiest option
is to route all the bass sounds to the subwoofer by selecting
SMALL
for the front speakers.
X.Over
• Default setting: 100Hz
This setting decides the cutoff between bass sounds playing
back from the speakers selected as LARGE, or the subwoofer,
and bass sounds playing back from those selected as SMALL.
It also decides where the cutoff will be for bass sounds in the
LFE channel.
• For more on selecting the speaker sizes, see Speaker Setting
on page 33 .
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Select ‘Manual SP Setup’ from the Home Menu.
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Select ‘X.Over’ from the Manual SP Setup menu.
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Choose the frequency cutoff point.
Frequencies below the cutoff point will be sent to the
subwoofer (or LARGE speakers).
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When you’re finished, press RETURN .
You return to the Manual SP Setup menu.
Channel Level
Using the channel level settings, you can adjust the overall
balance of your speaker system, an important factor when
setting up a home theater system.
CAUTION
• The test tones used in the Channel Level settings are output
at high volume.
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Select ‘Manual SP Setup’ from the Home Menu.
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Select ‘Channel Level’ from the Manual SP Setup menu.
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Select a setup option.
• Manual – Move the test tone manually from speaker to
speaker and adjust individual channel levels.
• Auto – Adjust channel levels as the test tone moves
from speaker to speaker automatically.
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Confirm your selected setup option.
The test tones will start after you press
ENTER . After the
volume increases to the reference level, test tones will be
output.
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Adjust the level of each channel using / .
If you selected Manual, use / to switch speakers. The
Auto setup will output test tones in the order shown on-
screen:
2.Manual SP Setup
Return
a.Speaker Setting
b.X.Over
c.Channel Level
d.Speaker Distance
2b.X.Over
Return
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2.Manual SP Setup
Return
a.Speaker Setting
b.X.Over
c.Channel Level
d.Speaker Distance
2c.Channel Level
Test Tone Manual
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Caution
Loud test tones
will be output.
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