Pioneer SC-55 Owner's Manual - Page 78

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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 whether your subwoofer is

Ultra2/Select2 certified or not.

If your subwoofer isn’t THX Ultra2/Select2 certi-

fied, but you still want to switch boundary gain

compensation on, select

YES

here, but the

effect might not work properly.

5

Select either ON or OFF for Boundary

Gain Compensation setting.

6

When you’re finished, press RETURN.

You will return to the

Manual SP Setup

menu.

Network Setup menu

Make the settings for connecting the receiver to

the Internet and using the network functions.

1

Press

on the remote control,

then press HOME MENU.

A Graphical User Interface (GUI) screen

appears on your TV. Use

i

/

j

/

k

/

l

and

ENTER

to navigate through the screens and

select menu items. Press

RETURN

to 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:

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IP Address, Proxy

– Sets up the IP address/

Proxy of this receiver (page 78).

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Network Standby

– Allows the AVNavigator

or iControlAV2 function to be used even

when the receiver is in the standby mode

(page 79).

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Friendly Name

– The name of the receiver

displayed on a computer or other device

connected to the network can be changed

(page 79).

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Parental Lock

– Restricts usage of network

functions (page 79).

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Port Number Setting

– Sets the numbers of

the ports where signals from IP Control are

received (page 79).

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Wireless LAN Converter

– Used to make the

wireless LAN converter’s access point and IP

address settings (page 80).

For the wireless LAN converter, use the

separately sold AS-WL300.

IP address/Proxy setting

In case the router connected to the LAN termi-

nal on this receiver is a broadband router (with

En

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The System Setup and Other Setup menus

listening position and adjust the level of each

speaker to 75 dB SPL (C-weighting/slow

reading).

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Manual SP Setup

menu.

Note

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You can change the channel levels by press

to the receiver operation mode, then

press

CH LEVEL

, and then using

k

/

l

on the

remote control.

Speaker Distance

For good sound depth and separation from

your system, you need to specify the distance of

your speakers from the listening position. The

receiver can then add the proper delay needed

for effective surround sound.

1

Select ‘Speaker Distance’ from the

Manual SP Setup menu.

2

Adjust the distance of each speaker

using

k

/

l

.

You can adjust the distance of each speaker in

1/2 inch Increments.

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Manual SP Setup

menu.

Note

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For best surround sound, make sure the

surround back speakers are the same

distance from the listening position.

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.

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.

1

Select ‘X-Curve’ from the


2

Choose the X-Curve setting you want.

Use

k

/

l

to adjust the setting. The X-Curve

is expressed as a downwards slope in deci-

bels 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:

Room size (ft

2

)

≤

400

≤

550

≤

650

≤

800

≤

2200

≤

12000

X-Curve

(dB/oct)

–0.5

–1.0

–1.5

–2.0

–2.5

–3.0

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If you select

OFF

, the frequency curve will be

flat and the X-Curve has no effect.

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THX Audio Setting

This menu allows the user to adjust various THX

features including Loudness Plus, SBch pro-

cessing, THX Ultra2/Select2 Subwoofer (on/off),

and Boundary Gain Control. Please see page 95

for details regarding these THX features.

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ULTRA2

for the SC-57,

SELECT2

for the SC-55.

1

Select ‘THX Audio Setting’ from the


2

Select either ON or OFF for the THX

Loudness Plus setting.

3

Specify whether the SBch Processing is

AUTO or MANUAL.

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AUTO

– When surround back speakers are

connected, Dolby Digital EX signal is present

in the audio signals being input is detected

and the appropriate THX surround mode is

set.

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