Pioneer VSX 82TXS Owner's Manual - Page 39

The System Setup menu 07 frequencies. Depending on speaker placement, your listening position, and ultimately the shape of your room, it results in an overly resonant ('boomy') sound. The Standing Wave Control uses filters to reduce the effect of overly resonant sounds in your listening area. During playback of a source, you can customize the filters used for Standing Wave Control for each of your MCACC presets.1 1 Select 'Standing Wave' from the Manual MCACC setup menu. 3.Manual MCACC a.Fine Ch Level b.Fine SP Distance c.Standing Wave d.EQ Adjust e.EQ Professional :Return 3c.Standing Wave MCACC : M1. MEMORY 1 Standing Wave Control [ ON ] Filter Ch MAIN No. 1 2 3 f [ 68Hz ] [ 120Hz ] [ 201Hz ] Q [ 5.0 ] [ 5.0 ] [ 5.0 ] [ A T T 0.0dB ] [ 0.0dB ] [ 0.0dB ] :Finish 2 Select 'ON' (if it is not already selected) then adjust the parameters for the Standing Wave Control. • Filter Ch - Select the channel to which you will apply the filter(s): Main (all except center channel and subwoofer), Center or SUB W. (subwoofer). • TRIM (only available when the filter channel above is SUB W.) - Adjust the subwoofer channel level (to compensate for the difference in output post-filter). • f / Q / ATT - These are the filter parameters where f represents the frequency you will be targeting and Q is the bandwidth (the higher the Q, the narrower the bandwidth, or range) of the attenuation (ATT, the amount of reduction to the targeted frequency). 3 When you're finished, press RETURN. You will return to the Manual MCACC setup menu. Acoustic Calibration EQ Acoustic Calibration Equalization is a kind of room equalizer for your speakers (excluding the subwoofer). It works by measuring the acoustic characteristics of your room and neutralizing the ambient characteristics that can color the original source material (providing a 'flat' equalization setting). If you're not satisfied with the adjustment provided in Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on page 7 or Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 34, you can also adjust these settings manually to get a frequency balance that suits your tastes. 1 Select 'EQ Adjust' from the Manual MCACC setup menu. 3.Manual MCACC a.Fine Ch Level b.Fine SP Distance c.Standing Wave d.EQ Adjust e.EQ Professional 3d.EQ Adjust MCACC:M1. MEMORY 1 Setting Start? [ OK ] :Return Enter:Next :Cancel 2 Confirm that the MCACC preset shown in the display is the one you want to adjust, then select OK. 3 Select the channel(s) you want and adjust to your liking. 3d.EQ Adjust unit:dB 63Hz [ 0.0] MCACC : M1 125Hz [ 0.0] Ch [SBL] 250Hz [ 0.0] 500Hz [ 0.0] 1kHz 0.0 2kHz [ -1.0] 4kHz [ -2.0] 8kHz [ -4.5] 16kHz [ -7.0] 63 125 250 500 1k 2k 4k 8k 16k TRM TRIM [ 0.0] :Finish Use the / buttons to select the channel. Use the / buttons to select the frequency and / to boost or cut the EQ. When you're finished, go back to the top of the screen and use the / buttons to select the next channel. • The OVER! indicator shows in the display if the frequency adjustment is too drastic and might distort. If this happens, bring the level down until OVER! disappears from the display. Tip • Changing the frequency curve of one channel too drastically will affect the overall balance. If the speaker balance seems uneven, you can raise or lower channel levels using test tones with the TRIM feature. Use / to select TRIM then use / to raise or lower the channel level for the current speaker. 4 When you're finished, press RETURN. You will return to the Manual MCACC setup menu. Professional Acoustic Calibration EQ This setup minimizes the unwanted effects of room reverberation by allowing you to calibrate your system based on the direct sound coming from the speakers. It can also provide you with a graphical output of the frequency response of your room.2 Note 1 • Since they will be overwritten, you may want to save the standing wave settings made with the Auto MCACC Setup to another MCACC preset. • Standing Wave control filter settings cannot be changed during playback of sources using the HDMI connection. 2 This system allows you to customize your system calibration with the help of a graphical output that can be displayed on-screen, or using a computer (with software available from Pioneer-see Connecting a PC for Advanced MCACC output on page 62 for more on this). 39 En