Pioneer SC-85 Owner's Manual - Page 51

04 Basic Setup Automatically conducting optimum sound tuning (Full Auto MCACC) The Full 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. When Measurement Type is Expert, in addition to this, Standing Wave, EQ and Full Band Phase Control are measured. 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 Full Auto MCACC Setup. ! Using the Full Auto MCACC Setup will overwrite any existing settings for the MCACC preset you select. ! Before using the Full Auto MCACC Setup, the headphones should be disconnected. ! With factory default settings, the on-screen display will be output from all HDMI output terminals and displayed on any TV connected via HDMI cable. You can change where the screen is output in the MAIN/HDZONE (page 110 ) and HDMI output (page 85 ) settings. CAUTION ! The test tones used in the Full Auto MCACC Setup are output at high volume. 1 Press u STANDBY/ON to 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. ZONE 2 ON/OFF MULTI-ZONE CONTROL SPEAKERS iPod iPhone DIRECT CONTROL AUTO/ALC/ DIRECT STATUS BAND ZONE 3 ON/OFF HDZONE ON/OFF PHONES MCACC SETUP MIC (HDMI) 5V 1 A HDMI 5 INPUT TUNER EDIT Microphone Tripod 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. 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. The Full Auto MCACC display appears once the microphone is connected. 1a.Full Auto MCACC A/V RECEIVER Speaker System : Normal(SB/FH) EQ Type : - - - MCACC : M1.MEMORY 1 Dolby Enabled Speaker : NO SP to ceiling : 10'
00" Measurement Type : Basic START Exit Return ! If you leave the GUI screen for over five minutes, the screen saver will appear. 3 Press MAIN RECEIVER to switch the remote control to the receiver operation mode. 4 Select the parameters you want to set. If the speakers are connected using any setup other than 7.2.2ch TMd/FW, be sure to set Speaker System before the Full Auto MCACC Setup. See Speaker system setting on page 104 . ! Speaker System - Shows the current settings. When this is selected and ENTER is pressed, the speaker system selection screen appears. Select the proper speaker system, then press RETURN to return. If you are planning on bi-amping your front speakers, or setting up a separate speaker system in another room, read through Speaker system setting on page 104 and make sure to connect your speakers as neces- sary before continuing to step 4. ! EQ Type - When you select Expert for Measurement Type, set the correction method of the frequency char- acteristics of the viewing environment. Usually, set SYMMETRY. For details, see Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 96 . ! MCACC - The six MCACC presets are used for storing surround sound settings for different listening posi- tions. Simply choose an unused preset for now (you can rename it later in Data Management on page 101) . ! Dolby Enabled Speaker - Select speakers that use Dolby Enabled Speaker (TFw+TBw, TFw, TMd, TBw). For all speakers other than the front speakers, Speaker Setting is set to SMALL (page 105 ). When Dolby Enabled Speaker is not used, select NO (page 24 ). ! SP to ceiling - When Dolby Enabled Speaker is used, enter the height from the speaker to the ceiling (page 24 ). ! Measurement Type - When Basic is set, the minimum required measurement is performed in a short period of time. When Expert is set, accurate and precise measurement is performed so it will take some time. 5 Select 'START', then press ENTER. 6 Follow the instructions on-screen. Make sure the microphone is connected, and if you're using a subwoofer, make sure it is switched on and set to a comfortable volume level. 7 Wait for the test tones to finish, then confirm the speaker configuration in the GUI screen. A progress report is displayed on-screen while the receiver outputs test tones to determine the speakers present in your setup. Try to be as quiet as possible while it's doing this. If no operations are performed for 10 seconds while the speaker configuration check screen is being displayed, the Full Auto MCACC Setup will resume automatically. In this case, you don't need to select 'OK' and press ENTER in step 7. ! With error messages (such as Too much ambient noise! or Check microphone.), select RETRY after checking for ambient noise (see Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup on page 52 ) and verifying the mic connection. If there doesn't seem to be a problem, you can simply select GO NEXT and continue. 51