Pioneer VSX23TXH Owner's Manual - Page 61

Listening to your system 06 Selecting MCACC presets • Default setting: MEMORY 1 If you have calibrated your system for different listening positions1, you can switch between settings to suit the kind of source you're listening to and where you're sitting (for example, watching movies from a sofa, or playing a video game close to the TV). HDMI OUT 123 SIGNAL SEL MCACC 45 SLEEP 6 SBch A.ATT DIMMER 789 D.ACCESS CH LEVEL 0 CLASS ENTER INPUT MASTER VOLUME THX PHASE CTRL STATUS ANT MPX PQLS MEMORY AUDIO INFO CH DISP TV CTRL RECEIVER REMOTE SETUP • While listening to a source, press RECEIVER , then press MCACC. Press repeatedly to select one of the six MCACC presets2. See Data Management on page 88 to check and manage your current settings. • PCM - For PCM input signals.5 The receiver selects the first available signal in the following order: HDMI; DIGITAL. When set to DIGITAL, HDMI or AUTO (only selected DIGITAL or HDMI), the indicators light according to the signal being decoded, as follows: - 2 DIGITAL lights with Dolby Digital decoding. - 2 DIGITAL PLUS lights with Dolby Digital Plus decoding. - 2 TrueHD lights with Dolby TrueHD decoding. - DTS lights with DTS decoding. - DTS HD lights with DTS-HD decoding. - MSTR lights with DTS-HD Master Audio decoding. - 96/24 lights with DTS 96/24 decoding. - WMA9 Pro lights to indicate that a WMA9 Pro signal is being decoded. • HDMI is not assigned by default. To select an HDMI signal, conduct the input setup procedure (see The Input Setup menu on page 43). Choosing the input signal On this receiver, it is possible to switch the input signals for the different inputs as described below.3 HDMI OUT 123 SIGNAL SEL MCACC 45 SLEEP 6 SBch A.ATT DIMMER 789 D.ACCESS CH LEVEL 0 CLASS ENTER INPUT MASTER VOLUME THX PHASE CTRL STATUS ANT MPX PQLS MEMORY AUDIO INFO CH DISP TV CTRL RECEIVER REMOTE SETUP • Press RECEIVER , then press SIGNAL SEL to select the input signal corresponding to the source component. Each press cycles through the options as follows: • AUTO - The receiver selects the first available signal in the following order: HDMI; DIGITAL; ANALOG. • ANALOG - Selects an analog signal. • DIGITAL - Selects an optical or coaxial digital signal. • HDMI - Selects an HDMI signal.4 Better sound using Phase Control This receiver's Phase Control feature uses phase correction measures to make sure your sound source arrives at the listening position in phase, preventing unwanted distortion and/or coloring of the sound. During multichannel playback, LFE (Low-Frequency Effects) signals as well as low-frequency signals in each channel are assigned to the subwoofer or the other most appropriate speaker. At least in theory, however, this type of processing involves a group delay that varies with frequency, resulting in phase distortion where the lowfrequency sound is delayed or muffled by the conflict with other channels. With the Phase Control mode switched on, this receiver can reproduce powerful bass sound without deteriorating the quality of the original sound (see illustration below). Note 1 Different presets might also have separate calibration settings for the same listening position, depending on how you're using your system. These presets can be set in Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC) on page 41 or Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 78, either of which you should have already completed. 2 • These settings have no effect when headphones are connected. • You can also press / to select the MCACC preset. 3 • This receiver can only play back Dolby Digital, PCM (32 kHz to 192 kHz), DTS (including DTS 96/24) and WMA9 Pro digital signal formats. The compatible signals via the HDMI terminals are: Dolby Digital, DTS, WMA9 Pro, PCM (32 kHz to 192 kHz), Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-EXPRESS, DTS-HD Master Audio, SACD and DVD Audio (including 192 kHz). With other digital signal formats, set to ANALOG (the MULTI CH IN and TUNER). • You may get digital noise when a LD or CD player compatible with DTS is playing an analog signal. To prevent noise, make the proper digital connections (page 29) and set the signal input to DIGITAL. • Some DVD players don't output DTS signals. For more details, refer to the instruction manual supplied with your DVD player. 4 When the HDMI audio output parameter is set to THROUGH, the sound will be heard through your TV, not from this receiver. 5 • This is useful if you find there is a slight delay before AUTO recognizes the PCM signal on a CD, for instance. • When PCM is selected, noise may be output during playback of non-PCM sources. Please select another input signal if this is a problem. 61 En