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Chapter 3:
Basic Setup
Automatically setting up for surround
sound (Auto MCACC)
The Auto MCACC Setup measures the acoustic
characteristics of your listening area, taking into account
ambient noise, speaker connection and speaker size, 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.
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.
CAUTION
• The test tones used in the Auto MCACC Setup are
output at high volume.
THX
®
• THX is a trademark of THX Ltd., which may be
registered in some jurisdictions. All rights reserved.
1 Switch on the receiver and your TV.
Make sure that the TV’s video input is set to this receiver.
2 Connect the microphone to the MCACC SETUP MIC
jack on the front panel.
Make sure there are no obstacles between the speakers
and the microphone.
If you have a tripod, use it to place the microphone so that
it’s about ear level at your normal listening position. If you
do not have a tripod, use some other object to install the
microphone.
1
The Full Auto MCACC display appears once the
microphone is connected.
2
3 Select the parameters you want to set. 3
If the speakers are connected using any setup other than
the Front height setup, be sure to set the
Speaker
System before the Auto MCACC Setup. See Speaker
system setting on Operating Instructions in CD-ROM.
Note
1 Install the microphone on a stable floor. Placing the microphone on any of the following surfaces may make accurate measurement
impossible:
• Sofas or other soft surfaces.
• High places such as tabletops and sofa tops.
2 If you leave the GUI screen for over five minutes, the screen saver will appear.
3 • When data measurement is taken, the reverb characteristics data (both before- and after-calibration) that this receiver had been storing will
be overwritten. If you want to save the reverb characteristics data before measuring, connect a USB memory device to this receiver and
transfer the data.
• When measurement is taken of the reverb characteristics data other than
SYMMETRY, the data are not measured after the correction. If
you will need to measure after correction data, take the measurement using the EQ Professional menu in the Manual MCACC setup.
MASTER
VOLUME
MCACC SETUP MIC USB
iPod iPhone
VIDEO CAMERA
HDMI 5
CONTROL ON / OFF
Microphone
Tripod
Speaker System : Normal(SB/FH)
1a.Full Auto MCACC
A/V RECEIVER
Exit Return
START
EQ Type : SYMMETRY
MCACC : M1.MEMORY 1
THX Speaker : NO
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