Pioneer VSX-21TXH Owner's Manual - Page 78

10 The Advanced MCACC menu Automatic MCACC (Expert) If your setup requires more detailed settings than those provided in Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC) on page 41, you can customize your setup options below. You can calibrate your system differently for up to six different MCACC presets1, which are useful if you have different listening positions depending on the type of source (for example, watching movies from a sofa, or playing a video game close to the TV).2 Important • Make sure the microphone/speakers are not moved during the Auto MCACC Setup. • Using the Auto MCACC Setup will overwrite any existing settings for the MCACC preset you select.3 • The screen saver will automatically appear after five minutes of inactivity. CAUTION • The test tones used in the Auto MCACC Setup are output at high volume. THX® THX is a trademark of THX Ltd., which may be registered in some jurisdictions. All rights reserved. 1 Select 'Auto MCACC' from the Advanced MCACC menu, then press ENTER. If the Advanced MCACC screen is not displayed, refer to Making receiver settings from the Advanced MCACC menu on page 77. 1.Advanced MCACC A/V RECEIVER a. Full Auto MCACC b. Auto MCACC c. Manual MCACC d. Demo 1b.Auto MCACC A/V RECEIVER ALL SYMMETRY : M1.MEMORY 1 ALL CH ADJ : M2.MEMORY 2 FRONT ALIGN : M3.MEMORY 3 THX Speaker : NO Speaker Setting Channel Level Speaker Distance EQ Pro & S-Wave START Exit Return Exit Return 2 Select the parameters you want to set. Use / to select the item, then use / to set. 1b.Auto MCACC A/V RECEIVER ALL SYMMETRY : M1.MEMORY 1 ALL CH ADJ : M2.MEMORY 2 FRONT ALIGN : M3.MEMORY 3 THX Speaker : NO Speaker Setting Channel Level Speaker Distance EQ Pro & S-Wave START 1b.Auto MCACC A/V RECEIVER ALL SYMMETRY : M1.MEMORY 1 ALL CH ADJ : M2.MEMORY 2 FRONT ALIGN : M3.MEMORY 3 THX Speaker : NO Speaker Setting Channel Level Speaker Distance EQ Pro & S-Wave START Exit Return Exit Return • Auto MCACC - The default is ALL (recommended), but you can limit the system calibration to only one setting (to save time) if you want.4 The available options are ALL, Keep SP System,5 Speaker Setting, Channel Level, Speaker Distance and EQ Pro & S-Wave. • EQ Type (only available when the Auto MCACC Menu above is EQ Pro & S-Wave) - This determines how the frequency balance is adjusted. After a single calibration is performed, each of the following three correction curves can be stored separately in the MCACC memory. SYMMETRY (default) implements symmetric correction for each pair of left and right speakers to flatten the frequency-amplitude characteristics. ALL CH ADJ is a 'flat' setting where all the speakers are set individually so no special weighting is given to any one channel. FRONT ALIGN6 sets all speakers in accordance with the front speaker settings (no equalization is applied to the front left and right channels). • THX Speaker (only available when the Auto MCACC Menu above is ALL or Speaker Setting) - Select YES if you are using THX speakers (set all speakers to SMALL), otherwise leave it set to NO. • STAND.WAVE Multi-Point (only available when the Auto MCACC Menu above is EQ Pro & S-Wave) - In addition to measurements at the listening position, you can use two more reference points for which test tones will be analyzed for standing waves. This is useful if you want to get a balanced 'flat' calibration for several seating positions in your listening area.7 Place the microphone at the reference point indicated on-screen and note the last microphone placement will be at your main listening position: Note 1 These are stored in memory and referred to as MEMORY1 to MEMORY6 until you rename them in Data Management on page 88. 2 You may also want to have separate calibration settings for the same listening position, depending on how you're using your system. 3 Except in cases where you are only adjusting one parameter (i.e. channel level) from the Auto MCACC menu (step 2). 4 • The EQ Pro & S-Wave measurement is also taken when Keep SP System or EQ Pro & S-Wave is selected. See Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional on page 83 for more on this. • Either effect of Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional and Standing Wave can be switched on and off in the respective MCACC preset. For details, see Setting the Audio options on page 66. 5 The Keep SP System option allows you to calibrate your system while leaving your current speaker setting (page 91) unchanged. 6 If you selected ALL as your Auto MCACC menu, you can specify the MCACC preset where you want to save the ALL CH ADJ and FRONT ALIGN settings. 7 Switch the Multi-Point setting NO if you only use one listening position. 78 En