Pioneer VSX-47TX Owner's Manual - Page 37

Setting Up for Surround Sound SURROUND SET UP 2 3.1. Speaker Systems [Manual Free] [Manual THX] (all small) [Auto] [Return] 3,4 2.1. Speaker Systems Manual Free Speaker System Select [ Normal Surround ] ( Next) 5,6 7 2.1. Speaker Systems Manual Free " Normal Surround " Front Center Surround SurrBack Subwoofer [LARGE] [LARGE] [LARGE] [LARGEX2] [ YES ] ( NEXT) 2.1. Speaker Systems Manual Free " Normal Surround " Front Center Surround SurrBack Subwoofer [LARGE] [LARGE] [LARGE] [LARGEX2 ] [ YES ] ( NEXT) 9 10 memo 3.1. Speaker Systems Manual Free < Front Bi-Amp (5.1) > Crossover [ 80Hz] Normal Surround (THX Speaker = 80Hz) Speaker B [ Bi-Amp ] [Return] 2.1. Speaker Systems Manual Free " Normal Surround " Crossover [ 80Hz ] Normal Surround (THX Speaker = 80Hz) Speaker B : Secound Zone [Return] If you have a subwoofer and like lots of bass, it may seem logical to select LARGE for your front speakers and leave the subwoofer selected. This may not, however, yield the best bass results. Depending on the size and shape of your room you may actually experience a decrease in the amount of bass due to what is called "low frequency cancellations." If you have a subwoofer, listen to the bass response with the front speakers set to LARGE and SMALL alternatively and let your ears judge which sounds best. If you have a subwoofer, the safest option is to route all the bass sounds to it by selecting SMALL for the front speakers. AUTO : All speakers are set automatically. (The remote control must be hooked up to the front panel in order to use this setting.) For MANUAL FREE, select it and press ENTER. Then go to step 3. For MANUAL THX, select it and press ENTER. Then go to step 3. For AUTO, select it and press ENTER. Be prepared for loud test tones and make sure the room is free of ambient noise (see memo page 15). When you see OK on the OSD the setup is finished. Go to step 9. 3 Use the 2 3 buttons to select either NORMAL SURROUND or FRONT BIAMP (5.1). NORMAL SURROUND: For normal home theater use FRONT BI-AMP (5.1): Settings for bi-amp (see p.70). 4 Use the ∞ button to go to the next screen. 5 With the 5∞ buttons choose the set of speakers that you want to set. If you selected MANUAL THX in step 2 set all speakers, except for surround back, to SMALL. 6 Use the 2 3 buttons to choose the size and number for each set of speakers as well as LARGE, SMALL, YES, NO or PLUS. 7 Repeat steps 5 & 6 for all speakers channels. 8 Use the ∞ button to go to the next screen. 9 Use the 2 3 buttons to choose a Crossover Frequency of 50 Hz, 80 Hz, 100 Hz, 150 Hz or 200 Hz. Certain bass sounds will play back from the subwoofer if you selected it as YES (or PLUS), or from the front speakers if you selected them as LARGE. This setting decides where the cutoff will be between those bass sounds playing back from the speaker selected as above and the bass sounds for the entire soundtrack, which play back from all speakers used. If you selected MANUAL THX in step 2 the crossover frequency is fixed at 80kHz and this screen does not appear. 10 Use the 5∞ buttons to select RETURN and press ENTER. Next, proceed to CHANNEL DELA Y below. If you want to change a setting before proceeding start over from step 1. 37