Pioneer SC-99 Owner s Manual - Page 114
Select 'Speaker Setting' from the Manual SP Setup menu.
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12 The System Setup and Other Setup menus Using Multi-ZONE Music Multi-ZONE Music can be used to play the same sound in the MAIN ZONE, ZONE 2 and ZONE 3, for example for home parties. Normally set Speaker System to 5.2 +ZONE 2+ZONE 3 for multi-zone/multi-source playback, then switch it to Multi-ZONE Music when having a home party. When this is done, the sound of the input function selected for the MAIN ZONE is played in all zones (the MAIN ZONE, ZONE 2 and ZONE 3). ! There is virtually no delay in the sound. ! Switching of the input for only ZONE 2 or ZONE 3 is disabled, but the volume can be adjusted or muted for the individual zones. ! This is only valid for ZONE 2 and ZONE 3 connections using the speaker terminals. No sound is output from the ZONE 2 and ZONE 3 pre-out terminals. ! The HDZONE setting does not apply to Multi-ZONE Music. 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 conducting optimum sound tuning (Full Auto MCACC) on page 59 are correct. 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 k/l to select the size (and number) of each of the following speakers: ! SW 1/SW 2 - 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). If you did not connect a subwoofer choose NO (the bass frequencies are output from other speakers). - 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. ! 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). ! TMd - Select LARGE if your top middle speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively, or select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. When setting up the Dolby Enabled Speaker on the front speaker, please select Dolby Sp (Front). When setting up the Dolby Enabled Speaker on the surround speaker, please select Dolby Sp (Surr). When setting up the Dolby Enabled Speaker on the surround back speaker, please select Dolby Sp (SB). If you didn't connect the top middle speakers, choose NO (the top middle channel is sent to the front speakers). - You can adjust this setting only when Speaker System setting is 7.2.2/5.2.2/7.2ch, 9.2.2ch TMd/FH, 7.2.2ch Front Bi-Amp, or 7.2.2/7.2ch + SP-B. ! TFw - Select LARGE if your top forward speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively, or select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. When setting up the Dolby Enabled Speaker on the front speaker, please select Dolby Sp (Front). If you didn't connect the top forward speakers, choose NO (the top forward channel is sent to the front speakers). - You can adjust this setting only when Speaker System setting is 7.2.4ch SB Pre out or 7.2.4ch Front Pre out. - When you set TBw to NO, this setting is automatically set to NO. ! TBw - Select LARGE if your top backward speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively, or select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. When setting up the Dolby Enabled Speaker on the surround speaker, please select Dolby Sp (Surr). When setting up the Dolby Enabled Speaker on the sur- round back speaker, please select Dolby Sp (SB). If you didn't connect the top backward speakers, choose NO (the top backward channel is sent to the front speakers). - You can adjust this setting only when Speaker System setting is 7.2.4ch SB Pre out or 7.2.4ch Front Pre out. - When you set TFw to NO, this setting is automatically set to NO. ! FH - Select LARGE if your front height speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively, or select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn't connect front height speakers, choose NO (the front height channel is sent to the front speakers). - You can adjust this setting only when Speaker System setting is 9.2.2ch TMd/FH. - If the surround speakers are set to NO, this setting will automatically be set to NO. ! FW - Select LARGE if your front wide speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively, or select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn't connect front wide speakers, choose NO (the front wide channel is sent to the front speakers). - You can adjust this setting only when Speaker System setting is 9.2.2ch TMd/FH. - If the surround speakers are set to NO, this setting will automatically be set to NO. ! 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). Select LARGEx2 or LARGEx1 if your surround back speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively. Select SMALLx2 or SMALLx1 to send bass frequen- cies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn't connect surround back speakers choose NO. - You can adjust this setting only when Speaker System setting is 7.2.2/5.2.2/7.2ch, 9.2.2ch TMd/FH, 7.2.4ch SB Pre out, 7.2.4ch Front Pre out, 7.2.2/7.2ch + SP-B, 7.2.2ch Front Bi-Amp or 7.2ch + HDZONE. - If the surround speakers are set to NO, the surround back speakers will automatically be set to NO. If you select NO for the subwoofer the front speakers will automatically be fixed to LARGE. Also, the center, top forward, top middle, top backward, surround, surround back, front height and front wide 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. If you change the setting from Dolby Sp (Front/Surr/SB) to SMALL or LARGE, the set value for Speaker Distance may be changed. This is because the maximum value of Speaker Distance when set to Dolby Sp (Front/Surr/SB) is bigger than the maximum value of Speaker Distance when set to SMALL or LARGE. If the value of Speaker Distance set to Dolby Sp (Front/Surr/SB) exceeds the maximum value of Speaker Distance for SMALL or LARGE, Speaker Distance for SMALL or LARGE is set to its maximum value. 3 Select 'X. OVER' and set the crossover frequency. Frequencies below this point will be sent to the subwoofer (or LARGE speakers). ! 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. ! With Full Auto MCACC setup or Auto MCACC setup (ALL or Speaker Setting), the setting here will not apply and the crossover frequency will be automatically set. Crossover frequency is a frequency aimed at achieving the optimal sound field taking into account the bass capacity of all connected speakers and human aural characteristics. 4 When you're finished, press RETURN. You will return to the Manual SP Setup menu. 114
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