Pioneer SC-LX73 - Manual (Page 113)

The System Setup and Other Setup menus 12
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X-Curve
Most soundtracks mixed for cinema sound too bright
when played back in large rooms. The X-Curve setting acts
as a kind of re-equalization for home theater listening, and
restores proper tonal balance of movie soundtracks.
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1 Select ‘X-Curve’ from the Manual SP Setup menu.
2 Choose the X-Curve setting you want.
Use
/ to adjust the setting. The X-Curve is expressed
as a downwards slope in decibels per octave, starting at
2 kHz. The sound becomes less bright as the slope
increases (to a maximum of
–3.0dB/oct). Use the
following guidelines to set the X-Curve according to your
room size:
• If you select OFF, the frequency curve will be flat and
the X-Curve has no effect.
3 When you’re finished, press RETURN.
THX Audio Setting
This menu allows the user to adjust various THX features
including Loudness Plus, SBch processing, SB Speaker
Position, THX Ultra2/Select2
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Subwoofer (on/off), and
Boundary Gain Control. Please see page 130 for details
regarding these THX features.
1 Select ‘THX Audio Setting’ from the Manual SP
setup menu.
2 Select either ON or OFF for the THX Loudness Plus
setting.
3 Specify whether the SBch processing is AUTO or
MANUAL.
• AUTO – When surround back speakers are connected,
whether or not surround back channel signals are
present in the audio signals being input is detected
and the appropriate THX surround mode is set.
• MANUAL – The desired THX surround mode can be
selected regardless of whether or not surround back
channel signals are present in the audio signals
being input.
4 Specify the distance of your surround back speakers
from each other.
• 0–0.3 m – Surround back speakers within 30 cm
apart (best for THX surround sound).
• >0.3– 1.2 m – Surround back speakers between 30
cm and 1.2 m apart.
• 1.2 m< – Surround back speakers more than 1.2 m
apart (default).
5 Specify whether your subwoofer is Ultra2/Select2
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certified or not.
If your subwoofer isn’t THX Ultra2/Select2
2
certified, but
you still want to switch boundary gain compensation on,
select
YES here, but the effect might not work properly.
6 Select either ON or OFF for Boundary Gain
Compensation setting.
7 When you’re finished, press RETURN.
You will return to the Manual SP Setup menu.
Network Setup menu
Setting up the network to listen to Internet radio on this
receiver.
1 Set the remote control to the receiver operation
mode, then press HOME MENU.
A Graphical User Interface (GUI) screen appears on your
TV. Use
/// and ENTER to navigate through the
screens and select menu items. Press RETURN to
confirm and exit the current menu.
2 Select ‘System Setup’ from the Home Menu.
3 Select ‘Network Setup’ from the System Setup
menu.
4 Select the setting you want to adjust.
If you are doing this for the first time, you may want to
adjust these settings in order:
• IP Address, Proxy – Sets up the IP address/Proxy of
this receiver (page 114).
• Information – Checks the MAC address and the
firmware version of the Network section of this
receiver (page 114).
• Network Standby – Allows the Web Control
function to be used even when the receiver is in the
standby mode (page 114).
Note
1 Since the principal is the same, X-Curve isn’t applied when you’re using any of the Home THX, Pure direct or Optimum surround modes.
Room size (m 2 )
≤36 ≤48 ≤60 ≤72 ≤300 ≤1000
X-Curve
(dB/oct)
–0.5 –1.0 –1.5 –2.0 –2.5 –3.0
2 Ultra2 for the SC-LX83, Select2 for the SC-LX73.