Setting up for surround sound

Pioneer XV-EV500, XV-EV700 Setting up for surround sound Chapter, Home theater sound setup

Chapter 5 Setting up for surround sound

EV700/1000 model only

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Home theater sound setup

Depending on the size and characteristics of your room, you can place your speakers in one

of two ways using this system:1

•Standard surround 5-spot setup – This is a standard multichannel surround sound speaker setup for optimal 5.1 channel home theater sound.

Front left	Center Front right
	Subwoofer
Listening position
Surround	Surround
left	right

•Front surround 3-spot setup – This setup is ideal when rear surround speaker placement isn't possible or you want to avoid running long speaker cables in your listening area. Use this setup together with the Front Surround modes to take advantage of wall and ceiling reflections for a very realistic surround effect.

	Center
Front	Front
left	right
	Subwoofer

Surround	Surround
left	right

Listening position

After placing your speakers, complete Setting the channel levels then refer to Speaker distance setting on the next page to complete your surround sound setup.

Setting the channel levels

Set the relative channel levels from your main listening position.2

1 Press TEST TONE (SHIFT+7).

The test tone is output in the following order (from the speakers active in the current listening mode):

•L – Front left speaker

•C – Center speaker

•R – Front right speaker

•RS – Surround right speaker

•LS – Surround left speaker

•SW – Subwoofer3

2Use the VOLUME +/– button to adjust the volume to an appropriate level.

3 Use the buttons to adjust the speaker levels in turn.

You should hear the test tone at the same volume from each speaker when seated in the main listening position. The channel level range is ± 10 dB.

4When you’re done, press TEST TONE to exit test tone setup.

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Note

1See About the listening modes on page 25 for more on using the different listening modes with each speaker setup.

2• Make sure headphones are unplugged.

• The channel balance can be adjusted (independently for each listening mode) while listening to any sound source you want:

Press CH LEVEL (SHIFT+8) then use to select channels and to adjust the level. Press ENTER when you’re finished. 3 Since the subwoofer produces ultra-low frequencies its sound may seem quieter than it actually is.