Pioneer SC-89 Owner's Manual - Page 103

11 The MCACC PRO menu Checking MCACC Data At the procedure of Automatically conducting optimum sound tuning (Full Auto MCACC) on page 51 , the procedure of Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 98 or after fine-adjusting at Manual MCACC setup on page 100 , you can check your calibrated settings using the GUI screen. 1 Press MAIN RECEIVER to switch the remote control to the receiver operation mode, and 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 'MCACC Data Check' from the HOME MENU. 3 Select the setting you want to check. ! Speaker Setting - Used to check the settings of the speaker systems. See Speaker Setting on page 103 for more on this. ! Channel Level - Used to check the output level of the different speakers. See Channel Level on page 103 for more on this. ! Speaker Distance - Used to check the distance to the different speakers. See Speaker Distance on page 103 for more on this. ! Standing Wave - Used to check the standing wave control filter settings. See Standing Wave on page 103 for more on this. ! Acoustic Cal EQ - Used to check the calibration values of the listening environment's frequency response. See Acoustic Cal EQ on page 103 for more on this. ! Group Delay - Used to check the speakers' group delay (both before and after calibration). See Group Delay on page 103 for more on this. 4 Press RETURN to go back to the MCACC Data Check menu, repeating steps 2 and 3 to check other settings. 5 When you're finished, press RETURN. You will return to the HOME MENU. Speaker Setting Use this to display the speaker size and number of speakers. See Speaker Setting on page 107 for more on this. 1 Select 'Speaker Setting' from the MCACC Data Check menu. 2 Select the channel you want to check. Use i/j to select the channel. The corresponding channel on the layout diagram is highlighted. Channel Level Use this to display the level of the various channels. See Channel Level on page 108 for more on this. 1 Select 'Channel Level' from the MCACC Data Check menu. 2 When 'MCACC' is highlighted, use k/l to select the MCACC preset you want to check. The level of the various channels set at the selected MCACC preset is displayed. '---' is displayed for channels that are not connected. Speaker Distance Use this to display the distance from the different channels to the listening position. See Speaker Distance on page 108 for more on this. 1 Select 'Speaker Distance' from the MCACC Data Check menu. 2 When 'MCACC' is highlighted, use k/l to select the MCACC preset you want to check. The distance from the various channels set at the selected MCACC preset is displayed. '---' is displayed for chan- nels that are not connected. Standing Wave Use this to display the standing wave related adjustment values for the various MCACC memories. See Standing Wave on page 101 for more on this. 1 Select 'Standing Wave' from the MCACC Data Check menu. 2 When 'Filter Channel' is highlighted, use i/j to select the channel for which you want to check standing wave control. The standing wave related calibration value for the selected channel stored at the selected MCACC preset and its graph are displayed. 3 Press k to highlight 'MCACC', then use i/j to select the MCACC preset you want to check. Acoustic Cal EQ Use this to display the calibration values for the frequency response of the various channels set in the different MCACC presets. See Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust on page 101 for more on this. 1 Select 'Acoustic Cal EQ' from the MCACC Data Check menu. 2 When 'Ch' is highlighted, use i/j to select the channel. The calibration value for the frequency response of the selected channel stored at the selected MCACC preset and its graph are displayed. 3 Press k to highlight 'MCACC', then use i/j to select the MCACC preset you want to check. Group Delay Use this to display the calibrated speaker group delay results. See Better sound using Phase Control and Full Band Phase Control on page 68 for more on this. 1 Select 'Group Delay' from the MCACC Data Check menu. 2 When 'Channel' is highlighted, use k/l to select the channel you want to check. The result of group delay calibration for the selected channel is displayed. When measurements have been performed with Full Auto MCACC selected at MCACC PRO or with ALL or Full Band Phase Ctrl selected when Auto MCACC is selected, the graph before group delay calibration is also displayed. When After is selected at Calibration, the group delay after calibration is displayed. Compared to when Before is selected, with After there is less difference in the delay between frequency bands and the group delay between the different channels is uniform, allowing you to check the full band phase control effect. No Data is displayed if the selected group delay has not been measured. ! The Full Band Phase Control function does not work for Dolby enabled speakers since they are full-range speakers. 103