Pioneer VSX-30 Owner's Manual - Page 105
The System Setup and Other Setup menus
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The System Setup and Other Setup menus 11 1 Select 'Manual SP Setup', then press ENTER. See Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu above if you're not already at this screen. 2 Select the setting you want to adjust. If you are doing this for the first time, you may want to adjust these settings in order: • Speaker System - Specifies how you are using the B speaker terminals (see below). • Speaker Setting - Specifies the size and number of speakers you've connected (page 106). • Channel Level - Adjusts the overall balance of your speaker system (page 107). • Speaker Distance - Specifies the distance of your speakers from the listening position (page 107). • X-Curve - Adjusts the tonal balance of your speaker system for movie soundtracks (page 108). 3 Make the adjustments necessary for each setting, pressing RETURN to confirm after each screen. Speaker system setting • Default setting: Normal(SB/FH) There are several ways you can use the speaker terminals with this receiver. In addition to a normal home theater setup where they are used for the front height speakers or front wide speakers, they can be used for bi-amping the front speakers or as an independent speaker system in another room. 1 Select 'Speaker System' from the Manual SP Setup menu. See Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu on page 104 if you're not already at this screen. 2 Select the speaker system setting. • Normal(SB/FH) - Select for normal home theater use with front height speakers in your main (speaker system A) setup. • Normal(SB/FW) - Select for normal home theater use with front wide speakers in your main (speaker system A) setup. • Speaker B - Select to use the B speaker terminals to listen to stereo playback in another room (see Switching the speaker terminals on page 77). • Front Bi-Amp - Select this setting if you're bi-amping your front speakers (see Biamping your speakers on page 22). • ZONE 2 - Select to use the surround back terminals for an independent system in another zone (see Using the MULTI-ZONE controls on page 77). 3 If you selected Normal(SB/FH), Normal(SB/FW), or Speaker B in Step 2, select the placement of the surround speakers. In a 7.1-channel surround system with surround speakers placed directly at the sides of the listening position, the surround sound of 5.1-channel sources is heard from the side. This function mixes the sound of the surround speakers with the surround back speakers so that the surround sound is heard from diagonally to the rear as it should be.1 • ON SIDE - Select when the surround speakers is positioned right beside you. • IN REAR - Select when the surround speaker is positioned obliquely behind you. 4 When 'Setting Change?' is displayed, select Yes. If No is selected, the setting is not changed. You will return to the Manual SP Setup menu. Note 1 Depending on the positions of the speakers and the sound source, in some cases it may not be possible to achieve good results. In this case, set the setting to ON SIDE or IN REAR. 105 En