Pioneer VSX-30 Owner's Manual - Page 97

Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust, Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional

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The Advanced MCACC menu 10 • Freq / Q / ATT - These are the filter parameters where Freq represents the frequency you will be targeting and Q is the bandwidth (the higher the Q, the narrower the bandwidth, or range) of the attenuation (ATT, the amount of reduction to the targeted frequency). 3 When you're finished, press RETURN. You will return to the Manual MCACC setup menu. Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust • Default setting: ON1/0.0dB (all channels/ bands) Acoustic Calibration Equalization is a kind of room equalizer for your speakers (excluding the subwoofer). It works by measuring the acoustic characteristics of your room and neutralizing the ambient characteristics that can color the original source material (providing a 'flat' equalization setting). If you're not satisfied with the adjustment provided in Automatically conducting optimum sound tuning (Auto MCACC on page 41 or Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 91, you can also adjust these settings manually to get a frequency balance that suits your tastes. 1 Select 'EQ Adjust' from the Manual MCACC setup menu. 2 Select the channel(s) you want and adjust to your liking. Use / to select the channel. Use / to select the frequency and / to boost or cut the EQ. When you're finished, go back to the top of the screen and press  to return to Ch, then use / to select the channel. • The OVER! indicator shows in the display if the frequency adjustment is too drastic and might distort. If this happens, bring the level down until OVER! disappears from the display. Tip • Changing the frequency curve of one channel too drastically will affect the overall balance. If the speaker balance seems uneven, you can raise or lower channel levels using test tones with the TRIM feature. Use / to select TRIM, then use / to raise or lower the channel level for the current speaker. 3 When you're finished, press RETURN. You will return to the Manual MCACC setup menu. Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional This setup minimizes the unwanted effects of room reverberation by allowing you to calibrate your system based on the direct sound coming from the speakers. How to use Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional If you find that lower frequencies seem overly reverberant in your listening room (i.e. it sounds 'boomy'), or that different channels seem to exhibit different reverb characteristics (when Type A or Type B shown on the diagrams on the following applies), select EQ Pro. & SWave (or ALL) for the Auto MCACC setting in Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 91 to calibrate the room automatically. Note 1 When EQ Adjust is selected for an MCACC preset memory where EQ is set to OFF in the AUDIO PARAMETER, EQ ON is automatically selected. 97 En

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The Advanced MCACC menu
10
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En
Freq
/
Q
/
ATT
– These are the filter
parameters where
Freq
represents the
frequency you will be targeting and
Q
is the
bandwidth (the higher the Q, the narrower
the bandwidth, or range) of the attenuation
(
ATT
, the amount of reduction to the
targeted frequency).
3
When you’re finished, press
RETURN
.
You will return to the
Manual MCACC
setup
menu.
Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust
Default setting:
ON
1
/
0.0dB
(all channels/
bands)
Acoustic Calibration Equalization is a kind of
room equalizer for your speakers (excluding
the subwoofer). It works by measuring the
acoustic characteristics of your room and
neutralizing the ambient characteristics that
can color the original source material
(providing a ‘flat’ equalization setting). If you’re
not satisfied with the adjustment provided in
Automatically conducting optimum sound
tuning (Auto MCACC
on page 41 or
Automatic
MCACC (Expert)
on page 91, you can also
adjust these settings manually to get a
frequency balance that suits your tastes.
1
Select ‘
EQ Adjust
’ from the
Manual
MCACC
setup menu.
2
Select the channel(s) you want and adjust
to your liking.
Use
/
to select the channel.
Use
/
to select the frequency and
/
to
boost or cut the EQ. When you’re finished, go
back to the top of the screen and press
to
return to
Ch
, then use
/
to select the
channel.
• The
OVER!
indicator shows in the display if
the frequency adjustment is too drastic
and might distort. If this happens, bring the
level down until
OVER!
disappears from
the display.
Tip
Changing the frequency curve of one
channel too drastically will affect the
overall balance. If the speaker balance
seems uneven, you can raise or lower
channel levels using test tones with the
TRIM
feature. Use
/
to select
TRIM
,
then use
/
to raise or lower the
channel level for the current speaker.
3
When you’re finished, press
RETURN
.
You will return to the
Manual MCACC
setup
menu.
Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional
This setup minimizes the unwanted effects of
room reverberation by allowing you to calibrate
your system based on the direct sound coming
from the speakers.
How to use Acoustic Calibration EQ
Professional
If you find that lower frequencies seem overly
reverberant in your listening room (i.e. it
sounds ‘boomy’), or that different channels
seem to exhibit different reverb characteristics
(when Type A or Type B shown on the diagrams
on the following applies), select
EQ Pro. & S-
Wave
(or
ALL
) for the
Auto MCACC
setting in
Automatic MCACC (Expert)
on page 91 to
calibrate the room automatically.
Note
1 When
EQ Adjust
is selected for an MCACC preset memory where
EQ
is set to
OFF
in the
AUDIO PARAMETER
,
EQ
ON
is automatically selected.