Pioneer VSX-2016AV Fine Speaker Distance, Standing Wave, Adjust the level of the left channel

2 Adjust the level of the left channel.

This will be the reference speaker level, so you may want to keep the level around 0 dB so that you’ll have plenty of room to adjust the other speaker levels.

3a.Fine Channel Level

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• After pressing ENTER, test tones will be output.

3Select each channel in turn and adjust the levels (+/

– 10 dB ) as necessary.

2Adjust the distance of the left channel from the listening position.

3Select each channel in turn and adjust the distance as necessary.

Use to adjust the delay of the speaker you selected to match the reference speaker. The delay is measured in terms of speaker distance from 0.1 to 9.0 meters.

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Use to adjust the volume of the speaker you selected to match the reference speaker. When it sounds like both tones are the same volume, press to confirm and continue to the next channel.

Listen to the reference speaker and use it to measure the target channel. From the listening position, face the two speakers with your arms outstretched pointing at each speaker. Try to make the two tones sound as if they are arriving simultaneously at a position slightly in front of

3a.Fine Channel Level

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•For comparison purposes, the reference speaker will change depending on which speaker you select.

•If you want to go back and adjust a channel, simply

4 When you're finished, press RETURN.

You will return to the Manual MCACC setup menu.

Fine Speaker Distance

• Default setting: 3.0 m (all speakers)

For proper sound depth and separation with your system, it is necessary to add a slight bit of delay to some speakers so that all sounds will arrive at the listening position at the same time. The following setting can help you make detailed adjustments that you may not achieve using the Manual speaker setup below.

1Select ‘Fine SP Distance’ from the Manual MCACC setup menu.

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When it sounds like the delay settings are matched up, press to confirm and continue to the next channel.

•For comparison purposes, the reference speaker will change depending on which speaker you select.

•If you want to go back and adjust a channel, simply

4 When you're finished, press RETURN.

You will return to the Manual MCACC setup menu.

Standing Wave

• Default setting: ON

Acoustic standing waves occur when, under certain conditions, sound waves from your speaker system resonate mutually with sound waves reflected off the walls in your listening area. This can have a negative effect on the overall sound, especially at certain lower frequencies. Depending on speaker placement, your listening position, and ultimately the shape of your room, it results in an overly resonant (‘boomy’) sound. The Standing Wave Control uses filters to reduce the effect of overly resonant sounds in your listening area. During playback of a source, you can customize the filters used for Standing Wave Control for each of your MCACC

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