Pioneer VSX-47TX Owner's Manual - Page 41
Acoustic Calibration EQ
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SURROUND SET UP Setting Up for Surround Sound Acoustic Calibration EQ This setting is a kind of room equalizer for your speakers. You can select a frequency balance between your speakers that suits your personal tastes. This feature also allows you to increase the amount of a certain frequency in the soundtrack, which will have the effect of hearing more (or less) bass, mid-range or treble. When you use Acoustic Calibration EQ (see p.50) you can toggle between two variations (ALL CH ADJ and FRONT ALIGN) of this setting. Both are set here. If continuing from CHANNEL LEVEL go to step 1. If starting fresh, complete steps 1-3 in "Setting Up for Surround Sound" (p.35) first. 1 ACOUSTIC CAL EQ should be selected. SETUP If it isn't use the 5∞ buttons to select and press ENTER. S0URCE TV SYSTEM RECEIVER OFF DVD/LD TV SAT MULTI CONTROL VCR1/ DVR VCR2 VIDEO TV CONT MULTI OPERATION 2 AUTO will appear on the OSD. Press ENTER. CD CD-R/ TAPE1 TUNER RECEIVER There are two types of curve modes that will be set. DIMMER INPUT ATT LOUDNESS SPEAKER A/B 1 2 3 4 VIDEO SEL SIGNAL SEL 5 6 TAPE 2 EFFECT/CH SELL 7 8 TONE BASS/TREBLE 9 0 - +10 + DISC ENTER SYSTEM SETUP DIRECT ACCESS DISP MODE REMOTE SETUP MENU TUNER EDIT ENTER STATUS EXIT GUIDE RETURN MPX ¶ TUNING - 1 STATION - 4 CHANNEL - DTV ON/OFF 8 BAND 3 DTV MENU CLASS 7 EXTRA MENU TUNING + ¡ STATION + ¢ CHANNEL+ 1~4 These are ALL CH ADJ mode and FRONT ALIGN mode. ALL CH ADJ mode (flat curve): All the speakers are set individually (except for the subwoofer). No special weighting is given to any channel over any other channel so this setting is the most direct representation of the source being played. FRONT ALIGN mode (front speaker curve): All speakers (except for the subwoofer) are set in accordance with the settings of the FRONT speak- ers. This setting allows the listener to enjoy a sound 1 3.Surround Setup balance defined by the front speakers (the main speakers for home theater). [ Check ] [ 1.Speaker Systems] [ 2.Channel Delay ] [ 3.Channel Level ] [ 4.Acoustic Cal EQ ] [Return] The frequency balance is set automatically by the receiver (see page 15) and both types curves are adjusted this way. WARNING: the test tones are very loud!! Make sure there are no infants or small children in the room and that no one who will be scared, upset or damaged by loud noise is present. You yourself may want to wear earplugs. 3 After it has finished, you see the ACOUSTIC CAL EQ CHECK screen. If you want to view the settings select NEXT and press ENTER. If not, simply go to the next step. memo 4 Select RETURN with the 5∞ buttons and press ENTER. You will return to the SURROUND SETUP menu. Next, if you want, proceed to Check the Auto Settings . See page 50 to use the ACOUSTIC CAL feature. 41