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Basic Setup 04 Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC) The Auto MCACC Setup measures the acoustic characteristics of your listening area, taking into account ambient noise, speaker connection and speaker size, and tests for both channel delay and channel level. After you have set up the microphone provided with your system, the receiver uses the information from a series of test tones to optimize the speaker settings and equalization for your particular room. Make sure you do this before moving on to Playing a source on page 41. 1 Switch on the receiver and your TV. 2 Connect the microphone to the MCACC SETUP MIC jack on the front panel. • Push down on the PUSH OPEN tab to access the MCACC SETUP MIC jack. Place the microphone so that it's about ear level at your normal listening position (use a tripod if possible). Make sure there are no obstacles between the speakers and the microphone. USB iPod iPhone VIDEO INPUT VIDEO L AUDIO R MCACC SETUP MIC SPEAKERS MULTI-ZONE CONTROL ON / OFF MASTER VOLUME USB iPod iPhone VIDEO INPUT VIDEO L AUDIO R MCACC SETUP MIC Important • Make sure the microphone and speakers are not moved during the Auto MCACC Setup. • Using the Auto MCACC Setup will overwrite any existing settings for the MCACC preset you select. • Before using the Auto MCACC Setup, the headphones should be disconnected and the iPod/USB or SIRIUS Radio function should not be selected as an input function. The Full Auto MCACC display appears once the microphone is connected.1 1a.Full Auto MCACC A/V RECEIVER Surr Back System : Normal Save SYMMETRY to : M1.MEMORY 1 Exit START Return CAUTION • The test tones used in the Auto MCACC Setup are output at high volume. 3 Select Surr Back System setting,2 select an MCACC preset3, press RECEIVER and then select START.4 Note 1 • You can't use the HOME MENU when the iPod/USB or SIRIUS Radio input function is selected (in either the main or sub zone). When you set ZONE 2 to ON (page 69), you can't use the HOME MENU. • If you leave the GUI screen for over five minutes, the screen saver will appear. 2 • If you are planning on bi-amping your front speakers, or setting up a separate speaker system in another room, read through Surround back speaker setting on page 94 and make sure to connect your speakers as necessary before continuing to step 4. • If you have THX-certified speakers, select Return, then select Auto MCACC for the THX Speaker setting. See Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 78 for more on this. 3 The six MCACC presets are used for storing surround sound settings for different listening positions. Simply choose an unused preset for now (you can rename it later in Data Management on page 91). 4 Note that correction curves are saved only when set to SYMMETRY. Select Return, then select Auto MCACC to save other correction curves (such as ALL CH ADJ and FRONT ALIGN). See Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 78 for more on this. 37 En

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Basic Setup
04
37
En
Automatically setting up for
surround sound (Auto MCACC)
The Auto MCACC Setu
p
measu
r
es the
acoustic cha
r
acte
r
istics of you
r
listening a
r
ea,
taking into account ambient noise, s
p
eake
r
connection and s
p
eake
r
size, and tests fo
r
both
channel delay and channel level. Afte
r
you
have set u
p
the mic
r
o
p
hone
pr
ovided with you
r
system, the
r
eceive
r
uses the info
r
mation f
r
om
a se
r
ies of test tones to o
p
timize the s
p
eake
r
settings and equalization fo
r
you
r
p
a
r
ticula
r
r
oom.
Make su
r
e you do this befo
r
e moving on to
Playing a source
on
p
age 41.
Important
Make su
r
e the mic
r
o
p
hone and s
p
eake
r
s
a
r
e not moved du
r
ing the Auto MCACC
Setu
p
.
Using the Auto MCACC Setu
p
will
ove
r
w
r
ite any existing settings fo
r
the
MCACC
pr
eset you select.
• Befo
r
e using the Auto MCACC Setu
p
, the
head
p
hones should be disconnected and
the iPod/USB o
r
SIRIUS Radio function
should not be selected as an in
p
ut
function.
CAUTION
The test tones used in the Auto MCACC
Setu
p
a
r
e out
p
ut at high volume.
1
Switch on the receiver and your TV.
2
Connect the microphone to the
MCACC
SETUP MIC
jack on the front panel.
Push down on the
PUSH OPEN
tab to
access the
MCACC SETUP MIC
jack.
Place the mic
r
o
p
hone so that it’s about ea
r
level
at you
r
no
r
mal listening
p
osition (use a t
r
i
p
od if
p
ossible). Make su
r
e the
r
e a
r
e no obstacles
between the s
p
eake
r
s and the mic
r
o
p
hone.
The Full Auto MCACC dis
p
lay a
pp
ea
r
s once the
mic
r
o
p
hone is connected.
1
3
Select
Surr Back System
setting,
2
select
an MCACC preset
3
, press
and then
select START.
4
Note
1 • You can’t use the
HOME MENU
when the iPod/USB o
r
SIRIUS Radio in
p
ut function is selected (in eithe
r
the main
o
r
sub zone). When you set
ZONE 2
to
ON
(
p
age 69), you can’t use the
HOME MENU
.
• If you leave the GUI sc
r
een fo
r
ove
r
five minutes, the sc
r
een save
r
will a
pp
ea
r
.
2
• If you a
r
e
p
lanning on bi-am
p
ing you
r
f
r
ont s
p
eake
r
s, o
r
setting u
p
a se
p
a
r
ate s
p
eake
r
system in anothe
r
r
oom,
r
ead
th
r
ough
Surround back speaker setting
on
p
age 94 and make su
r
e to connect you
r
s
p
eake
r
s as necessa
r
y befo
r
e
continuing to ste
p
4.
• If you have THX-ce
r
tified s
p
eake
r
s, select
Return
, then select
Auto MCACC
fo
r
the THX S
p
eake
r
setting. See
Automatic MCACC (Expert)
on
p
age 78 fo
r
mo
r
e on this.
3 The six MCACC
pr
esets a
r
e used fo
r
sto
r
ing su
rr
ound sound settings fo
r
diffe
r
ent listening
p
ositions. Sim
p
ly choose
an unused
pr
eset fo
r
now (you can
r
ename it late
r
in
Data Management
on
p
age 91).
4
Note that co
rr
ection cu
r
ves a
r
e saved only when set to
SYMMETRY
. Select
Return
, then select
Auto MCACC
to save
othe
r
co
rr
ection cu
r
ves (such as
ALL CH ADJ
and
FRONT ALIGN
). See
Automatic MCACC (Expert)
on
p
age 78 fo
r
mo
r
e on this.
MASTER
VOLUME
MCACC
SETUP
MIC
SPEAKERS
VIDEO
L
R
AUDIO
CONTROL
MULTI-ZONE
ON
/
OFF
VIDEO
INPUT
VIDEO INPUT
R
L
AUDIO
VIDEO
iPo
iPhone
d
USB
MCACC
SETUP MIC
USB
i
iPhone
Pod
Surr Back System
:
Normal
1a.Full Auto MCACC
A/V RECEIVER
Exit
Return
START
Save SYMMETRY to : M1.MEMORY 1
RECEIVER