Pioneer SC-07, SC-05 manual Speaker Distance, Curve, THX Audio Setting

08The System Setup menu

5When you’re finished, press RETURN. You will return to the Manual SP Setup menu.

Tip

•The channel level can be changed at any time. Set the

operation selector switch to RCV, then press CH LEVEL on the remote control, and then use / to adjust the level.

Speaker Distance

For good sound depth and separation from your system, you need to specify the distance of your speakers from the listening position. The receiver can then add the proper delay needed for effective surround sound.

Important

•When Speaker Distance is selected while MCACC is set to OFF, the selection screen for the MCACC memory appears. Select a memory to adjust manually.

4a4.Speaker Distance

A/V RECEIVER

Select MCACC memory.

MCACC OFF

M1.MEMORY 1

X-Curve

Most soundtracks mixed for cinema sound too bright when played back in large rooms. The X-Curve setting acts as a kind of re-equalization for home theater listening, and restores proper tonal balance of movie

soundtracks.1

1 Select ‘X-Curve’ from the Manual SP Setup menu.

4a.Manual SP Setup

A/V RECEIVER

1.Surr Back System

2.Speaker Setting

3.Channel Level

4.Speaker Distance

5.X-Curve

6.THX Audio Setting

Exit Return

2 Choose the X-Curve setting you want.

Use / to adjust the setting. The X-Curve is expressed as a downwards slope in decibels per octave, starting at 2 kHz. The sound becomes less bright as the slope increases (to a maximum of –3.0dB/oct). Use the following guidelines to set the X-Curve according to your room size:

Room size (ft2)	≤400	≤550	≤650	≤800	≤2200	≤12000
X-Curve (dB/oct)	–0.5	–1.0	–1.5	–2.0	–2.5	–3.0

Exit Cancel

1Select ‘Speaker Distance’ from the Manual SP Setup menu.

4a.Manual SP Setup				4a4.Speaker Distance
A/V RECEIVER				A/V RECEIVER
1. Surr Back System		MCACC : M1.MEMORY 1
2. Speaker Setting
3. Channel Level		L	:	10’10”
4. Speaker Distance		C	:	9’50”
5. X-Curve		R	:	10’10”
6. THX Audio Setting		SR	:	9’00”
		SBR	:	10’00”
		SBL	:	10’00”
		SL	:	9’00”
		SW	:	12’10”
Exit	Return	Exit		Finish

2Adjust the distance of each speaker using /. You can adjust the distance of each speaker in 1 inch increments.

3When you’re finished, press RETURN.

You will return to the Manual SP Setup menu.

Tip

•For best surround sound, make sure the surround back speakers are the same distance from the listening position.

•If you select OFF, the frequency curve will be flat and the X-Curve has no effect.

3 When you’re finished, press RETURN.

THX Audio Setting

When the THX Loudness Plus function is used, sound can be played with the full surround effect even when the volume is low.

For the most effective results when using the THX Ultra2/ Select22 Cinema, THX Ultra2/Select22 Music Mode and

THX Ultra2/Select22 Games Mode listening modes (see Using the Home THX modes on page 36) with the Advanced Speaker Array (ASA) system (see About THX on page 125), it is required that you make the setting. See Placing the speakers on page 27 for more on THX speaker

placement.3

With some speaker setups, depending on the position of the subwoofer and the walls in your listening area, you may experience overly resonant frequencies in the bass.

If you have this problem use the THX Ultra2/Select22 subwoofer setup to switch on BGC (boundary gain compensation) (see About THX on page 125 for more on

this).4

Note

1Since the principal is the same, X-Curve isn’t applied when you’re using any of the Home THX modes (see Using the Home THX modes on page 36).

2Ultra2 for the SC-07, Select2 for the SC-05.

3If you don’t have surround back speakers, or just have one, you won’t be able to select this setting.

4• THX Ultra2/Select2 SW can only be selected when SW at Speaker Setting is set to YES or PLUS.

• The BGC setting can only be selected when THX Ultra2/Select2 SW is set to YES.

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