Pioneer SC-LX82 - Manual (Page 122)

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1 Select ‘Speaker Setting’ from the Manual SP Setup
menu.
2 Choose the set of speakers that you want to set,
then select a speaker size.
Use
/ to select the size (and number) of each of the
following speakers: 1
• Front – Select LARGE if your front speakers
reproduce bass frequencies effectively, or if you
didn’t connect a subwoofer. Select
SMALL to send
the bass frequencies to the subwoofer.
• Center – Select LARGE if your center speaker
reproduces bass frequencies effectively, or select
SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other
speakers or subwoofer. If you didn’t connect a center
speaker, choose
NO (the center channel is sent to
the front speakers).
• 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 front speakers or a
subwoofer).
• SB – Select the number of surround back speakers
you have (one, two or none).
2
Select LARGEx2 or
LARGEx1 if your surround back speakers reproduce
bass frequencies effectively. Select
SMALLx2 or
SMALLx1 to send bass frequencies to the other
speakers or subwoofer. If you didn’t connect
surround back speakers choose
NO.
• SW – LFE signals and bass frequencies of channels
set to
SMALL are output from the subwoofer when
YES is selected. 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).
3
If you did
not connect a subwoofer choose NO (the bass
frequencies are output from other speakers).
3 Select ‘X.OVER’ and set the crossover frequency.
4
Frequencies below this point will be sent to the
subwoofer (or
LARGE speakers).
4 When you’re finished, press RETURN.
You will 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.
1 Select ‘Channel Level’ from the Manual SP Setup
menu.
2 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.
Note
1 If you select SMALL for the front speakers the subwoofer will automatically be fixed to YES. Also, the center, surround and surround back
speakers 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.
2 • If you selected Speaker B, ZONE 2 or Front Bi-Amp (in Surround back speaker setting on page 121) you can’t adjust the surround back
settings.
• If the surround speakers are set to
NO, the surround back speakers will automatically be set to NO.
• If you select one surround back speaker only, make sure that speaker is hooked up to the left surround back terminal.
1. Surr Back System
2. Speaker Setting
3. Channel Level
4. Speaker Distance
5. X-Curve
6. THX Audio Setting
4a.Manual SP Setup
A/V RECEIVER
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Front : LARGE
Surr : LARGE
Center : LARGE
4a2.Speaker Setting
SB : LARGE x 2
SW : YES
X.OVER : 80Hz
A/V RECEIVER
Exit Return
3 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 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.
4 • 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.
• If you’re using a THX speaker setup, confirm that the crossover frequency is set to 80Hz.
4a.Manual SP Setup
A/V RECEIVER
Exit Return
1. Surr Back System
2. Speaker Setting
3. Channel Level
4. Speaker Distance
5. X-Curve
6. THX Audio Setting
MCACC : M1.MEMORY 1
Test Tone : AUTO
4a3.Channel Level
A/V RECEIVER
Exit Return
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