Pioneer VSX-21TXH Owner's Manual - Page 81

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 Important • You will need to first specify the MCACC preset you want to adjust by pressing MCACC before pressing HOME MENU (step 2 in Making receiver settings from the Advanced MCACC menu on page 77). • For some of the settings below, you'll have to connect the setup microphone to the front panel and place it about ear level at your normal listening position. Press HOME MENU to display the HOME MENU before you connect the microphone to this receiver. If the microphone is connected while the HOME MENU is not being displayed, the display will change to the Full Auto MCACC under Advanced MCACC. • See Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup on page 43 for notes regarding high background noise levels and other possible interference. • If you're using a subwoofer, switch it on and turn up the volume to the middle position. 1 Select 'Manual MCACC' from the Advanced MCACC menu. See Making receiver settings from the Advanced MCACC menu on page 77 if you're not already at this screen. 1.Advanced MCACC A/V RECEIVER a. Full Auto MCACC b. Auto MCACC c. Manual MCACC d. Demo 1c.Manual MCACC A/V RECEIVER 1. Fine Channel Level 2. Fine SP Distance 3. Standing Wave 4. EQ Adjust 5. EQ Professional Fine Channel Level • Default setting: 0.0dB (all channels) You can achieve better surround sound by properly adjusting the overall balance of your speaker system. You can adjust the Channel Level of each speaker in 0.5 dB increments. The following setting can help you make detailed adjustments that you may not achieve using the Manual speaker setup on page 90. 1 Select 'Fine Channel Level' from the Manual MCACC setup menu. The volume increases to the 0.0 dB reference level. 1c.Manual MCACC A/V RECEIVER 1. Fine Channel Level 2. Fine SP Distance 3. Standing Wave 4. EQ Adjust 5. EQ Professional 1c1.Fine Channel Level A/V RECEIVER CAUTION Loud test tones will be output. Please wait...** Exit Return Exit Cancel 2 Adjust the level of the left channel. This will be the reference speaker level, so you may want to keep the level around 0.0dB so that you'll have plenty of room to adjust the other speaker levels. 1c1.Fine Channel Level A/V RECEIVER MCACC : M1.MEMORY 1 Reference Ch : L Ref.Ch Level : 0.0 dB Exit Return Exit Return Exit Cancel 2 Select the setting you want to adjust. If you're doing this for the first time, you might want to make these settings in order. • Fine Channel Level - Make fine adjustments to the overall balance of your speaker system (see Fine Channel Level below). • Fine SP Distance - Make precise delay settings for your speaker system (see Fine Speaker Distance below). • Standing Wave - Control overly resonant low frequencies in your listening room (see Standing Wave on page 82). The last two settings are specifically for customizing the parameters explained in Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust on page 83: • EQ Adjust - Manually adjust the frequency balance of your speaker system while listening to test tones (see Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust on page 83). • EQ Professional - Calibrate your system based on the direct sound coming from the speakers and make detailed settings according to your room's reverb characteristics (see Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional on page 83). • After pressing ENTER, test tones will be output. 3 Select each channel in turn and adjust the levels (+/ -10.0 dB) as necessary. Use / to adjust the volume of the speaker you selected to match the reference speaker. When it sounds like both tones are the same volume, press  to confirm and continue to the next channel. L R C SL SR SBL SBR SW 1c1.Fine Channel Level A/V RECEIVER R L : 0.0 dB : 0.0 dB : 0.0 dB : 0.0 dB : 0.0 dB : 0.0 dB : 0.0 dB : 0.0 dB Exit Finish • For comparison purposes, the reference speaker will change depending on which speaker you select. • If you want to go back and adjust a channel, simply use / to select it. 4 When you're finished, press RETURN. You will return to the Manual MCACC setup menu. 81 En