Pioneer VSX-1018AH-S - Manual (Page 48)

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2 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:
• Speaker Setting – Specifies the size and number of
speakers you’ve connected (see below).
• Channel Level – Adjusts the overall balance of your
speaker system (see below).
• Speaker Distance – Specifies the distance of your
speakers from the listening position (page 49).
• X-Curve – Adjusts the tonal balance of your speaker
system for movie soundtracks (page 50).
• THX Audio Setting – Specifies whether you are
using a THX speaker setup (page 50).
3 Make the adjustments necessary for each setting,
pressing RETURN to confirm after each screen.
Speaker Setting
Use this setting to specify your speaker configuration
(size, number of speakers and crossover frequency). It is
a good idea to make sure that the settings made in
Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto
MCACC) on page 9 are correct. 1
Note that this setting
applies to all MCACC presets, and cannot be set
independently.
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:
2
• 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).
3
Select LARGE if your
surround back speakers reproduce bass frequencies
effectively. Select
SMALL 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). 4 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.
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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.
Note
1 If you’re using a THX speaker setup, set all speakers to SMALL.
2 If you select SMALL for the front speakers the subwoofer will automatically be fixed to YES. Also, the center and surround 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.
5.Manual SP Setup
:Return
a . Speaker Setting
b . Channel Level
c . Speaker Distance
d
. X-Curve
e . THX Audio Setting
5a.Speaker Setting
:Return
F ro n t S M A L L
C e n t e r [ S M A L L ]
S u r r [ S M A L L ]
S B [ S M A L L x2 ]
S W [ Y E S ]
X . OV E R [ 8 0 H z ]
( T H X : A L L S M A L L )
3 • 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.
4 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.
5 • 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.
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