Pioneer VSX-C100-S operating instructions Fine Tuning Your Surround Sound, Room Setup

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05Fine Tuning Your Surround Sound

Room Setup

This setup establishes the distances from your speakers to your normal listening position. It is important for the receiver to know these distances so it can output proper surround sound. Alternatively, you can make more precise speaker distance settings on page 29-31. You don’t have to do both, however.

There are three choices for speaker distances here. They are marked ‘S’, ‘M’ and ‘L’ but they represent the relationship between how far your front speakers and your surround speakers are from your normal listening position, i.e. the relationship in distance between the speakers and your listening position. ‘S’ should be used when your surround speakers are nearer your main listening position than your front speakers. ‘M’ should be used when all your speakers are equidistant from your main listening position. ‘L’ should be used when your surround speakers are farther from your main listening position than your front speakers.

Follow the instructions below to set the room type.

S (surround speakers closer to

M (speakers are equidistant to

L (front speakers are closer to

listening position)

listening position)

listening position)

L

 

C

R SW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

C

R SW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

C

R SW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LS

RS

LS

RS

LS

RS

1

RECEIVER

 

 

SOURCE

 

SIGNAL SELECT

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLEEP

 

 

DVD

TV/SAT

FRONT

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIMMER

 

 

DVR/ VCR

FM / AM

 

 

 

 

AUTO

SURROUND ADVANCED

SOUND

 

 

MODE

2

 

SETUP

TEST TONE

CH_SELECT

ROOM

 

SETUP

 

 

 

 

 

ENTER

3

 

MUTE

 

 

 

 

 

MASTER

 

 

 

VOLUME

 

 

TOP MENU

DISPLAY

T.EDIT MENU

 

 

DTV MENU

TUNE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ST

 

ST

 

 

 

 

ENTER

 

 

 

AUDIO

TUNE

SUBTITLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GUIDE

 

 

CH RETURN

DTV ON /OFF

DTV INFO

 

1 Press RECEIVER to turn the power on.

2Press ROOM SETUP.

Cycle through the ‘S’, ‘M’, or ‘L’ settings using the ROOM SETUP button and choose the one that best represents the placement of your speakers around the room.

The setting will blink for five seconds.

3While the display is blinking press ENTER.

The setting is input into the system and the display shows

ENTERED.

 

CLASS MPX D.ACCESS

 

 

 

1

STANDBY/ON button

 

 

• These speaker settings will automatically adjust the distance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

between your listening position and the speakers as well as

 

 

 

 

the output level from each speaker. It is also possible to

 

FRONT INPUT

 

 

select these functions manually. To do so see below. For the

 

PHONES

 

 

distance between the listening position and the speakers see

 

STANDBY/ON

2

DTS

 

 

INPUT SIGNAL

 

 

DIGITAL IN

DIGITAL

 

pages 29-31; For the output level of each speaker see page

 

VIDEO L AUDIO R

 

 

 

 

 

 

34.

 

 

 

 

• The settings made most recently, whether here or manually,

 

 

 

 

on the pages mentioned directly above, will supercede any

 

 

 

 

previous settings.

28

 

 

 

• The default setting is ‘M’.

En

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