Pioneer VSX-516-S Operating Instructions - Page 38

The System Setup menu, Manual speaker setup

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07 The System Setup menu 3 Use / to select the channel you want, using / to check the settings. The MCACC channel EQ indicators in the front panel display will light accordingly. 4 When you're finished, press RETURN. You will return to the Manual MCACC setup menu. Manual speaker setup These settings optimize surround sound performance (if you're satisfied with the settings made in Using the Quick Setup on page 8 or (VSX516 only) Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on page 9, adjustment may not be necessary). You only need to make these settings once (unless you change the placement of your current speaker system or add new speakers). 1 Select SP SETUP from the System Setup menu. 2 Use / to select the setting you want to adjust then press ENTER. • SP SET - Specify size / number of speakers connected (see Speaker setting below). • X.OVER - Specify which frequencies will be sent to the subwoofer (see Crossover network below). • CH LEVEL - Adjust overall balance of your speaker system (see Channel level below). • SP DISTN. - Specify the distance of your speakers from the listening position (see Speaker Distance below). 3 Press RETURN after making the adjustments necessary for each setting. Speaker setting Use this setting to specify your speaker configuration (size, number of speakers). 1 Select SP SET from the SP SETUP menu. 2 Use / to choose the speaker(s) that you want to set then select a speaker size. Use / to select the size of each of the following speakers: • Front (F) - Select LARGE if your front speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively, or if you didn't connect a subwoofer. Select SMALL to send the bass frequencies to the subwoofer.1 • Center (C) - Select LARGE if your center speaker reproduces bass frequencies effectively, or select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn't connect a center speaker, choose NO (the center channel is sent to the other speakers). • Surround (S) - Select LARGE if your surround speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively. Select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn't connect surround speakers choose NO (the sound of the surround channels is sent to the other speakers). • (VSX-516 model only) Surround Back (SB) - Select LARGE if your surround back speaker reproduce bass frequencies effectively. Select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn't connect surround back speaker choose NO.2 • Subwoofer (SW) - LFE signals and bass frequencies of channels set to SMALL are output from the subwoofer when YES is selected. Choose the PLUS setting if you want the subwoofer to output bass sound continuously or you want deeper bass (the bass frequencies that would normally Note 1 If you select SMALL for the front speakers the subwoofer is fixed to YES. Also, the center, surround, and surround back speaker can't be set to LARGE if the front speakers are set to SMALL. In this case, all bass frequencies are sent to the subwoofer. 2 If the surround speakers are set to NO, the surround back speaker will automatically be set to NO. 38 En

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The System Setup menu
07
38
En
3
Use
³/´
to select the channel you want,
using
±/²
to check the settings.
The MCACC channel EQ indicators in the front
panel display will light accordingly.
4
When you're finished, press RETURN.
You will return to the Manual MCACC setup menu.
Manual speaker setup
These settings optimize surround sound
performance (if you’re satisfied with the settings
made in
Using the Quick Setup
on page 8 or (
VSX-
516 only
)
Automatically setting up for surround
sound (MCACC)
on page 9, adjustment may not
be necessary). You only need to make these
settings once (unless you change the placement
of your current speaker system or add new
speakers).
1
Select SP SETUP from the System Setup
menu.
2
Use
±/²
to select the setting you want to
adjust then press
ENTER
.
SP SET
– Specify size / number of speakers
connected (see
Speaker setting
below).
X.OVER
– Specify which frequencies will
be sent to the subwoofer (see
Crossover
network
below).
CH LEVEL
– Adjust overall balance of your
speaker system (see
Channel level
below).
SP DISTN.
– Specify the distance of your
speakers from the listening position (see
Speaker Distance
below).
3
Press RETURN after making the
adjustments necessary for each setting.
Speaker setting
Use this setting to specify your speaker
configuration (size, number of speakers).
1
Select
SP SET
from the SP SETUP menu.
2
Use
±/²
to choose the speaker(s) that
you want to set then select a speaker size.
Use
³/´
to select the size of each of the
following speakers:
Front
(
F
) – Select
LARGE
if your front
speakers reproduce bass frequencies
effectively, or if you didn’t connect a
subwoofer. Select
SMALL
to send the bass
frequencies to the subwoofer.
1
Center
(
C
) – Select
LARGE
if your center
speaker reproduces bass frequencies
effectively, or select
SMALL
to send bass
frequencies to the other speakers or
subwoofer. If you didn’t connect a center
speaker, choose
NO
(the center channel is
sent to the other speakers).
Surround
(
S
) – Select
LARGE
if your
surround speakers reproduce bass
frequencies effectively. Select
SMALL
to
send bass frequencies to the other
speakers or subwoofer. If you didn’t
connect surround speakers choose
NO
(the sound of the surround channels is
sent to the other speakers).
•(
VSX-516 model only
)
Surround Back
(
SB
) –
Select
LARGE
if your surround back
speaker reproduce bass frequencies
effectively. Select
SMALL
to send bass
frequencies to the other speakers or
subwoofer. If you didn’t connect surround
back speaker choose
NO
.
2
Subwoofer
(
SW
) – LFE signals and bass
frequencies of channels set to
SMALL
are
output from the subwoofer when
YES
is
selected. Choose the
PLUS
setting if you
want the subwoofer to output bass sound
continuously or you want deeper bass (the
bass frequencies that would normally
Note
1
If you select
SMALL
for the front speakers the subwoofer is fixed to
YES
. Also, the center, surround, and surround back speak-
er can’t be set to
LARGE
if the front speakers are set to
SMALL
. In this case, all bass frequencies are sent to the subwoofer.
2
If the surround speakers are set to
NO
, the surround back speaker will automatically be set to
NO
.