Pioneer VSX-2021 - Manual (Page 84)

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13 Additional information
About status messages
Refer to the following information when you come up with a status message while operating the
Home Media Gallery.
Status messages Descriptions
STARTING H.M.G.
A component on the network, including a PC, is currently being connected.
Wait for a while.
Connection Down The selected category or Internet radio station cannot be accessed.
File Format Error Cannot be played back for some reasons.
Track Not Found The selected song has not been found anywhere on the network.
Server Error The selected server cannot be accessed.
Server Disconnected The server has been disconnected.
empty There are no files stored in the selected folder.
Preset Not Stored The selected Internet radio station is not currently registered and saved.
Out of Range The value entered is beyond the permitted range of the network settings.
License Error The license for the contents to be played back is invalid.
Item Already Exists
This is displayed when the file you have attempted to register in the Favorites
folder has already been registered.
Favorite List Full
This is displayed when you have attempted to register a file in the Favorites
folder but the Favorites folder is already full.
Speaker Setting Guide
In order to achieve an even better surround
effect, it is important to accurately position
the speakers and make their volume and tone
characteristics uniform so as to finely focus the
multi-channel sound.
The three major elements in positioning the
speakers are distance, angle and orienta-
tion (the direction in which the speakers are
pointing).
Distance: The distance of all the speakers
should be equal.
Angle: The speakers should be horizontally
symmetrical.
Orientation: The orientation should be hori-
zontally symmetrical.
In most homes, however, it is not possible to
achieve this environment. For the distance,
on this receiver it is possible to automatically
correct the speaker distance electrically to a
precision of 1 cm using the Full Auto MCACC
Setup function (page 26).
For the volume and sound quality as well, accu-
rate sound field correction using the equalizer
and speaker phase characteristic correction
using the Full Band Phase Control function
(page 38) together make it possible to achieve
the ideal listening environment.
Step 1: Speaker layout and
distance adjustment
Use speaker stands or the like to make sure the
speakers are steady, and leave at least 10 cm
from the surrounding walls. Position the speak-
ers attentively so that the speakers on the left
and right are at equal angles from the listen-
ing position (center of the adjustments). (We
recommend using cords, etc., when adjusting
the layout.) Ideally all the speakers should be
equidistant from the listening position.
Note
! If the speakers cannot be set at equal
distances (on a circle), use the Auto MCACC
Setup speaker distance correction and Fine
Speaker Distance functions to make them
equalize the distance artificially.
Step 2: Adjusting the speaker
height
Adjust the heights (angles) of the different
speakers.
Adjust so that the front speaker units reproduc-
ing mid- and high frequencies is roughly at the
height of the ears.
If the center speaker cannot be set at the same
height as the front speakers, adjust its angle of
elevation to point it to the listening position.
Set surround speaker 1 so that it is not under
the height of the ears.
Step 3: Adjusting the speaker
orientation
If the left and right speakers are not pointing
in the same direction, the tone will not be the
same on the right and left, and as a result
the sound field will not be reproduced prop-
erly. However, if all the speakers are pointed
towards the listening position, the sound field
will seem cramped. Testing by the Pioneer
Multi-channel Research Group has shown
that a good sense of sound positioning can be
achieved by pointing all the speakers towards
an area 30 cm to 80 cm behind the listening
position (between the surround speakers and
the listening position).
However, the sense of sound positioning
can differ according to the conditions in the
room and the speakers being used. In smaller
environments in particular (when the front
speakers are close to the listening position),
with this method the speakers will be pointed