Pioneer VSX-516-S/-K System Setup menu, Fine Channel Level, Fine Speaker Distance

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The System Setup menu

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•CH LEVEL – Make fine adjustments to the overall balance of your speaker system (see Fine Channel Level below).

•SP DISTN. – Make precise delay settings for your speaker system (see Fine Speaker Distance below).

The last five settings are specifically for customizing the parameters explained in Acoustic Calibration EQ on page 36:

•EQ A. SET – Measure the acoustic characteristics of your room and automatically adjust the frequency balance of your speaker system (see Setting the Acoustic Calibration EQ automatically on page 36).

•EQ COPY – Copy Acoustic Calibration EQ settings for manual adjustment (see Copying your Acoustic Calibration EQ settings on page 36).

•C1 ADJ/C2 ADJ – Make detailed manual adjustments to your custom Acoustic Calibration EQ settings (see Setting the Acoustic Calibration EQ manually on page 37).

•EQ CHECK – Check the ALL CH, F. ALIGN and custom settings (see Checking your Acoustic Calibration EQ settings on page 37).

Fine Channel Level

• Default setting: 0dB (all channels)

You can achieve better surround sound by properly adjusting the overall balance of your speaker system. The following setting can help you make detailed adjustments that you may not achieve using the Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on page 9.

1Select ‘CH LEVEL’ from the Manual MCACC setup menu.

You’ll hear test tones from each speaker in turn. Since the left speaker is the main reference speaker, the level is fixed.

 

 

Caution

 

 

 

 

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• The test tones used in the System Setup

 

 

are output at high volume (the volume

 

 

increases to –18 dB automatically).

 

2 Use

to select each channel in turn

 

 

 

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and adjust the levels (+/– 10 dB) as necessary.

 

Use

to adjust the volume of the selected

 

 

 

 

speaker to match the reference speaker. When

 

 

it sounds like both tones are the same volume,

 

 

press

(cursor down) to continue to the next

 

 

channel.

 

 

 

 

 

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speaker you select.

 

 

 

 

• For comparison purposes, the reference

 

 

 

speaker will change depending on which

 

 

• If you want to go back and adjust a

 

 

 

 

 

channel, simply use

to select it.

 

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3 When you're finished, press RETURN.

 

You will return to the Manual MCACC setup

 

menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fine Speaker Distance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• Default setting: 3 m

(all channels)

 

 

 

 

 

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

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time. The following setting can help you make

 

detailed adjustments that you may not achieve using the Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on page 9.

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

2 Use to adjust the distance of the left channel from the listening position then press ENTER.

3 Use

to select each channel in turn

and adjust the distance as necessary.

Use

to adjust the delay of the selected

speaker 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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