Pioneer VSX-31 Owner's Manual - Page 95
Fine Channel Level, Fine Speaker Distance
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The Advanced MCACC menu 10 1 Select 'Manual MCACC' from the Advanced MCACC menu. See Making receiver settings from the Advanced MCACC menu on page 90 if you're not already at this screen. 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 96). The last two settings are specifically for customizing the parameters explained in Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust on page 97: • EQ Adjust - Manually adjust the frequency balance of your speaker system while listening to test tones (see Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust on page 97). • 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 97). 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 104. 1 Select 'Fine Channel Level' from the Manual MCACC setup menu. The volume increases to the 0.0 dB reference level. 2 Adjust the level of the left channel. This will be the reference speaker level, so you may want to keep the level around 0.0 dB so that you'll have plenty of room to adjust the other speaker levels. • After pressing ENTER, test tones will be output. 3 Select each channel in turn and adjust the levels (+/-12.0 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. • 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. Fine Speaker Distance • Default setting: 10'00'' (all speakers) For proper sound depth and separation with your system, it is necessary to add a slight bit of delay to some speakers so that all sounds will arrive at the listening position at the same time. You can adjust the distance of each speaker in half inch increments. The following setting can help you make detailed adjustments that you may not achieve using the Manual speaker setup on page 104. 1 Select 'Fine SP Distance' from the Manual MCACC setup menu. 2 Adjust the distance of the left channel from the listening position. 95 En