Pioneer VSX-909RDS - Manual (Page 34)

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CENTER (default setting is LARGE)
• Select LARGE if your speaker will reproduce bass frequen-
cies effectively.
• Select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other
speakers or the subwoofer.
• If you did not connect a center speaker, select NO. In this
case, the center channel is output from the front speakers.
SURROUND (default setting is LARGE)
• Select LARGE if your speakers will reproduce bass frequen-
cies effectively.
• Select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other
speakers or subwoofer.
• If you did not connect surround speakers select NO. In this
case, the sound of the surround channels is output from the
front and center speakers.
• If the SURROUND speakers are set to SMALL, the SUR-
ROUND BACK speakers will automatically be set to SMALL.
SUBWOOFER (default setting is YES)
• Select YES if you connected a subwoofer.
• If you did not connect a subwoofer select NO. In this case,
the bass frequencies are output from the front or surround
speakers.
• Choose the PLUS setting if you want stronger reproduction
of deep bass sounds.
• If you select PLUS the bass frequencies that would normally
come out the front and center speakers are all routed to the
subwoofer.
• If you selected SMALL for the FRONT speakers the
subwoofer will automatically be set to yes (you won’t be
able to choose no or PLUS).
SURROUND BACK (default setting is LARGE X2)
NOTE: In order to use SURROUND BACK speakers you
need to hook them up through an external amplifier (see p.
19 & 21) for more on this.
• Select the number and size of SURROUND BACK speakers
you have. You can choose one speaker, two or none.
• If the FRONT speakers or the SURROUND speakers are set
to SMALL, the SURROUND BACK speakers will automatical-
ly be set to SMALL.
• If you chose THX in step 2 then the SURROUND BACK
speakers can only be set to SMALL (or NO).
• Select LARGE if your speakers will reproduce bass frequen-
cies effectively.
• Select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other
speakers or subwoofer.
• If you did not connect surround back speakers select NO.
4 Select EXIT with the
5¥∞ buttons and press
ENTER button to return to the SYSTEM
SETUP MENU.
Next, proceed to CHANNEL DELAY on the next page.
If you have a subwoofer and like
lots of bass, it may seem logical to
select LARGE for your FRONT
speakers and leave the subwoofer
selected. This may not, however,
yield the best bass results. Depend-
ing on the size and shape of your
room you may actually experience a
decrease in the amount of bass due
to what is called "low frequency
cancellations." If you have a sub-
woofer, listen to the bass response
with the FRONT speakers set to
LARGE and SMALL alternatively
and let your ears judge which
sounds best.
If you have a subwoofer, the safest
option is to route all the bass
sounds to it by selecting SMALL for
the FRONT speakers.
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