Pioneer VSX-56TXi Owner's Manual - Page 51
The Surround Setup menu, Surround back speaker setting, Normal surround setting - home theater receiver thx select
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The Surround Setup menu 07 • SurrBack System - Specify how you are using your surround back speakers (see Surround back speaker setting below). • Auto Setting - This is a quick and easy automatic surround setup (see Automatically setting up for surround sound on page 12). • Normal - Specify the size, number, distance and overall balance of the speakers you've connected (see Normal surround setting below). • Expert - Use this menu to fine tune your surround setup (see The Expert setup menu on page 82). 5 Make the adjustments necessary for each setting, pressing ENTER to confirm after each setting. Surround back speaker setting • Default setting: Normal There are several ways you can use the surround back speaker channels with this system. In addition to a normal home theater setup where they are used for the surround back speakers, they can be used for bi-amping the front speakers or as an independent speaker system in another room. 1 Select 'SurrBack System' from the Surround Setup menu. See Making receiver settings from the Surround Setup menu above if you're not already at this screen. 1.Surround Setup [ SurrBack System ] [ Auto Setting ] [ Normal ] [ Expert ] [ Exit ] 2 Select the surround back speaker setting. • Front Bi-Amp - Select this setting if you're biamping your front speakers (see Bi-amping your front speakers on page 68). • MR&S - Select to use the (surround back) B speaker terminals for an independent system in another room (see Multi-room listening on page 69). 3 When you're finished, select 'Exit'. You will return to the Surround Setup menu. Normal surround setting If you aren't satisfied with the results the Auto Setup (Automatically setting up for surround sound on page 12), you can use these settings to adjust speaker parameters manually. Note that these settings overwrite the settings made with the Auto Setup. • Select 'Normal' from the Surround Setup menu. See Making receiver settings from the Surround Setup menu above if you're not already at this screen. 1.Surround Setup [ SurrBack System ] [ Auto Setting ] [ Normal ] [ Expert ] [ Exit ] Speaker Setting • Default setting: SMALL (all speakers) / Subwoofer - YES Use this setting to specify your speaker configuration (size, number of speakers). You can make sure that the settings made in Automatically setting up for surround sound on page 12 are correct. 1 Choose 'Speaker Setting' from the Normal setup menu. SurrBack System [ Normal System ] [ Second Zone ] [ Front Bi-Amp ] [ MR&S ] [ Exit ] Normal [ Speaker Setting ] [ Channel Level ] [ Speaker Distance ] [ Exit ] • Normal System - Select for normal home theater use with surround back speakers in your main (speaker system A) setup. • Second Zone - Select to use the (surround back) B speaker terminals to listen to stereo playback in another room (see Second Zone speaker B setup on page 67). 2 Choose the set of speakers that you want to set then select a speaker size. Speaker Setting Front Center Surround SurrBack Subwoofer [Exit] [ SMALL ] [ SMALL ] [ SMALL ] [ SMALLX2 ] [ YES ] (THX Speaker:SMALL) 51 En