Pioneer VSX80TXV Owner's Manual - Page 36

07 The System Setup menu • See Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup on page 10 for notes regarding high background noise levels and other possible interference. 2 Wait for the EQ Auto Setting to finish. 3c.EQ Auto Setting Now Analyzing Environment Check Ambient Noise [ ] Microphone [ ] Speaker YES/NO [ ] :Cancel 3c.EQ Auto Setting Now Analyzing Surround Analyzing Channel Level [ ] Acoustic Cal EQ [ ] :Cancel As the receiver outputs test tones, the frequency balance is adjusted automatically for the following settings: • ALL CH ADJUST - A 'flat' setting where all the speakers are set individually so no special weighting is given to any one channel. • FRONT ALIGN - All speakers are set in accordance with the front speaker settings (no equalization is applied to the front left and right channels). You return to the Acoustic Cal EQ setup menu after the Acoustic Calibration Equalization is set. Copying your Acoustic Calibration EQ settings If you want to manually adjust the Acoustic Calibration EQ (see Setting the Acoustic Calibration EQ manually below), we recommend copying the ALL CH ADJUST or the FRONT ALIGN settings from the EQ Auto setup above (or from Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on page 8) to one of the custom settings. Instead of just a flat EQ curve, this will give you a reference point from which to start. 1 Select 'EQ Data Copy' from the Manual MCACC setup menu. Setting the Acoustic Calibration EQ manually Before manually adjusting the Acoustic Calibration EQ, we recommend copying the ALL CH ADJUST or the FRONT ALIGN settings from the auto setup above (or from Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on page 8) to one of the custom settings. Instead of just a flat EQ curve, this will give you a reference point from which to start (see Copying your Acoustic Calibration EQ settings above for how to do this). 1 Select 'EQ CUSTOM1 Adjust or EQ CUSTOM2 Adjust' from the Manual MCACC setup menu. 3.Manual MCACC a.Fine Ch Level b.Fine SP Distance c.EQ Auto Setting d.EQ Data Copy e.EQ CUSTOM1 Adjust f .EQ CUSTOM2 Adjust g.EQ Data Check :Return 3e.EQ CUSTOM1 Adjust Test Tone Type ALL CH ADJUST ENTER:Next :Cancel 2 Select which method you would like to use to adjust the overall frequency balance. It is best to choose whichever one you copied to the custom setting in Copying your Acoustic Calibration EQ settings above. • ALL CH ADJUST - All the speakers can be set independently so no special weighting is given to any one channel. When adjusting, test tones will sound for each individual channel. • FRONT ALIGN - Speakers are set in accordance with the front speaker settings. The sound of the test tone will alternate between the left front (reference) speaker and the target speaker. 3 Select the channel(s) you want and adjust to your liking. 3.Manual MCACC a.Fine Ch Level b.Fine SP Distance c.EQ Auto Setting d.EQ Data Copy e.EQ CUSTOM1 Adjust f .EQ CUSTOM2 Adjust g.EQ Data Check :Return 2 Select CUSTOM1 or CUSTOM2 then use / to select the setting you want to copy. 3d.EQ Data Copy TO FROM CUSTOM1 CUSTOM1 CUSTOM2 [ CUSTOM2 ] Start Copy [ OK ] 3d.EQ Data Copy TO FROM CUSTOM1 ALL CH ADJ CUSTOM2 [ CUSTOM2 ] Start Copy [ OK ] :Cancel :Cancel • You can also copy from one custom setting to another. For more on the ALL CH ADJUST and FRONT ALIGN settings, see Setting the Acoustic Calibration EQ automatically above. 3 Select 'OK' to copy and confirm. 3e.EQ CUSTOM1 Adjust Test Tone Type: "ALL CH ADJUST" Left 40Hz : [+ 1.0dB ] 125Hz : [ 0.0dB ] 250Hz : [ 0.0dB ] 4kHz : [ 0.0dB ] 13kHz : [ 0.0dB ] TRIM : [ 0.0dB ] :Finish 3e. EQ CUSTOM1 Adjust Test Tone Type: "ALL CH ADJUST" [ Left ] 40Hz : + 1.0dB 125Hz : [ 0.0dB ] 250Hz : [ 0.0dB ] 4kHz : [ 0.0dB ] 13kHz : [ 0.0dB ] TRIM : [ 0.0dB ] :Finish Use / to select the channel. Use / 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 / to select the next channel. • The front speakers can't be adjusted if you selected FRONT ALIGN. • 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. 36 En